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Memphis Invitational
Racers Close Out Memphis Invitational With Multiple PRs
4/27/2019 8:13:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
The Murray State track and field team wrapped up their regular season, Saturday, as the competed on day two of the Memphis Invitational.
"The momentum that the athletes created yesterday showed today," said head coach Adam Kiesler. "I was extremely proud of the 100m competitors highlighted by Tamdra Lawrence who ran a top-20 time in the east region. Destiny Carey has been close to a few big throws and this weekend she really broke through. 14.54m is a very good throw and we are looking for even more now. Days don't get much more fun than this and now we fine tune a few things and head into the conference with one thing in mind. Every one of these kids has been put in 39 weeks' worth of work and we look forward to seeing the finished product."
On a windy day, there were many personal records set including eight in the 100m, led by Tamdra Lawrence who won the race with a time of 11.36. Rachel Hagans was not far behind in third with a time of 11.85 and Daijah White also finished in the top ten with a seventh-place finish (11.88).
JaKayla McSwain, Norma Abdur-Rafia and Dontavia Howard all finished near each other with times of 12.10, 12.13, and 12.15, respectively. Anna Vollet (12.29) and D'Myia Thornton (12.59) also broke personal records in the event.
In the 100m hurdles, Antoinetta Avant broke a personal record with a time of 14.55 en route to a 10th-place finish. Howard and Ashlyn Oren also broke PRs with times of 14.69 and 15.19, respectively.
Abdur-Rafia finished ninth in the 400m with a time of 58.78 and Mallory Unverfehrt broke a personal record with a time of 1:08.79.
In other track events, Jocelyn Payne finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:06.13 and Sophie Grogan ran a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:28.64.
Both the 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay teams finished second with times of 46.81 and 3:54.21, respectively. The Racers B team also ran in the race, finishing fourth with a time of 3:58.61.
In the field events, Ashlyn Oren finished third in the high jump with a height of 1.65m.
In the pole vault, Emily Heil finished third with and Shannon Riley finished sixth with vaults of 3.38m. For both, they were personal records.
In the shot put, Destiny Carey set a personal record with a distance of 14.54m to finish fifth and Hannah Johnson placed fourth in the discus at 37.91m.
The Racers will be back in action May 9-11 when they compete at the 2019 OVC Outdoor Championships in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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