One the final day of the Yellow Jacket Invitational the Georgia Tech track and field team saw a number of their student-athletes compete at a high level at the Griffin Track and Field Facility on Saturday afternoon.
Avery Bartlett won both the men’s 800-meter event with a time of 1:51.65 and the men’s 1500 with a time of 3:54.56.
“When it’s cold and very breezy we might not be able to put up outstanding performances, but we can compete hard and put forth great effort. Overall, I think we did that today,” said men’s track and field head coach Grover Hinsdale. “Avery Bartlett had a nice day as did Ryan Thomas. The 400m group was not at all happy with their 400m races so they came back and put up a great effort in winning the 4 x 400m relay. Monday we get back to work as we prepare for a competitive meet at FSU next Friday.”
Jeanine Williams also had an impressive day. Williams would finish in third in the women’s 100-meter event with a time of 11.84 and would also finish in second in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.39.
In the 4 x 400 relay, Lionel Jones, Bartlett, Daniel Pietsch, and Ben Jean pushed the Jackets to a first place finish with a time of 3:11.89.
“I thought we had a good competition to open the outdoor season,” added women’s track and field head coach Alan Drosky. “The conditions were challenging and affected the performances, but the effort across the board was what we needed to see. We have to learn to give that same effort every time out and today was a good step.”
Amy Ruiz was up to the task as she won the women’s 800-meter event with a personal-best mark of 2:12.05.
Standouts from today’s field events were Ryan Thomas, Dasia Smith and Olivia Moore. Thomas jumped a personal-best in the long jump (7.14m) to add to his second place finish.
Smith would finish in second in the women’s long jump with a mark of 5.69m, while Moore finished in third in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 3.85m.
The Jackets will be back in action on March 22nd when they travel to Florida for the Florida State Relays.
Women’s 100 Meters:
Jeanine Williams: 11.84, 3rd
Brianna Hayden: 11.84, 5th
Pharist O’Neal: 12.33, 21st
Ebony Forbes: 12.47, 28th
Alexis Kitchens: 12.59, 33rd
Men’s 100 Meters:
Tyson Spears: 10.79, 4th
Nasir Christian: 12.00, 30th
Women’s 200 Meters:
Brianna Hayden: 24.60, 5th
Denise Woode: 25.57, 18th
Alexis Kitchens: 26.05, 27th
Denise Issah: 26.24, 35th
Pharist O’Neal: 26.24, 36th
Dasia Smith: 26.82, 43rd
Madeline Hammond: 30.37, 64th
Men’s 200 Meters:
Maurice Simpson: 21.66, 7th
Ryan Thomas: 23.18, 19th
Women’s 400 Meters:
Denise Woode: 57.63, 8th
Kendria Edouard: 1:00.62, 23rd
Men’s 400 Meters:
Ben Jean: 47.73, 5th
Daniel Pietsch: 48.37, 6th
Lionel Jones: 48.74, 7th
Dwayne Watkins: 49.87, 17th
Zach Jones: 50.93, 24th
Women’s 800 Meters:
Amy Ruiz: 2:12.05, 1st, PR
Jordynn Tyndall: 2:13.42, 5th
Lindsey Wheeler: 2:30.54, 28th
Men’s 800 Meters:
Avery Bartlett: 1:51.65, 1st
Joshua Williams: 1:55.19, 11th
Jag Gangemi: 1:55.46, 12th
Tyler Whorton: 1:55.65, 14th
David Reteneller: 1:58.63, 21st
Eamon McCoy: 2:01.24, 27th
Women’s 1500 Meters:
Hana Herndon: 4:33.78, 4th
Annie Gallagher: 4:33.88, 5th
Nicole Fegans: 4:38.51, 6th
Liz Galarza: 4:39.63, 7th
Ellen Flood: 4:46.55, 15th
Mary Claire Solomon: 4:46.98, 16th
Elizabeth Rice: 4:48.53, 20th
Isabella Bowland: 4:52.70, 23rd
Samantha Folio: 4:57.59, 28th
Alexandra Melehan: 5:01.51, 33rd
Haley Unthank: 5:07.11, 39th
Nicole Zaubi: 5:07.17, 40th
Abby Kettle: 5:09.99, 43rd
Nasim Motaghedi: 5:16.73, 46th
Gabrielle Gusmerotti: 5:23.94, 51st
Men’s 1500 Meters:
Avery Bartlett: 3:54.56, 1st
Braeden Collins: 3:54.81, 2nd, PR
Andrew Kent: 3:54.87, 3rd
Michael Reilly: 3:55.57, 5th
James Cragin: 3:56.69, 8th
Christian Bowles: 3:56.79, 7th
Frank Pittman: 3:57.06, 8th
Henrik Anderson: 3:57.37, 9th
Matt McBrien: 4:02.71, 16th
Bennett Hillier: 4:07.70, 23rd
William O’ Reilly: 4:09.47, 24th
Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles:
Jeanine Williams: 13.39, 2nd
Ebony Forbes: 14.27, 8th
Taylor Grimes: 14.56, 14th
Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles:
Nasir Christian: 15.55, 14th
Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles:
Reese Crawford:1:07.13, 18th
Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles:
Anthony Steets: 54.74, 4th
Aaron Lewis: 56.45, 10th
Women’s 2000 Steeplechase:
Claire Mortiz: 7:01.10, 4th
Mary Kathryn Knott, 7:19.71, 8th
Rebecca Entrekin: 7:37.36, 10th
Men’s 2000 Steeplechase:
Sam Costa, 6:04.10, 4th, PR
Knox Pittman: 6:16.35, 6th
Women’s 4 x 400 Relay:
Reese Crawford: Haley Unthank, Annie Gallagher, Lindsey Wheeler: 4:00.75, 8th
Amy Ruiz, Nicole Feagans, Liz Galaraza, Hana Herndon: 4:09.87, 10th
Pharist O’Neal, Elizabeth Rice, Samantha Folio, Abby Kettle: 4:17.89, 13th
Mary Claire Solomon, Isabella Bowland, Ellen Flood, Nasim Motaghedi: 4:25.17, 16th
Men’s 4 x 400 Relay:
Lionel Jones, Avery Bartlett, Daniel Pietsch, Ben Jean: 3:11.89, 1st
Bennet Hillier, Tyler Whorton, David Reteneller, Joshua Williams: 3:29.53, 8th
Michael Reilly, Henrik Anderson, Braeden Collins, Eamon McCoy: 3:33.39, 11th
Women’s High Jump:
Madeline Hammond: 1.55m, 12th
Women’s Pole Vault:
Olivia Moore: 3.85m, 3rd
Women’s Long Jump:
Dasia Smith: 5.69m, 2nd
Taylor Grimes: 5.46m, 5th
Denise Issah: 5.38m, 9th
Men’s Long Jump:
Ryan Thomas: 7.14m, 2nd, PR
Tyson Spears: 7.06m, 6th
Women’s Triple Jump:
Bria Matthews: 11.68m, 5th
Denise Issah: 11.67m, 6th
Dasia Smith: 11.55m, 8th, PR
Men’s Triple Jump:
Ryan Thomas: 15.30m, 4th
Men’s Javelin:
Mark-Kimura Smith: 52.52m, 12th, PR
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