March 24, 2018

Tech ends Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays with three top-5 finishes

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Tennessee Tech had a tough day to close out the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon.

By Layne Weitzel, TTU Sports Information

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Tennessee Tech had a tough day to close out the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon.

Tech's 4x800m relay squad finished second in 9:22.00 flat. Jumpers Na'Scottisha Drummond and Eshe Robinson also placed within the top five in the high jump, with Drummond placing fourth with a mark of 1.65m/5'5" and Robinson finishing fifth at a career-best 1.60m/5'3".

Outside of those two events, Tech struggled to get anything going. The team's highest finish otherwise was an eighth-place showing in the 100m dash from Ceirra Tate.

MEET INFO

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Alabama-Huntsville, Alcorn State, Arkansas State, Jackson State, Lane College, Memphis, Meridian CC, Mississippi State, Mississippi Valley State, Missouri State, Mobile, New Orleans, Rust College, Samford, Southeast Missouri State, TENNESSEE TECH, UAB, West Alabama

RESULTS from SATURDAY, MARCH 24

4x100m relay

Ceirra Tate, D'Airrien Jackson, Khemani Roberts, Lisa Wickham – DQ

400m hurdles

D'Airrien Jackson – 1:05.02; 12^th overall

4x800m relay

Micayla Rennick, Purity Sanga, Madison Stremler, Anna Cooper – 9:22.00; 2^nd overall

High jump

Na'Scottisha Drummond – 1.65m/5'5"; 4^th overall

Eshe Robinson – 1.60m/5'3"; 5^thoverall – new PR

Shot put

Keyanna Word – 7.26m/23'10"; 34^th overall