AUBURN, Ala. | Alabama State finished its first race of the 2021 outdoor season with several top 10 finishes in Auburn over the weekend.

Michaela Lewis finished second in the 800-meters, her first outdoor race of the season, with a time of 2:07.91. She finished just behind Gemma Finch of Troy for the top spot as she ran a time of 2:07.67. Meanwhile, Arion Span in her first race since last season finished ninth in the 1500-meters with a time of 4:43.44, finishing less than two seconds behind a group of four runners led by Rebecca Bergnes of Florida State. Jamila Thomas also ran in the 1500-meters, finishing 11th in a time of 4:47.90.

The Lady Hornets 4x400-meter relay ran a time of 3:39.61 in the race, finishing fourth and just over a second behind Tennessee for third (3:38.86). They also finished behind South Carolina (3:37.26) and Alabama (3:35.72).

On the men's side, Duvaire Wauchope finished fifth in the 800-meters with a time of 1:53.41, finishing just behind Connor Phillips of Florida State (1:53.16). He also finished within a second of Marcus Dropik of Ole Miss (1:52.10). Meanwhile, Abdi Hussein finished fourth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:02.26, finishing just behind Isaiah Strauel of Middle Tennessee State (4:02.00). He also finished behind Lance Cunnigan of South Alabama (4:00.05) and Onesmus Kemboi of South Alabama (3:59.21). His teammate, Kevin Smith finished fifth overall in a time of 4:06.29.

Myles Calhoun finished 11th overall in the 200-meters with a time of 21.85 seconds, finishing just behind Mikhail Carvalho of Troy (21.80).

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