Track And Field Sets Another Record Saturday

Saturday, April 20

Auburn, Ala.

All Day

University of Memphis

War Eagle Invitational

Photo by: Matthew Kamph

Apr 20, 2019 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

War Eagle Invitational (Saturday Results)

Eleven Tigers with 12 personal-bests on second day of War Eagle Invite.

AUBURN, Ala. – The University of Memphis men's 4x100-meter relay set the school record in the event to highlight the Tigers' second-day action at Auburn's War Eagle Invitational Saturday.

It was the third school record set at the weekend meet. On Friday, DeeNia McMiller (women's hammer) and Paige Sandwell (women's 3000-meter steeplechase) set school records in their respective events.

The Tigers got off to a fast start Saturday in setting the school record in the meet's second running event of the afternoon. The quartet of Davon DeMoss, Imri Persiado, Kolbeinn Gunnarsson and Andrew Bishop posted a time of 39.51 seconds for the record. The previous record of 39.59 seconds was set in 2018. DeMoss, Persiado and Gunnarsson also were members of that 2018 relay.

The men's 4x100-meter relay was the fourth school record set in the 2019 outdoor campaign. McMiller (women's hammer) and Sandwell (women's 3000-meter steeplechase) set their school records Friday, and Ashley Pryke (women's javelin) posted her school mark at Mississippi State's Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays in March.

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The Tigers host the 2019 Memphis Invitational Apr. 26-27 at the Billy J. Murphy Track and Field Complex on the University's Park Avenue campus.

Tigers Tidbits

Memphis posted seven top-three performances Saturday. For the two-day meet, the Tigers had 14 top-three finishes.
Memphis won two titles Saturday. The Tigers won the men's 4x100-meter relay in a school record-setting time, and Adar Sheere won gold in the men's discus.
Eleven Tigers posted 12 personal-bests Saturday, and they were: Andrew Bishop (men's 100m), Christian Corsello (men's 1500m), Emmanuel Cullins (men's 1500m), Erin Gilbert (women's 800m), Benjamin Homeyer (men's 1500m), Samantha Lenton (women's discus/shot put), Paris Perkins (women's 400m), Megan (Briley) Ryan (women's 1500m), Adar Sheere (men's discus), Ladasia Walton (women's high jump), and Zachary Wyatt (men's 1500m).
Paris Perkins set a personal-best in the women's 400 meters for the fourth-straight meet in which she raced. She has cut down her time in the event by just over three seconds (57.44 to 54.41).
Adar Sheere improved his personal-best in the men's discus by over three feet. His previous-best was 185-0 (56.40m).
Samantha Lenton improved her personal-best in the women's shot put by just over 1.5 feet. Her previous-best was 46-3.5 (14.11m).
Samantha Lenton also improved her personal-best in the women's discus by an inch. Her 174-0 (53.04m) effort Saturday was only five inches shy of the school record, which is held by teammate Mona Jaidi.
Megan (Briley) Ryan shaved just over four seconds off her personal-best in the women's 1500 meters. Her previous-best time was 4:47.60 at the 2017 Memphis Invitational.

Memphis Results

Men's Results
100m – 3. Davon DeMoss, 10.35; 7. Imri Persiado, 10.51; 9. Andrew Bishop, 10.57; 26. Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, 11.04; 37. Jerome Dooley, 14.70
200m – 10. Imri Persiado, 21.29
800m – 9. Naaman Norment, 1:55.07; 11. Christian Corsello, 1:55.35; 16. Zachary Wyatt, 1:56.04; 21. Emmanuel Cullins, 1:57.52; 27. Benjamin Homeyer, 1:59.18
110m Hurdles – 11. Josh Owten, 15.21
400m Hurdles – 7. Hunter Miniard, 53.80; 19. Josh Owten, 56.85; 23. Jerome Dooley, 58.00
4x100m Relay – 1. Memphis, 39.51 (Davon DeMoss, Imri Persiado, Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, Andrew Bishop)
4x400m Relay – 4. Memphis, 3:14.44 (Davon DeMoss, Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, Hunter Miniard, Naaman Norment)
High Jump – 4. Noah Agnew, 6-10.75 (2.10m)
Shot Put – 10. Adar Sheere, 49-7.75 (15.13m); 11. Parker Evans, 49-5.5 (15.07m)
Discus – 1. Adar Sheere, 187-8 (57.21m); 11. Parker Evans, 150-2 (45.77m)

Women's Results
100m – 10. Aisha Southern, 11.92; 28. Jamaya Fleming, 12.44
200m – 20. Aisha Southern, 24.90; 38. Jamaya Fleming, 26.20
400m – 6. Paris Perkins, 54.41
800m – 16. Celine Rone, 2:18.53; 23. Erin Gilbert, 2:23.46
1500m – 5. Megan (Briley) Ryan, 4:43.22; 11. Erin Gilbert, 4:51.11; 21. Kristen Adams, 5:05.18
100m Hurdles – 15. Aisha Southern, 14.84
4x400m Relay – 2. Memphis, 3:45.16 (Paris Perkins, Celine Rone, Tanalya Gordon, Savanna Owens)
High Jump – 3. Ladasia Walton, 5-3.25 (1.61m); 3. Rosie Cicmanec, 5-3.25 (1.61m)
High Jump (Invite) – 5. Saida Burns-Moore, 5-7.25 (1.71m)
Long Jump – 12. Tanalya Gordon, 18-3.75 (5.58m); 17. Christian Hill, 17-10.75 (5.45m)
Shot Put – 7. DeeNia McMiller, 49-1.75 (14.98m); 9. Samantha Lenton, 47-11 (14.60m); 15. Kate Hise, 44-3.5 (13.50m); 16. Mona Jaidi, 44-0 (13.41m)
Discus – 2. Samantha Lenton, 174-0 (53.04m); 4. Mona Jaidi, 165-3 (50.37m)