LUBBOCK – Tarleton track and field completed the final day of the Texas Tech Corky Classic with 14 top-10 finishes. Senior Jasmine McQuirter and sophomore Alan Palmer hit NCAA provisional marks in the long jump during Saturday’s event.
McQuirter posted a 6.00m (19-8 1/4) in the women’s long jump. The NCAA provisional mark for that event is 5.67m. McQuirter was the lone Tarleton representative at the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, where she placed 16th in the long jump (5.78m).
Freshman Jenna Brazeal was the top individual performer for the women’s team. Brazeal finished third in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:21.34. She was close to breaking her second school record of the weekend after claiming the 1000-meter time yesterday. Brazeal was less than one second from surpassing Haley Dennard’s 2016 800m record (2:20.45). Dennard and Johnnie Wilkinson also placed in the top-10 of the 800m with times of 2:27.20 (7th) and 2:35.82 (8th), respectively.
Palmer posted a 7.17 (23-6 1/4) in the men’s long jump. The NCAA provisional mark for that event is 7.13m. The sophomore also broke the program record for the long jump, surpassing William Carlton’s 2016 record of 22-5 1/2.
One day after breaking the 1000-meter program record, senior Michael Simcho was the top individual performer for the men’s team. Simcho placed fourth in the 800-meter race with a time of 1:56.90. Jesus Mata also placed in the top-10 of that event with a time of 1:59.02 (7th).
In the track events, the Texans had 11 top 10 finishers, four females and seven male runners. Two women and one male finished in the top 10 of the field events on Saturday.
Next up, the Texans will travel to Pittsburg, Kansas for the Pittsburg State Invitational on Saturday, February 1st, at the Robert W. Plaster Center.
Full Tarleton Results
Women’s Events
Women’s 400m
8. Kylee Ponder – 58.49
11. Alessa King – 1:00.37
Women’s 800m
3. Jenna Brazeal – 2:21.34
7. Haley Dennard – 2:27.20
8. Johnnie Wilkinson – 2:35.82
Women’s Mile
11. Imani Williams – 5:32.87
14. Johnnie Wilkinson – 5:44.83
15. Taylor Richards – 5:45.11
26. Kaleigh Ellis – 6:08.16
Women’s 3000m
12. Taylor Richards – 11:36.52
14. Kaleigh Ellis – 12:23.76
Women’s 4×400
11. Kylee Ponder, Alessa King, Jordan Anglin, Gentrye Munden – 3:59.25
Women’s Long Jump
9. Jasmine McQuirter – 6.00 (19-8 1/4)
Women’s High Jump
9. Gentrye Munden – 1.60 (5-3)
13. Emily Castleberry – 1.60 (5-3)
Men’s Events
Men’s 60m Hurdles
7. Cornelius Coleman – 8.25
Men’s 200m
7. Anterius Brown – 22.09
13. Jamel Anderson – 22.49
Men’s 400m
9. Anterius Brown – 48.69
10. Brandon McKissick – 49.35
Men’s 800m
4. Michael Simcho – 1:56.90
7. Jesus Mata – 1:59.02
16. Devonte Torns – 2:12.08
Men’s 4×400
11. Anterius Brown, Brandon McKissick, Ikechi Iromuanya, Dahmir Pearson – 3:21.91
12. Mikel Stone, Skyler Sandusky, Jamel Anderson, Alan Palmer – 3:22.13
13. Colton Troutman, Mackenzie Lazarus, Zachary Martinez, Joseph Pezold – 3:23.11
Men’s Mile
5. Kevin Baez – 4:23.96
13. Quenten Lasseter – 4:33.31
18. Dominick Vastlik – 4:36.76
23. Kyle Doty – 4:40.62
33. Devonte Torns – 5:07.08
Men’s Shot Put
12. Kendall Dearth – 13.01 (42-8 1/4)
Men’s Long Jump
7. Alan Palmer – 7.17 (23-6 1/4)
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