Lions, Lady Lions Claim Victory In MC Twilight Invitational

CLINTON, Miss. – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's and women's track and field teams each claimed first place overall Friday in the MC Twilight Invitational at Mississippi College.

Southeastern won the men's competition with 151 points, finishing first out of 16 teams. The Lady Lions compiled 105.5 points, topping the other 13 teams in the meet.

“We brought a skeleton group, but the athletes who came performed really well,” coach Sean Brady said.

Eight Southeastern athletes won their individual competition. Both men's relay teams and 31 athletes placed in the Top-5.

“Being a scored meet, it was meaningful to our athletes,” Brady said. “We'll use this as a starting point to head into the most important part of our season.”

Sophomore Amber Darville set a personal record en route to winning the women's hammer throw with a distance of 148 feet, 10 inches. Shalicia Rochon won the women's shot put (41-01.50) and Brittany Pfantz claimed the top spot in the women's pole vault (12-07.50).

Winners on the men's side included Johnel Reams in the high jump (6-08.00), Kevin Dorhauer in the pole vault (14-11.00), Jeffrey Milliron in the shot put (53-06.00) and discus throw (177-00) as well as Jonathan Kinchen in the hammer throw (180-00).

Second-place finishes included Lindsey Toups in the women's 800-meter run (2:18.11), Tess Mullings in the women's 100-meter hurdles (14.63 seconds), Sharon Ann Ourso in the women's pole vault (12-00.75), Darville in the women's shot put (37-05.00), Rochon in the women's discus (121-07), Christian Chapman in the men's 400-meter hurdles (53.61 seconds), Kinchen in the men's discus (158-10), Milliron in the men's hammer (172-06) and Casey Revere in the men's javelin throw (159-06).

Third-place finishes included Mallory Allphin in the women's pole vault (10-00.75), Bernadette Derosier in the women's triple jump (36-05.00), Rochon in the women's hammer (142-08), Clarence Robinson in the men's high jump (6-06.00) as well as Jimmy LeBlanc in both the men's discus (142-01) and hammer (141-00).

Southeastern's men finished third in both the 4x100-meter (41.27 seconds) and 4x400-meter relays (3:13.78).

“We'll walk away a much better team than we were going in,” Brady said. “I'm happy with the way we performed. This is the time of year where you want to see personal records set.”

Loyola takes down four more school marks

(Clinton, Miss.) Loyola University New Orleans track and field team took down four more school records at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational on Friday afternoon in Clinton, Mississippi. 

It has been a record setting season for the Wolf Pack as they have set 11 records in the three meets so far this season. Loyola added four more school records at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational. 

Annie Hills set a school mark in the 1500 meter run as she posted a time of 5:00.40 in the race. She finished third out of 16 competitors in the race, while also topping Stephanie LeGleu’s school record of 5:03.52 which was set in 2000. 

Denise Powell also broke the school mark in the 800 meter run as she put up a time of 2:27.83. This is the third time this season that Powell has broken the school record. Calire Schomp held the mark coming into the season, but Powell posted times that were less than a second faster than Schomp’s 2:29 mark at the Louisiana Classics and the Tulane Team Challenge. 

Christina Guzman put up a distance of 35-0.5 in the women’s shot put event. That was the fourth place distance out of 15 competitors. Guzman has already set the school mark three times during the season. The freshman has improved in every meet, posting a 34-11.0 distance at the LSU Relays.

On the men’s side, the 4x400 relay team broke a school record in a time of 3:30.40. The team of Claude Nelson, Piero Ramirez, Mario Ramirez, and William Maye broke the record that the same foursome set at the Louisiana Classics meet. 

Women's 100m Dash:
Tortorich, Sarah : 12.64
Johnson, Candace: 13.21
Rolle, Amanda : 13.65

Women's 200m Dash:
Tortorich, Sarah : 26.14
Johnson, Candace: 26.98
Derganz Baker, Raquel: 27.35 
Rolle, Amanda : 28.31 
Lain, Alexandra: DNS

Women's 400m Dash:
Derganz Baker, Raquel: 1:03.83

Women's 800m Run:
Powell, Denise: 2:27.83 
Hills, Annie: 2:29.48
Larson, Emma: 2:34.53 
Williams, Jessica: DNS

Women's 1,500m Run:
Hills, Annie: 5:00.40
Vaccaro, Francesca: DNS
Gienger, Elizabeth : DNS

Women's 5,000m Run:
Gienger, Elizabeth : 19:47:16
Vaccaro, Francesca: 20:17.83


Women's 4 x 400m Relay:
(Johnson,Tortorich,Larson,Derganz Baker,Lain) 4:15.90

Women's Shot Put:
Guzman, Christina : 10.68
Daniels, Maya: 8.69
Augustine, Harley: DNS

Women's Discus Throw:
Guzman, Christina : 25.88
Daniels, Maya: 18.19


Men's 100m Dash:
Nelson, Claude: 11.58
Ramirez, Piero: 11.88
Robinson, Mark: 12.00

Men's 200m Dash:
Ramirez, Piero: 23.50
Nelson, Claude: 23.51
Ramirez, Mario:24.13
Robinson, Mark: 24.28
Maye, William : 25.09

Men's 400m Dash:
Maye, William : 54.49
Ramirez, Mario: 54.64
Matoski, Aleksandar: DNS


Men's 1,500m Run:
Freese, Paul: 4:16.40
Gerbracht, Henry : 4:19.92
Bock, Peyton : 4:33.16
Corso, Mike: DNS
Malbrue, Jonathan : DNS
Perez, Moises: DNS

Men's 5,000m Run:
Corso, Mike: 16:20.98
Perez, Moises: 16:22.63
Malbrue, Jonathan : 16:45.42

Men's 4 x 400m Relay:
(Nelson,Ramirez,Ramirez,Maye) 3:30.40

Men's Shot Put:
Flores, Carlos: 9.73m

Men's Discus Throw:
Flores, Carlos: 26.14m