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Alabama Relays
Robertson Sets School Record At Alabama Relays
3/28/2010 | Track and Field
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Freshman Ricky Robertson set a new school record and won the high jump with a height of 7-03.25 Sunday afternoon on the final day of the Alabama Relays.
Robertson surpassed the previous school record of 7-02.50 that he set last weekend at the Rhodes Invitational. Sophomore Brian Knight took second in the event and posted the second-highest mark in school history with a height of 7-02.25.
Robertson also placed fourth in the long jump with a distance of 23-00.50, while fellow freshman Morris Kersh followed in fifth place with a mark of 22-11.00. Kersh also posted a third place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 49-03.00.
Colin Moleton took second in the javelin throw with a distance of 205-02.00, while senior Bryce Willen was fifth with his mark of 197-08.00.
Jason Anderson finished in sixth place in the pole vault with a height of 14-01.25.
In running events, sprinter Jonathan Juin finished in fourth place in the 100 meters with a time of 10.57 and second place in the 200 meters with a mark of 21.39. Christopher Bush took 10th place in the 400 meters with his time of 49.30.
Junior Lee Ellis Moore captured the crown in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 50.00, while Carson Blanks took third overall with his time of 51.41.
Middle distance runner Chad Berry placed eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.97 and 10th in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:58.86. Riley Young followed in ninth place with a time of 1:55.79.
In the 3000 meter steeplechase, Martin Kirui won the race with a time of 9:11.71 to set the fourth-fastest mark in school history.
The 1600 sprint medley team of Mike Granger, Juin, Blanks and Moore won the event with a time of 3:28.69. The distance medley team of Martin Kirui, Bush, Riley Young and Berry place third with a time of 10:16.33, while the 4x800 relay quartet of Young, Martin Kirui, Berry and Barnabas Kirui finished fifth with a time of 7:59.32.
On the women's side, junior sprinter LaJada Baldwin won two individual titles and etched her name in the Ole Miss record books.
Baldwin captured the individual title in the 100 meters with a time of 11.53, which tied her with former Ole Miss great Kim Mulkey for the third-fastest time in school history. The St. Louis, Mo., native also won the 200 meters with a time of 23.76.
Freshman Jasmine Williams placed fifth in the 100 meters following her time of 11.93. Fellow freshman Marci Morman took ninth in the 100 meter hurdles with a mark of 14.53.
Freshman Lauren Hollingsworth posted a fifth place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 55.94.
In the 400 meter hurdles, junior Sofie Persson claimed the individual title with a mark 58.33, while Jasmine Dacus followed in second place with her time of 1:00.26.
Distance runner Logan Waites turned in a second place showing in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:45.69.
The 4x100 meter relay team of Lor'Rena De'Jurnett, Hollingsworth, Williams and Baldwin won the title with a time of 45.94. In addition, the 4x400 meter relay team of Dacus, Baldwin, Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen and Persson claimed the team title with a time of 3:42.61.
The 1600 sprint medley team of Hollingsworth, Baldwin, Hellberg-Jonsen and Persson took second and recorded the third-fastest time in school history with a mark of 3:51.18. The 4x200 meter relay quartet of De'Jurnett, Williams, Dacus and Hollingsworth placed fifth with a time of 1:40.09.
In field events, junior Rachel Jenkins placed fourth in the long jump with a distance of 18-09.00, while Morman finished in eighth place with a mark of 18-02.50. Sophomore Aria Gaines recorded a second place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 40-05.50, while Morman took seventh with her mark of 38-03.50.
Sophomore Christiana Coleman posted an eighth place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 159-01.00, which is the fifth-longest mark in school history.
Betty Williams finished second in the shot put with a distance of 51-01.50 to set the second-furthest mark in school history. Williams also placed third in the discus throw with a distance of 151-05.00. Davina Orieukwu finished in fifth place in the discus throw with a mark of 145-00.00 and took eighth in the shot put with a distance of 46-05.50.
Freshman Neal Tisher posted a second place finish in the pole vault with a height of 12-05.50, recording the second-highest mark in school history. Fellow freshman Brittney Bozeman placed third in the heptathlon with a total of 4574 points.
Ole Miss returns to action April 2-3 when the Rebels travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take part in the Florida Relays.
AGATE
MEN
100 Meters
4. Jonathan Juin - 10.57
13. Mike Granger - 10.84
17. Eric Williams - 10.87
200 Meters
2. Jonathan Juin - 21.39
30. Eric Williams - 22.85
400 Meters
10. Christopher Bush - 49.30
400 Meter Hurdles
1. Lee Ellis Moore - 50.00
3. Carson Blanks - 51.41
13. William Magee - 57.43
800 Meters
8. Chad Berry - 1:54.97
9. Riley Young - 1:55.79
25. Erik Solberg - 2:01.76
1500 Meters
10. Chad Berry - 3:58.86
22. Riley Young - 4:06.95
55. Erik Solberg - 4:34.25
5000 Meters
43. Jordan Michael - 16:28.87
3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Martin Kirui - 9:11.71
4x800 Meter Relay
5. Ole Miss 'A' - 7:59.32
1600 Meter Sprint Medley
1. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:28.69
Distance Medley
3. Ole Miss 'A' - 10:16.33
High Jump
1. Ricky Robertson - 7-03.25 sr
2. Brian Knight - 7-02.25
Long Jump
4. Ricky Robertson - 23-00.50
5. Morris Kersh - 22-11.00
Triple Jump
3. Morris Kersh - 49-03.00
Javelin Throw
2. Colin Moleton - 205-02.00
5. Bryce Willen - 197-08.00
Pole Vault
6. Jason Anderson - 14-01.25
WOMEN
100 Meters
1. LaJada Baldwin - 11.53
5. Jasmine Williams - 11.93
22. Lor'Rena De'Jurnett - 12.31
100 Meter Hurdles
9. Marci Morman - 14.53
200 Meters
1. LaJada Baldwin - 23.76
21. Lor'Rena De'Jurnett - 25.63
22. Jasmine Williams - 25.67
400 Meters
5. Lauren Hollingsworth - 55.94
10. Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen - 56.53
29. Kerry Robinson - 1:00.04
37. Jalicia Stewart - 1:00.99
400 Meter Hurdles
1. Sofie Persson - 58.33
2. Jasmine Dacus - 1:00.26
800 Meters
27. Allison Kneip - 2:29.07
1500 Meters
43. Anne Threlkeld - 5:08.97
5000 Meters
2. Logan Waites - 17:45.69
31. Anna Adams - 19:19.60
44. Ella Gentry - 20:59.26
4x100 Meter Relay
1. Ole Miss 'A' - 45.94
4x200 Meter Relay
5. Ole Miss 'A' - 1:40.09
4x400 Meter Relay
1. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:42.61
1600 Meter Sprint Medley
2. Ole Miss 'A' - 3:51.18
Long Jump
4. Rachel Jenkins - 18-09.00
8. Marci Morman - 18-02.50
15. Kelly Norton - 16-09.75
17. Aria Gaines - 16-07.75
32. Niesha Love - 14-06.00
Triple Jump
2. Aria Gaines - 40-05.50
7. Marci Morman - 38-03.50
11. Kelly Norton - 37-02.50
Hammer Throw
8. Christiana Coleman - 159-01.00
12. Jazmin Miller - 154-9.00
Discus Throw
3. Betty Williams - 151-05.00
5. Davina Orieukwu - 145-00.00
Shot Put
2. Betty Williams - 51-01.50
8. Davina Orieukwu - 46-05.50
Javelin Throw
23. Neal Tisher - 109-04.00
31. Christiana Coleman - 89-00.00
Pole Vault
1. Neal Tisher - 12-05.50
Heptathlon
3. Brittney Bozeman - 4574
