ATLANTA. – Competing in their first outdoor event of the season, the Tennessee State men's track and field team came in 2^nd place out of 10 teams this weekend as they competed in the Morehouse Relays.
 
The Flying Tigers tallied 185 for their two-day score while racking up five first-place finishes in the meet.
 
Starting off with the running events, Amari Jelks earned a 6th-place finish in the 200m dash after clocking a 22.64. Quest Agee would take home 5^th in the 400m dash with a 50.53, followed by Nigel Simon Jr., who was one place back in 6^th with a 50.53.
 
Robert Hooper had a successful weekend for the Flying Tigers as he finished in 1^st place in the 1500m run with a time of 4:07.81, while he logged a 2^nd place finish in the 800m run with a time of 1:56.62.
 
In the hurdle events, Thurman McMullen finished in 2^nd place in the 110m hurdles with a 14.66. Zavante Chichester finished one spot back in 3^rd place with a 14.72, while Israel Fayne finished in 6^th place after clocking a 16.45.
 
McMullen would follow up his 110m hurdle performance with a 1^st place finish in the 400m hurdles after clocking a 55.24. Chichester would claim 7^th in the event with a 1:00.70.
 
In the relay events, TSU had its 4x200 relay team and 4x100 relay team log second-place finishes. The 4x200 team consisted of Quest Agee, Jeremiah Lewis, Nigel Simon Jr, and Thurman McMullen, as they finished with a 1:29.86. The 4x400 team clocked a 3:15.55, led by Agee, Lewis, Simon Jr, and McMullen.
 
Jon'Terio Horton did what he usually does in the high jump, taking home 1^st place with a leap of 6'6.
 
The Tigers had three athletes earn top-5 finishes in the long jump, led by Anthony Ward who took home 2^nd place after finishing with a 6.85m jump. Keandric Verge finished one spot back in 3^rd place with a 6.79m leap, while David Dorsey was one spot back in 4^th place, also with a 6.79m jump.
 
The Flying Tigers ran away with the triple jump, taking home 1^st place, 2^nd, and 3^rd in the event. Verge paced the group with a first-place finish after finishing with a 14.83. Dorsey was one spot back in 2^nd place with a 14.52, while Kenyon Johnson took home 3^rd place after logging a 14.41m.
 
Jarius Stewart led TSU in the shot put with a 2^nd place finish after tossing his shot put 12.72m. Justin Biggs finished one spot back in 5^th place with a toss of 12.59m.
 
In the discus throw, Forrest Saffo led the way with a 4th-place finish with a toss of 39.17. Stewart came in 6^th after finishing with a 38.44m throw.
 
Saffo had a great performance in the hammer throw as he came in 1^st place with a 48.15m. Nicholas Wright finished with a 44.76m throw to finish in second place. Stewart finished in 5^th place with a 38.57.
 
TSU will be back in action on April 6-8 as they are set to head to Athens, Ga., to compete in the Specs Town and Torrin Lawrence Invitational.