Memphis Track And Field Sets Two More Records Saturday

Saturday, February 11

Nashville, Tenn.

University of Memphis

Music City Challenge

Martina Rodriguez Sala, 2016-17 Women's Track and Field

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Memphis Track And Field Sets Two More Records Saturday

Feb 11, 2017 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Music City Challenge/Complete Results

Tigers establish five school marks over the weekend.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Well, they did it again!

University of Memphis' Davon DeMoss and Martina Rodriguez Sala both broke their own school records in the men's 60m and women's mile, respectively, to highlight Tigers track and field action at Vanderbilt University's Music City Challenge Saturday.

DeMoss, who set the program's 200m record (21.35) Friday, took the men's 60m record in Saturday's action. The sophomore first broke his own school mark in the 60m preliminaries with a time of 6.70. That time surpassed the previous mark of 6.73 which DeMoss tied in the 2015-16 indoor campaign and held with two former Tigers sprinters. Then, in Saturday's 60m finals, the Jackson, Tenn., native ran a faster time of 6.67 to win the event.

For the second-straight week, Rodriguez Sala improved her school record in the women's mile. In Saturday's action, the senior ran a school-record time of 4:44.92. Her time bettered her previous mile time by over four seconds (4:49.00), which she set at last week's prestigious Notre Dame/Meyo Invitational. The Olot, Spain, native set her initial school record of 4:50.79 in the women's mile at the 2016 Vanderbilt Invitational.

Music City Challenge/Day Two Highlights

With two more school records Saturday, Memphis totaled five in the two-day Music City Challenge. In additional to Saturday's marks in the men's 60m and women's mile, the Tigers set school records in the men's 200m (Davon DeMoss), women's 5000m (Chelsea Ladd) and men's distance medley relay.
In the highly-competitive Music City Challenge, the Tigers men's and women's squads combined for 16 top-10 performances over the two days.
This weekend's meet was the final prep for a majorty of sprinters/hurdlers and the entire distance squad before the Feb. 25-26 American Athletic Conference Championships.
Freshman Kolbeinn Gunnarsson was the Tigers' top men's 400m finisher Saturday. He was 19^th in a season-best time of 48.57. He has improved his 400m time by nearly two seconds since the start of the season.
LaForrest Church, who ran a leg on Friday's school record-setting men's distance medley relay, placed eighth in the men's 800m Saturday. He ran a season-best 1:50.35 in the 800m, improving his time by seven seconds since the start of the season. His 1:50.35 Saturday is just over two seconds off his school-record 1:48.13, which he set at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.
Sophomore Celine Rone, who ran in her first women's 800m at Memphis two weeks ago, continued to improved her time in the event Saturday. She ran a season-best 2:15.18 (finished 24^th) and has cut over five seconds off her time from the start of the season.
Junior Brock Ballard placed 10^th in the men's mile in an indoor personal-best time of 4:14.09. He bested his previous time by over five seconds (4:19.21) which he set last week. The last two weeks, Ballard has improved his personal-best time in the event by over 16 seconds.
Junior Megan Briley ran a personal-best 10:26.03 in the women's 3000m Saturday. She bettered her previous-top time by 13 seconds.
Sophomore Matthew Kamph ran a season-best 8:33.22 in the men's 3000m Saturday (placed 19^th). Kamph has improved his time in the event by nearly 10 seconds from the start of the campaign.

Memphis Men's Results
60m – 1. Davon DeMoss, 6.67
400m – 19. Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, 48.57; 27. Jason Kimmet, 49.07; 29. Antaun Andrews, 49.25; 32. Christopher Walker, 49.42
800m – 8. LaForrest Church, 1:50.35; 23. Naaman Norment, 1:54.44; 39. Alex Klatt, 2:05.20
Mile – 10. Brock Ballard, 4:14.09; 28. Matthew Viveiros, 4:22.06
3000m – 19. Matthew Kamph, 8:33.22; 31. James Durkin, 8:50.77; 40. Josh Hamlet, 9:21.68
4x400m relay – 13. Memphis, 3:19.27 (Antaun Andrews, Jason Kimmet, Alex Klatt, Davon DeMoss)
Long jump – 22. Olushola Olojo, 19-5.5 (5.93m)
Shot put – 9. Luke Vaughn, 55-11.25 (17.05m); 12. Adam Neelly, 54-10.25 (16.72m); 15. Wade Wells, 52-6 (16.00m); 18. Rafael Vallery, 51-5.75 (15.69m)

Memphis Women's Results
400m – 32. Rebeka Holt, 57.03; 37. Dominque Chatman, 57.27 SB; 50. Melinda Murdock, 59.57
800m – 24. Celine Rone, 2:15.18; 39. Savannah Smith, 2:23.63
Mile – 4. Martina Rodriguez Sala, 4:44.92
3000m – 31. Megan Briley, 10:26.03; 45. Paige Sandwell, 10:39.66; 46. Lauren Wheeler, 10:45.15; 48. Gabrielle Byndas, 10:57.22; 51. Mary Minkler, 11:19.25
4x400m relay – 7. Memphis, 3:45.21 (Dominique Chatman, Cera Chavez, Rebeka Holt, Destinee Lansden)
Long jump – 32. Chardae Greenlee, 17-8.75 (5.40m); 47. Sandra Ekblom, 13-4.75 (4.08m)
Pole vault – T11. Jada Parker, 12-9 (3.89m)
Shot put – 18. Ashley Pryke, 43-3.25 (13.19m)