SFA Track and Field Set to Compete in Trio of Meets this Weekend

Friday, April 19

Torrance, Calif.

ALL DAY

Stephen F. Austin

Mt. Sac Invitational

SFA Track and Field Set to Compete in Trio of Meets this Weekend

4/17/2019 4:07:00 PM | Track & Field

SFA will compete in meets on Thursday, Friday and Saturday

By: Kevin Meyer | Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations

2019 Michael Johnson Invitational
Clyde Hart Stadium | Waco, Texas
April 19-20, 2019
Meet Schedule | Watch ($)
Tffrs.org performance lists

2019 Mt. Sac Relays/ Brian Clay Invitational
El Camino College | Torrance, CA
April 18-19, 2019
Meet Schedule | Live results | Brian Clay Schedule | Brian Clay Meet Info
Tffrs.org performance lists

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Fresh off a strong day of competition at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational last Friday, the SFA Track and Field team looks to continue that momentum this weekend as they compete in three different meets. While the bulk of the team, including sprinters and field athletes, travels to Waco, Texas for the Michael Johnson Invitational, the distance unit heads westward to California for the Mt. Sac Relays and Brian Clay Invitational.

The two-day Michael Johnson Invitational takes place inside the Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium, a 5,000 seat facility which has hosted the Michael Johnson Invitational for four seasons prior to 2019. Competition will open on Friday at noon with some of the field events and culminating with the 5000m run for both the men and women. A full schedule of events for that meet is listed above.

The 61^stannual Mt. Sac Relays will be run on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California, the hometown of famous Olympic runner and WWII bomber pilot Louis Zamperini, AKA the "Torrance Tornado". Brittany Innis, Taryn Surratt and Awet Beraki will each run at the Mt. Sac Relays, while LaSean Davis and Kelsey Ramirez will run at the Bryan Clay Invitational in nearby Azusa, CA.

Having made a last minute switch from a two-day meet at Louisiana-Monroe to the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational, the SFA Track and Field team dodged inclement weather and was able to have a strong meet in Natchitoches, bringing home 11 event wins. With just two weekends of competition left before the Southland Conference Outdoor Championship in the first week of May, the 'Jacks are well represented among the Southland's top eight marks in many events.

Heading into the weekend, the Ladyjacks are ranked sixth in the South Central Regional rankings behind only Arkansas, Texas A&M, Texas, LSU and Baylor, three of whom are ranked in the top five nationally. The men are ranked 13th in the region.

SOUTHLAND LEADERS
• Cayla Burch (200m)
• 4x400 meter relay (W)
• Kaylee Bizzell (Pole vault)
• Drake Murphy (800m)
• Kelsey Ramirez (1500m)
• Brittany Innis (10000m)
• Brittany Innis (3000m steeplechase)
• Madison Pecot (pole vault)

ATHLETES RANKED IN SOUTHLAND TOP FIVE
Ladyjacks
• #3 - Aaliyah Teel (200m)
• #2 - Cayla Burch (400m)
• #3 – Imani Nave (400m)
• #2 – Kelsey Ramirez (800m)
• #3 – LaSean Davis (800m)
• #4 – Madison Compass (800m)
• #3 - Taryn Surratt (1500m)
• #3 – Dominique Jackson (400m hurdles)
• #4 – 4x100 meter relay
• #4 – Kadejah Wilson (high jump)
• #2 – Madison Pecot (Pole vault)
• #5 – Maggie Okul (Hammer throw)
• #3 - Taryn Surratt (3000m steeplechase)
• #5 – 4x100m relay
• #2 – Kaylee Bizzell (Pole vault)
• #3 – Nastassja Campbell (Pole vault)
• #4 – 4x100 meter relay
• #T5 – Jillian Turner (Heptathlon)
• #T5 – Caitlin Lennon (Heptathlon)

Lumberjacks
• #4 – AJ Bennett (400m)
• #3 – 4x400 meter relay
• #4 – Noah Berney (high jump)
• #2 – Branson Ellis (Pole vault)
• #3 – Antonio Ruiz (Pole vault)
• #T5 – Tyler Stafford (Pole vault)
• #T5 – Hunter Krc (Pole vault)
• #3 – Kevin Steward (Shot put)
• #2 – Cord Neal (Javelin)
• #2 – Awet Beraki (10000m)
• #4 – Conner Wilbur (Decathlon)

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