Meet Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Freshman Garth Warner set a new personal record and established the best high jump in the MEAC so far this year, taking second place and first among all collegiate athletes in the event at the Charlotte 49er Invitational this past weekend.

Warner cleared a PR of 6 feet, 10.75 inches, ranking him among the top 30 in the NCAA East Region this year. He finished second at Charlotte behind a post collegiate athlete, Trey McRae, who cleared 7-3. Warner supplanted teammate Jacob Milton as the top mark in the conference this season, though Milton (6-10.25) still ranks second.

Warner's jump was just one of many highlights for the Spartans over the weekend. Redshirt junior Michael-Thomas Brown set a new PR in the 100-meter dash, finishing as runner-up in 10.54 seconds. NSU had two first-place finishes on the track, with freshman Felix Kiprotich winning the 800 meters (1:51.79) and junior Ronald Korir taking first in the 3,000 meters in 8:48.54, some 16 seconds ahead of his closest competition. Kiprotich also ran well in the 1,500, placing 11th with the MEAC's third-fastest time this year (3:55.17).

NSU took four top-five finishes in the two hurdles events. Junior Allan Frye (52.91), freshman Jaylen Banks (52.97) and senior Rashad Ramsey (53.94) claimed second through fourth places in the 400 hurdles. Each posted a season-best time in the process. Frye, meanwhile, was also fifth in the 110 hurdles (14.83).

Other top-five efforts on the track came from sophomore Anteneh Girma in the 3,000 (third place, 9:08.88), sophomore Justin Pinder in the 400 (fourth place, 48.51) and freshman Festus Bett in the 5,000 meters (fifth place, 15:34.49). The 4x100 relay team of Brown, Frye, Ramsey and Jaylen Carr placed fourth in 41.13 seconds.

Besides Warner's PR in the high jump, junior Da'Trail Hockaday also posted a personal-best in the discus. His best throw was 148 feet even, which was good for 11th place. Shaw Barfield tied for eighth in the pole vault, setting a new season-best height of 13-3.5.

The Spartans continue outdoor season next weekend at the Morgan State Legacy Meet in Baltimore.