| ||||||||||
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... |
LWC T&F: 3 individuals and mens 4x100 qualify for finals Lindsey Wilson's Hallmon, Bright, DeHaven-Boyd and Men's 4x100 relay qualify for Saturday's finals during first day of NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships By Charles Balcom Gulf Shores, AL - Three individual Blue Raiders and a relay team all secured a spot in their respective finals on Saturday during the first day of competition at the 2018 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships held at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium, 18999 Oak Rd W, Gulf Shores, AL. Kevin Hallmon, Safia Bright, Alexia DeHaven-Boyd and the men's 4x100 meter relay team of Hallmon, Christian Davis, Jaylyn McMurry and Holt Keeling all finished in the top eight of their respective events, advancing to Saturday's championship final in the process. On the men's side, Hallmon was the top qualifier in the 200 meter dash preliminaries. His time of 20.71 seconds was .02 seconds faster than the second-place time in the field of 33 athletes. Hallmon will be the top seed heading into Saturday's final set for 4:20pmCT. For the women, Bright will also be back for the 200 meter dash final as she ran a 23.79 in the preliminary trials, the second-fastest time of the day. Only Southern-New Orleans' (La.) Argyana Bolton had a quicker time at 23.57 seconds. Bright advances to Saturday's championship final scheduled for 4:10 p.m. DeHaven-Boyd was the final Blue Raider individual to earn a championship spot as she punched her ticket to Saturday's final in the women's 400 meter hurdles event after capturing the eighth and final qualifying spot. She ran a 1:01.77 to finish third in her heat. DeHaven-Boyd returns for the final on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. The final championship qualifier came from the Blue Raider men's 4x100 meter relay team of Hallmon, Davis, McMurry and Keeling as the squad secured a spot in Saturday's championship race after finishing in seventh place in the trials on Thursday. The quartet finished with a time of 41.36 seconds and returns for the final at 1:50 p.m. The women's 4x100 meter relay team of Bright, DeHaven-Boyd, Leia Gregory and Annesha Harris finished in 14th place with a time of 47.99 seconds, 0.96 seconds behind the eighth and final qualifying time. Cameron Murphy finished in 27th place in the men's 400 meter hurdles event, crossing the line in 55.94 seconds. In the field events, Harris collected an 18th-place finish in the women's long jump with her distance of 5.46 meters, which she achieved on her third and final attempt. Paige Pettell finished in 29th place in the women's hammer throw final. She recorded a distance of 45.68 meters on her first throw, but failed to improve that distance after two fouls on her second and third attempts. Pettell, Goabaone Mosheleketi, Bright, Hallmon and Gregory are all back in action for the second day of competition on Friday, starting with the women's shot put and men's long jump finals at 1 p.m. CT. This story was posted on 2018-05-25 20:05:48
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic Sports:
It's Indians v Eagles in 21st District Baseball Championship - TONIGHT LWC Track & Field at NAIA National Championship Women's Golf in 20th after 1st round at NAIA Championship AC Track Athletes celebrate accomplishments at annual banquet LWC Women's Tennis falls to top-seeded Keiser Crappie Tournament at Holmes Bend re-set for 1-2 Jun 2018 Lind finishes 20th at NAIA Men's Golf Championship LWC Women's Tennis beats Brenau in dramatic fashion Lind tied for 10th, sits at 1-under heading into final LWC Women's Tennis sweeps San Diego Christian View even more articles in topic Sports |
|
||||||||
| ||||||||||
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
|