Dawson and Racic Lead Women's & Men's Track and Field with Runner-Up Finish at JDL Fast Tack

LEXINGTON, Va. & WINSTON-SALEM, NC- The Columbia College men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed at two indoor meets over the weekend with the sprinters heading up to Virginia to compete at the VMI Invite while the distance runners, throwers and race walkers headed to Winston-Salem to compete at the JDL Fast Track.

The teams will next be competing in the USC Gamecock Invitational on Saturday in Columbia.

Men's 60m: Willy Calcano - 7.14 sec (6th of 71), D. Young - 7.3 (19th), W. Smith - 7.37 (30th), and Jayden Young - 7.49 (45th)

Women's 60m: Mykayla Howard - 8.07 sec (6th), Kwamecia Marks - 8.27 (23rd), T. Alston - 8.3 (24th), Faith Eugene - 8.5 (32nd), Jordyn Gilliam - 8.99 (42nd). 

Women's 60m Hurdles: Ziykila Henderson - 10.2 sec (12th of 25)

Men's 200m: Xavier Linen- 22.46 seconds (20th), Caleb Bailey- 22.62 (23rd), Kimarje White – 22.95 (24th) Willy Calcano - 23.52 (27th), William Smith - 24.58 (60th). 

Women's 200m: Mykayla Howard- 26.21 (12th) Alston Tylashia – 26.89 (24th) Ashante Shaw – 27.26 (36th) J. Gilliam – 30.53 (47th) 

Men's 400m: Tristen Patterson - 51.61 seconds (15th), X. Linen - 51.53 (14th), Dominick Young- 51.77 (20th), Kimarje White – 52.94 (30th) - VMI

Ashton Pouncie - 52.10 (5th), Ryan Flowers - 53.07 (9th) - JDL

Women's 400m: Tylashia Alston - 1:03.55 (29th), Ashante Shaw - 1:05.7 (14th of 26)

Women's Mile: Juliana Gonzalez- 5:52.83 (31st of 43)   

Women's 800m: J. Gonzalez - 2:36.8 (23rd of 45)

Men's 3000m Race Walk: senior Dorde Racic - 13:35.34 (2nd of 11), Kristian Sanchez - 17:22 (8th), Harold Nolan - 20:35 (9th) 

Women's Long Jump:  Mackenzie Pringle- 4.81 (27th at VMI), Makayla Blango- 4.85 (T-13th of 27 @ JDL). 

Men's Long Jump: T. Dixon- 5.7m (32nd of 43) Jayden Young- 5.6m (34th of 43)  - JDL

Men's Triple Jump: Tyler Dixon - 12.07m (17th of 24) - JDL

Women's Triple Jump:  Mackenzie Pringle- 10.75 (7th at VMI , 4th at JDL), Makayla Blango- 10.53m (6th of 13) 

Men's Weight Throw:  Gavin Rice- 13.69m (10th), Jonathan Davis - 11.52m (25th), Guruveer Jhaj - 8.59m (30th) - JDL

Our women's Weight Throw did a significant job with Darci Dawson throwing 15.32m (2nd of 21), Doreshia McAllister- 15.06m (3rd), and sophomore Jada Robinson- 12.54m (9th, New Personal Record)  

Men's Shot Put: Sam Ah Ping- 12.09m (16th of 43, New Personal Record), Gavin Rice - 11.57m (22nd of 43), Jonathan Davis - 9.74m (36th). 

Women's Shot Put: Anaya Canty - 10.29m (10th of 33), Qusonda Wideman - 9.93m (14th), Azia Holmes - 9.9m (15th)

Men's 4x4m A- Team: T. Patterson, D. Young, X. Linen, C.Bailey: 3:22 (3rd of 14) @ VMI  Invite

men's 4x4m A-Team:  K. White, T. Patterson, X. Linen, C. Bailey: 3:54 (3rd of 10)  @ JDL Invite