GREENVILLE, Ill. - McKendree University's men's and women's track and field programs competed at the Greenville Select Invititational here Friday at the John M. Strahl Complex.
The men's team finished fourth out of 12 teams after scoring 46 points, while the women's team was fifth out of 14 teams after scoring 19 points.
The men's team had six Top 5 finishes along with four personal bests and one season best. Sophomore sprinter Malachi Carroll (Omaha, Neb./Iowa Western CC) finished second in the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of 10.71. Graduate student hurdler Demetrius Walker (Commerce, Ga./Emmanuel) was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 15.22 while placing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.62 while being on the third place 4x100 meter relay team along with Carroll, freshman sprinter Kai Toolie (Mascoutah, Ill./Mascoutah) and senior Johnathan Bumpers (Alton, Ill./Alton) as they ran a season best time of 42.98. Freshman high jumper Brendan Harter (St. Louis, Mo./Desmet Jesuit) was second in the high jump with a height of 1.90 meters (6-2.75).
The women's team had four Top 8 finishes two personal bests. Junior thrower Ndia Johnson (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) won the hammer throw with throw of 47.47 meters (155-9). The women's 4x100 meter relay team of junior sprinter Sanique Rose (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Iowa Western CC), freshman sprinter Laila Searcy (Centreville, Ill./Belleville West), senior sprinter Ciara Hampton (Belleville, Ill./Iowa Western CC) and freshman sprinter Brianna Sarver (Pana, Ill./Pana) finished fourth in a time of 51.53. Sarver also finished seventh in the 200-meter with a personal best time of 26.75 while Searcy finished eighth in the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 1:06.04.
The Bearcats return to action next weekend (April 22-23) as they compete at the Dick Cochran Classic hosted by Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo.
Complete results from the Greenville Select:
MEN'S RESULTS
100-meter dash (Finals)
2. Carroll, 10.71 - Personal Best
4x100 meter relay
4. Toolie, Walker, Bumpers, Carroll, 42.98 - Season Best
110-meter hurdles (Finals)
2. Bumpers, 15.22
4. Walker, 15.38
6. Toolie, 16.27 - Personal Best
400 meter dash
12. Bumpers, 53.01
17. Seth Kasinger, 54.74
21. Mason Young, 1:00.10
22. Emmanuel Segbedzi, 1:00.27
1500-meters
18. Kasinger, 4:17.11 - Personal Best
800-meter
32. Segbedzi, 2:31.53
400 meter Hurdles
4. Walker, 1:01.62
6. Toolie, 1:03.86
3000 meter Steeplechase
12. Rodney Holas, 11:44.31 - Personal Best
16. Isaac Winter, 13:13.63
Long jump
13. Dontea Jones, 19'.75" (5.96 meters)
High Jump
2. Harter, 6'2.75" (1.90 meters)
WOMEN'S RESULTS
100-meter dash (Finals)
7. Sarver, 13.11
200-meter dash (Finals)
7. Sarver, 26.75 - Personal Best
400-meters
8. Laila Searcy, 1:06.04 - Personal Best
4x100 meter relay
4. Rose, Searcy, Hampton, Sarver, 51.53
Shot put
16. Quinn Breeding, 31'1.75" (9.49 meters)
Discus
9. Breeding, 102'7" (31.26 meters)
Hammer Throw
1. N. Johnson, 155'9" (47.47 meters)
16. Breeding, 107'10" (33.28 meters)