HOUSTON - The Texas Southern Tigers participated in the J.D Martin Invitational this past weekend taking home second place overall. The meet was hosted by Oklahoma University on Saturday in Norman, Oklahoma at the Mosier Indoor Facility.
Texas Southern performed well in many of the events, placing in the top 10 in six events. In the 60m dash, three Tigers placed in the top ten, Jordee Archer Harvey in second (6.78s), Roman Turner in fourth (6.82s), and Jaalen Generette in seventh (7.01s).
Texas Southern devoured the other competitors in the 400M dash, placing within milliseconds within one another with Darius Birden taking home first place with a time of 50.10s, Bronshaye Bolden in second place with a time of 50.55s, and right behind him was Tarique Fisher with a time of 51.13s. Jacob Price showed his school pride, as he placed first in the 800m run with a time of 1:55.63s, behind him in fifth place was fellow teammate, Marcus Caldwell with a time of 2:033.22s.
The Tigers' 4x400m relay, made up of Mykele Young Sanders, Birden, Bolden, and Freshman Kenneth White, team finished first with a time of 3:20.70. The Tigers also showcased their long distance abilities in the 3000m run placing second by Jorge Martinez with a time of 9:00.43s and fourth by David Guzman with a time of 9:23.89s.
Maliek Kendall showed off his jumping ability placing 5th in the 60m hurdles (8.59s), fourth in triple jump (14.46m), and came in first in high jump (2.00m). Karon Bain also displayed his leaping skills by placing fifth in high jump (1.80m) and long jump. Taylor Levine also performed in the long jump placing second (6.77m).
TSU also placed well in shot put and weight throw. Chris Allen came in fifth in shot put (14.27m), right behind him in sixth place was Terrell Perry (12.84m). Joshua Gay was very versatile in Saturday's meet coming in ninth in shot put (11.43m) and seventh in weight throw (12.43m) Ahmad Francis also competed in weight throw for Texas Southern, positioning at fourth place (14.52m).
The Tigers will compete again next weekend in their last meet before SWAC Indoor Championships, at the Howie Ryan Invitational here in Houston at the University of Houston's Yeoman Fieldhouse.
Courtesy: TSU Athletics