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1/10/2020 8:39:00 PM | Track and Field
Relay teams turn in second-place finishes in season-opening meet
BATON ROUGE – Dominique Williams started off the day with a second-place performance in the men's weight throw and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Track and Field team recorded several strong performances in the season-opening LSU Purple Tiger Invitational on Friday at Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.
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Rylan Theyard produced a second-place finish in the men's triple jump while the men's and women's 4x400-meter relay teams ended the day with runner-up finishes as Louisiana opened its 2020 indoor season in the 13-team event.
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Williams, the defending Sun Belt Conference champion in the men's weight throw, launched a mark of 64 feet, 5 inches for Louisiana to finish behind LSU's Jake Norris (70-1 ½) in the event with ULM's Jakob Fudge (57-0) finishing third.
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Williams' performance was one of four top-five finishes for the Ragin' Cajuns in field events with Theyard (49-7 ¼) and John Joseph (47-5 ¼) finishing second and third, respectively, with freshman Nick Russell posting a fourth-place finish in the men's pole vault (15-5). In the men's long jump, Chandler Mixon got off to a solid start as his mark of 22-8 ½ was sixth overall.
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Freshman Trejun Jones (6.85 seconds) and Terroll Jolla (6.88) each qualified for the men's 60-meter dash with Jolla finishing sixth overall in the finals (6.89). Newcomer Tahj Whitfield set a personal-best in the men's 60-meter hurdles (8.16) for Louisiana in the preliminaries before finishing fourth overall in the finals (8.17).
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Tyrell Hargrove earned a sixth-place finish in the 600-meters (1:23.94) with Rashid Reese earning an eighth-place finish in the 800-meters (2:02.98). Key Alfred clocked a time of 4:34.00 in the mile run to place eighth overall.
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The Ragin' Cajuns wrapped up the meet in the men's 4x400-meter relay with Nathan Fergusson, Hargrove, Solomon Brent and Jonathan Kimutai posting a time of 3:20.90.
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Frankie Griffin and freshman Taylor Davis each turned in top-6 performances in the women's high jump with Griffin finishing third overall (5-6 ½) and Davis sixth (5-4 ½). Senior Alexis James got the day started on the women's side as her personal-best mark in the weight throw (52-3 ¾) earned a seventh-place performance.
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Louisiana placed second overall in the women's 4x400-meter relay with the quartet of India Brown, Shonita Brome, Emoni Coleman and Ta'La Spates posting a time of 3:58.22. Coleman added a fifth-place finish in the mile run (5:19.93) for the Ragin' Cajuns while freshman Kennedy London placed 10th overall in the 60-meter hurdles (8.90).
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Louisiana will return to action on Friday (Jan. 17) when it travels to College Station, Texas to compete at the Ted Nelson Invitational at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium.
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