McMiller Sets Weight Throw Record Again

Friday, January 25

Jonesboro, Ark.

All Day

University of Memphis

A-State Invitational

Noah Agnew, 2017-18 Men's Track and Field

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Jan 25, 2019 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

A-State Invitational (Complete Results)

Tigers win 10 individual titles, including McMiller's two in weight throw, shot put.

JONESBORO, Ark. – For the third time in as many meets this indoor season, University of Memphis' DeeNia McMiller reset her school record in the women's weight throw. In Friday action at the A-State Invitational, McMiller surpassed her previous 66-5 (20.24m) school-record mark with a 66-11.25 (20.40m) effort.

McMiller initially claimed the school record in the event during the 2017-18 indoor season when she posted a 65-3.25 (19.89m) throw. Since then, she's reset the record three times in 2018-19. Her first record throw this season was 65-10.25 (20.07m) at the Dec. 1 Vanderbilt Opener. Then, last weekend, McMiller passed that mark with a 66-5 (20.24m) effort at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Her throw Friday ranks second in the American Athletic Conference and 21^stnationally.

Up Next
The Tigers return to action Feb. 3 when they travel to Birmingham, Ala., for the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational.

Tigers Tidbits

DeeNia McMiller was double-winner Friday, taking titles in the women's weight throw and shot put.
Memphis won 10 titles at the A-State Invitational (men: 4/women: 6).
The Tigers women's team claimed the top-four spots in the women's weight throw with DeeNia McMiller first, Mona Jaidi second, Amber Simpson third and Samantha Lenton fourth. All four set personal-bests in the weight throw. The average improvement in the personal-bests for the four combined was 14.8 inches.
Noah Agnew won his first career indoor high jump title Friday. It also was his sixth career indoor top-three finish.
In addition to her school record in the women's weight throw, DeeNia McMiller set a personal-best in the shot put by nearly 1.5 feet.
Adar Sheere set personal-bests in both the men's weight throw and shot put.
Nicole Lawson won her third career women's indoor triple jump crown Friday.
Adam Neelly recorded a personal-best in the men's weight throw by seven inches.
Christian Hill had a personal-best leap in the women's long jump by over two inches.
Olushola Olojo improved his personal-best in the men's triple jump by over two inches.
Imri Persiado (men) and Kacie Scott (women) posted personal-bests in the 55 meters.
Hannah Pettigrew ran a personal-best in the women's mile.
Naaman Norment raced a personal-best in the men's 400 meters.

Memphis Results

Men's
55m – 1. Imri Persiado, 6.45; 13. Calvin Austin III, 6.73; 16. Hunter Miniard, 6.75
400m – 8. Naaman Norment, 49.74
800m – 10. Nick DeGroot, 2:05.42
Mile – 4. Christian Corsello, 4:28.05; 7. Brendan Hill, 4:30.43; 11. Benjamin Homeyer, 4:35.70; 16. Avery Wood, 4:40.03
55m Hurdles – 2. Hunter Miniard, 7.70
4x400m Relay – 1. Memphis, 3:18.10
High Jump – 1. Noah Agnew, 6-9.5 (2.07m)
Triple Jump – 1. Olushola Olojo, 50-8.75 (15.46m); 4. Sam Jones, 42-9 (13.03m)
Shot Put – 2. Adam Neelly, 55-2.75 (16.83m); 3. Adar Sheere, 54-7.25 (16.64m); 6. Parker Evans, 48-11.75 (14.93m)
Weight Throw – 2. Adar Sheere, 63-9 (19.43m); 4. Adam Neelly, 57-11 (17.65m); 7. Parker Evans, 50-4.75 (15.36)

Women's
55m – 1. Paris Perkins, 7.23; 2. Loushanya Nemour, 7.25; 3. Aisha Southern, 7.25; 5. Jamaya Fleming, 7:37; 10. Tanalya Gordon, 7.39; 11. Sunni Sellers, 7.40; 16. Kacie Scott, 7.56; 24. Dionna Dennis, 7.80
200m – 5. Savanna Owens, 26.47
400m – 4. Celine Rone, 58.78
Mile – 7. Hannah Pettigrew, 5:23.83; 12. Kristen Adams, 5:29.44
55m Hurdles – 3. Aisha Southern, 8.30; 12. Kacie Scott, 9.43
4x400m Relay – 2. Memphis, 3:56.55
High Jump – 1. Saida Burns-Moore, 5-7.25 (1.71m); 5. Ladasia Walton, 5-2.25 (1.58m); 8. Rosie Cicmanec, 5-2.25 (1.58m)
Long Jump – 1. Christian Hill, 18-1.75 (5.53m); 3. Tanalya Gordon, 17-11.75 (5.48m); 5. Jordan Shackleford, 17-0.75 (5.20m); 8. Jada Crutchfield, 15-10.5 (4.84m)
Triple Jump – 1. Nicole Lawson, 37-7.25 (11.46m)
Pole Vault – 4. Allie Hughes, 10-4.25 (3.16m); 5. Lily Moore, 10-4.25 (3.16m)
Shot Put – 1. DeeNia McMiller, 49-8.5 (15.15m); 3. Samantha Lenton, 45-5 (13.84m); 6. Mona Jaidi, 43-6.5 (13.27m); 14. Amber Simpson, 35-8.5 (10.88m)
Weight Throw – 1. DeeNia McMiller, 66-11 (20.40m); 2. Mona Jaidi, 63-1 (19.23m); 3. Amber Simpson, 61-3 (18.18m); 4. Samantha Lenton, 59-6 (18.15m); 7. Vigdis Jonsdottir, 54-3 (16.54m)