ATLANTA – The Tennessee State women's track and field team had a successful first outdoor meet, as they took home first place in the highly competitive Morehouse Relays. TSU finished 1
st out of 15 teams with a total team score of 182.50.
The Tigerbelles brought home four individual first-place finishes, along with three relay teams that claimed gold medals. TSU collected 17 top-three finishes on the weekend.
Natalya Bryant started the meet off strong for TSU as she took home second place in the Heptathlon. She got first in both the 200m dash and 800m dash within the event. Bryant's big weekend would continue Saturday afternoon as she claimed 1
st place in the 100m hurdles with a 15.55.
TSU had two top-three finishes in the 100m dash, as
Serenity Harry notched a 1
st place finish after clocking an 11.99.
Sanura Branigan would finish two spots back in 3
rd place with a time of 12.23.
Branigan would go on to take 2
nd place out of 62 in the 200m dash with a 24.98.
Giah Thomas would finish one place behind Branigan in 3
rd place with a 25.12, while
Miracle Johnson raced to a 4
th place finish after clocking a 25.61.
Thomas and Johnson both had solid showings in the 400m dash, as Thomas came in 3
rd place out of 34 with a 56.92, while Johnson came in 5
th place with a time of 58.32.
The Tigers would see their 4x100 relay team, 4x200 relay team, and 4x400 relay team all notch first-place finishes.
TSU had two first-place finishes in the field events, led by
Elaina Housworth who finished 1
st in the triple jump with a leap of 11.96m.
Alayna Darrett was the other Tiger to notch a 1
st place finish, as she finished with a 1.58m jump in the high jump.
Catherine Forbes finished one spot behind Housworth in the triple jump, as she tallied an 11.59m jump to finish in 2
nd place. Housworth would earn another top-three finish in the long jump as she came in 3
rd out of 22 with a 5.09m leap.
The throwers racked up three top-three finishes this weekend.
Leilany Laureano placed 2
nd in the shotput out of 29 with a toss of 13.40m, while
Ayana Pugh claimed 3
rd in the SP with a 12.84m throw.
Maleah Decuir rounded out the throwers with a 2
nd place finish in the hammer throw with a 43.18m.
