MCC Track and Field Posts Top Finish

From School Reports 

MCC continued their hot start Saturday at the UAB Green and Gold Invite on the way to a third place finish as a team.

MCC posted five NJCAA National Championship qualifying marks. The team also posted 11 top 5 finishes during the meet.

"Anytime you can compete at that level and do well as a team is a good day," said Head Coach Chip Gayden. "We did well in the sprints and in the jumps. I was a little disappointed with our distance athletes, but I know they will bounce back."

The meet saw MCC once again put finalists in the 60 meters after Freshmen Cravorkian Carson and Chris Lewis both qualified for the finals posting times of 7.01 and 6.81 respectively.  In the finals, Carson posted a personal best of 6.85, while Lewis was disqualified after a false start. 

"We had a great day in the 60 meters. Justin Johnson barely missed the finals but hit the qualifying standard, while Cravorkian ran a PR in the finals. It's disappointing to false start with Chris, but he came out and executed real well in the prelims," said Gayden.

MCC also saw some great performances in the 200 meters and 400 meters. 

In the 200 meters Chris Lewis ran a personal best of 22.03 and improved upon his national qualifying mark from December. Freshman Terrance Johnson also qualified for the NJCAA National Championships in the event posting a personal best of 22.26. 

In the 400 meters Freshman Bryson Penton posted a personal best of 50.19. His mark barely missed the NJCAA qualifying standard of 50.00.

The 800 meters saw success for MCC as freshman Josh Austin after he won his heat and barely missing the national qualifying mark with a personal best 2:00.87.

In the field events, Freshman Josh Wilson posted a personal best of 6.95 meters in the long jump barely missing the NJCAA qualifying mark of 7.03. Freshman Devontre Young qualified for the NJCAA National Championships in the high jump with a jump of 2.00 meters. 

MCC saw their 4x400m relay team punch their ticket to the NJCAA National Championships and a third place finish after running a time of 3:21.76. 

MCC will take the next two weeks of before returning to the track on February 14 in Birmingham at the Samford Invitational.