Register Wins 400H as Gamecocks take Runner-up at WCU - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Friday, April 12

Cullowhee, NC

Jax State

Catamount Classic

4/15/2019 11:19:00 AM | Track and Field

Results

Cullowhee, N.C. – Jacksonville State's track and field team finished runner-up to host Western Carolina at the WCU Catamount Classic over the weekend.

JSU amassed 154 team points for second place behind WCU's 277. The Gamecocks finished 50 points ahead of East Tennessee State in third.

A big JSU spark came from sophomore Tylynn Register's victory in the 400-meter hurdles as she set a new personal best with a time of 1:03.00 to finish just ahead of freshman Leandra Custodio. Freshman Ashton Coats finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles to go along with a runner-up spot in the 100-meter hurdles.

Junior Emily Sorrel came home third in the 1,500-meter race, crossing the line at 5:01.73. Freshman Briar Poytress placed 15th, but reached a new personal best time of 5:33.71. Sorrell would also finish fifth in the 800 where sophomore Alyssa Hudgins set a new personal mark in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:23.30 to finish sixth.

In the sprints, freshman Regan Cook set new personal records in the 100 and 200-meters dashes with marks of 12.80 and 26.35, respectively. Teammate Adrianna Raggs was just behind her in second in the 200 and fourth in the 100-meter event.

Senior Brittany Cook claimed the top spot in the long jump with a leap of 5.84 meters, and would take second in the triple jump

A week after setting career marks at JSU's Girls Day Out meet, freshman Adrian Rock continues her strong season for throws with new records in the shot put and discus. Her toss of 11.89 meters in the shot placed her fifth overall, and she would take sixth in the discus throw with a distance of 37.98 meters.

Junior Greta Romei added to Jax State's field mark winning the javelin throw with a distance of 42.10 meters. Mary Cagle posted a career mark in the javelin with a 35.53-meter toss.

Junior Madison Rollins matched her career mark in the high jump, tying her 1.70-meter (5'-7") clearance set last month at Mississippi State to finish runner-up in the event.

The Gamecocks also won the 4x400 relay with Register, Custodio, Sorrell and Zaria Coprich finishing the 1,600 meters in four minutes even/ Coprich set a new personal mark earlier in her individual 400 event taking fourth with a time of 1:01.60.

Meanwhile, junior Baylee Porch took part in the Tennessee Relays in Knoxville, Tenn., for the heptathlon event, where she would set a new career mark with 4,672 points across the seven events, topping her previous best score of 4,480 from last year's OVC Championship.