By: By Hunter McKay
FINAL RESULTS
LYNCHBURG, Va
. – The Kennesaw State men's and women's track teams completed competition at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational inside the Liberty Indoor Track Complex on Saturday (Feb.2).
Notable Performances
- Alex Andrews posted a personal-best time of 7.65 to finish third in the 60m.
- Jocselyn Powell ran a career-best time of 56.57 in the 400m.
- Caitlyn Farrell capped off a solid weekend finishing 12th in the mile with a time of 5:17.13.
- De'Von Johnson took second in the long jump with a leap of 5.75m (18'10.75) and fourth in the triple jump after a mark of 12.14m (39'10).
- Freshman Omar Diaz finished sixth in the 60m final with Owls.
- Jordan Hewing collected a time of 22.14 in the 200m to finish seventh.
- Chase Kennedy took home eighth in the mile in a season-best time of 4:18.49.
- Dayo Akindele took second in the 60m hurdles final with a personal-best time of 7.95. He would also grab second in the long jump leaping 7.26m (23'10) and third in the triple jump with a mark of 14.61m (47'11.25).
- Chuck McConville led the way for KSU in the shot put with a toss of 15.72m (51'7) to finish sixth.
Quotable
Director of Track and Field Andy Eggerth
"We had a number of PR's today which was good to see. We continue to move the right direction, but unfortunately, our team as a whole is down quite a bit this year, and we've got some rebuilding to do."
Next Up
The Owls combined eventers will be competing in the heptathlon and pentathlon in the Queens University Combined Events in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Monday and Tuesday Feb.2-3.
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