First Day Results

BIRMINGHAM—The track and field teams from Alabama State University had several solid performances on the opening day of the Blazer Invitational hosted by the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Three Lady Hornets finished among the top-19 runners in the one mile run in the day's first event.  Kesia Derilus led the Lady Hornets with her fourth place finish, crossing the finish line in 5:15.03.  Soyong Smith was strong with a 17^th place finish (5:33.66) and Breana Kelly was 19^th (5:39.52).

The ladies women's distance medley team had a strong seventh place finish crossing the finish line in 12:43.32.

In other finals for the women, Raheema Hodges finished 13^th in the 5,000 meter run and Asha Tavernier was 11^th in the long jump with a leap of 5.43m (17'-09”.75).

There were several preliminaries run tonight with the finals coming tomorrow.  For the Lady Hornets, Tyrisha Chambers qualified for the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.98 and Tia Rolle qualified for the 60 meter run with a time of 7.58.

In the men's mile run, Carlos Flores finished 10^th with a time of 4:53.97.  In another men's final, Lee Thrasher finished 15^th in the shot put with a throw of 13.48m (44'-02”.75).

Shawn Lockhart qualified for tomorrow's finals in the 60 meter dash with a time of 6.91.  Jeffery Adams (8.20) and Quantavious Lockhart (8.26) both qualified for tomorrow's 60 meter hurdles finals.

 “We had some of the people really step up today and in some areas I like what we saw,” head coach Ritchie Beene said.  “We also have seen where we are really going to have to work before the next meet, but we did some nice things coming out of the Christmas break.”

The Invite will conclude tomorrow with the finals beginning with the field events at 9 a.m.  The running events will begin at 11 a.m.