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Men's Track and Field Clayton Barefield

Cougars Track & Field Race at Emory Spring Break Classic

ATLANTA, Ga. - Columbus State University men's and women's track & field traveled to Atlanta for the Emory Spring Break Classic on Friday and Saturday.

For the men, the Cougars produced a total of 13 top 10 finishes across a handful of events.

William Player led with yet another NCAA qualifying earning mark in the pole vault, capturing first place with a mark of 4.90m. Camerin Rigdon followed with a mark of 4.60m for third while Alexander Kendall went for a mark of 4.45m for eighth.

Brandon Dodd and Zameron Boozer both notched second place finishes in their respective events. Dodd marked a jump of 7.13m in the long jump while also adding 14th in the triple jump with a mark of 12.91m. Boozer captured second in the high jump with a mark of 1.95m.

For the throws, Tereil Mitchum tossed a mark of 14.07m for 10th in the shot put followed by ninth from Joshua Dare in the hammer with a throw of 45.60m.

In the relays, the team of Jahmai Dillon, Tyler Thomas, Dante Walls, and Jayden Powell race to a fourth-place finish in the 4x200 with a time of 1:29.17 followed by Malik Hall, Mikel Handy, Diego Jefferson, and Ethan Sanders with a time of 1:32.35 for seventh. In the 4x400, Anthony Brown Jr., Dante Walls, Tyler Thomas, and Jayden Powell notched sixth with a time of 3:20.01.

For the rest of the running events, Columbus State gathered three more top 10 placements. Chavis Johnson gathered fifth in the 100m dash with a time of 10.90s while Dante Wells raced for third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.60s. Nicholas Phillips rounds out with seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:38.72.

The rest of the men's results can be found here.

As for the women, Nakhia Montgomery captured 13th in the 200m dash with a time of 25:36s. Liza Varnum went for 18th in the 400m hurdles with a finishing time of 1:08.83. The 4x200m relay squad of Chassidy Lock, Azorria Higgins, Deandra Downer, and Montgomery raced for ninth with a time of 1:49.43 to finish the running events.

Sarah Arnold marked a height of 2.70m in the pole vault for 16th individually. In the triple jump, Downer cleared a mark of 11.05m for eighth to lead the jumps.

The rest of the women's results can be found here.

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Players Mentioned

Jahmai Dillon

Jahmai Dillon

Senior
Alexander Kendall

Alexander Kendall

5' 9"
Junior
Tereil Mitchum

Tereil Mitchum

6' 2"
Junior
Nicholas Phillips

Nicholas Phillips

5' 6"
Junior
William Player

William Player

6' 0"
Junior
Tyler Thomas

Tyler Thomas

5' 10"
Sophomore
Dante Walls

Dante Walls

5' 10"
Junior
Anthony Brown

Anthony Brown

Freshman
Deandra Downer

Deandra Downer

5' 6"
Sophomore
Nakhia Montgomery

Nakhia Montgomery

5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jahmai Dillon

Jahmai Dillon

Senior
Alexander Kendall

Alexander Kendall

5' 9"
Junior
Tereil Mitchum

Tereil Mitchum

6' 2"
Junior
Nicholas Phillips

Nicholas Phillips

5' 6"
Junior
William Player

William Player

6' 0"
Junior
Tyler Thomas

Tyler Thomas

5' 10"
Sophomore
Dante Walls

Dante Walls

5' 10"
Junior
Anthony Brown

Anthony Brown

Freshman
Deandra Downer

Deandra Downer

5' 6"
Sophomore
Nakhia Montgomery

Nakhia Montgomery

5' 5"
Sophomore