Yellow Jackets Close Day One of Orange and Purple Invitational – Men’s Track & Field — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

CLEMSON, S.C. – Georgia Tech track and field wrapped up action at day one of the Orange and Purple Invitational with four podium finishes and 10 additional top-ten finishes.

In the field events, action started with the long jump where Ameia Wilson took sixth place (5.86m), while Jill Catton took 14th (5.43m), with Kelsey Chambers in 15^th (5.39m) and Morgan Gordon in 17^th (5.24m). Charlie Crowder took 14^th in the men’s long jump (6.58).

In the women’s weight throw, Maggie Gizinski finished 24^th (11.27m), while Tahir Hines had a top-ten finish in the men’s weight throw, coming in ninth (18.02m).

Macy Felton opened the running events with a top-five finish in the women’s 1000m, taking fifth with a time of 2:56.08. On the men’s side, Alex Arrambide took first in the event with a time of 2:29.97.

In the 60m prelim, Sheleah Harris finished 18^th, which advanced her to the semifinals. She then went on finish eighth in the semi final and seventh in the final (7.52).

George Benjamin placed 13^th in the 60m hurdles prelims and 16^th in the semifinals (8.27). Kennedy Myers finished 15^th in the 60m hurdles prelim with a time of (8.58) and 12^th in the semis (8.37).

In the women’s 600, Gracie Martson finished on the podium with a time of 1:34.11, good for third place. Kayla Rose took ninth (1:37.93), with McKenzie Blackledge coming in 10^th (1:38.65). Stella Chambless finished in 14^th (1:40.43) while Aditi Sagi finished 16^th (1:44.60).

On the men’s side, Parker Buchheit had a podium finish, coming in third (1:18.38), while Winston DeCuir III (sixth, 1:19.64) and Kamren Kennedy (ninth, 1:20.49). Alex Thomas took 11^th (1:21.64), with Willem Mandel in 16^th (1:23.76), Trent Bell in 17^th (1:25.37) and Ethan Kurilko in 18^th (1:25.97).

For the women’s mile, three Yellow Jackets entered the event, with Sarah Copeland taking ninth (4:40.15), with Grace Driskill in 15^th (4:54.90) and Katy Earwood in 28^th (5:02.89). On the men’s side, Charlie Smith took third place with a time of 4:03.84, while John Higinbotham added a podium finish, finishing in sixth with a time of 4:09.07. Devin Wade finished in 16^th (4:12.23), with Cooper Timberman in 31^st (4:22.50) and Joseph Jacquot in 34^th (4:27.88).

Kimmi Woods finished 23^rd (58.21) in the women’s 200, with Sarah Noel in 30^th (58.51). In the men’s 400, Caden Terrell was the first to finish, coming 16^th (49.08), with Weston Baptiste in 23^rd (50.05) and Bradley Favors in 26^th (50.71).

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