Rock's New Throw Marks Lead JSU in Girls Day Out Meet - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Saturday, April 6

Oxford, AL

Jax State

Girls' Day Out

4/8/2019 11:30:00 AM | Track and Field

OXFORD – In a special all-women's collegiate meet hosted by Jacksonville State, the Gamecocks took top spots and set new bests during the JSU Girls Day Out Meet at Choccolocco Park over the weekend.

Freshman Ayanna Rollins paced the Gamecocks in the short distance with fourth place finishes in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Her time of 25.60 in the 200 was only a tenth of a second off her career best.

On the distance side, junior Chemutai Nereo won the 5,000-meter event with a mark of 18:50.17. Meanwhile, jJunior Emily Sorrell earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 800 and 1,500-meter races crossing the line at 2:19.43 in the 800, followed by teammate Alyssa Hudgins in seventh.

Navigating the hurdles, sophomore Tylynn Register reached the podium with third in the 100h, followed by a pair of freshmen in Ashton Coats and Leandra Custodio in sixth and seventh. Coats improved to fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.56.

The Gamecocks dominated in the field, sweeping the top four spots in the high jump led by Briana Caudle's 1.69-meter winning height. She was followed by Madison Rollins, Baylee Porch and Erica Edwards. JSU also shined with three of the top four spots in the long jump with senior Brittany Cook leading the way with a leap of 5.67 meters. Freshman Emily Burrowes placed third with a distance of 5.25 meters, but set a new personal best in the triple jump, finishing runner-up to Cook with a jump of 11.31 meters as the trio of Cook, Burrowes and Tamaya Mitchell once again all finished top-four.

Freshman Adrian Rock set new personal bests in the hammer and discus throws, winning the hammer with a distance of 42.42 meters for a nearly 140-foot toss. The Barnesville, Ga., native also finished fourth in the discus with a toss of more than 33 meters that went 109-feet-1 inch. Mary Cagle led JSU with a third-place spot in the shot put.

The Gamecocks took first in the javelin throw courtesy of Baylee Porch with a throw of 35.33 meters, while freshman Imani Debrow came home third.

Jax State heads to Cullowhee, N.C., this weekend for the Catamount Classic hosted at Western Carolina University.