Tech T&F Concludes Day One at Clemson, Vanderbilt and Boston Meets – Men’s Track & Field — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech track and field spent Friday at three different meets – the Tiger Paw Invitational, the Music City Challenge and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.

Tiger Paw Invitational:
Field events kicked off with the men’s weight throw, where Tahir Hines took seventh place with a distance of 18.98m. Jill Catton and Ameia Wilson entered the women’s long jump, with Catton finishing 19^th (5.73m) and Wilson finishing 25^th (5.61m). In the women’s weight throw, freshman Maggie Gizinski finished 15^th (12.12m, PB).

Running action started with the 60m hurdles prelims, where Kennedy Myers entered on the women’s side and George Benjamin for the men. Myers finished 30^th (8.48) and Benjamin finished 35^th (8.51), with neither advancing to the semis.

The 60m prelims saw action from Sheleah Harris (41^st – 7.53), Jade Ofotan (48^th – 7.59) and Sophia Richard (60^th – 7.69), but no Jackets advanced to the semis.

Three Yellow Jackets competed in the men’s mile, with Alex Thomas leading the way in eighth place (4:07.33). Chris Cherono finished in 13^th (4:12.62) while Joseph Jacquot finished 17^th (4:22.50)

In the 400m, Kimmi Woods (40^th – 57.42) ran in the orange heat, while McKenzie Blackledge (41^st – 59.85) ran in the purple heat.

On the men’s side, Caden Terrell (32^nd – 48.18), Weston Baptiste (42^nd – 49.75) and Bradley Favors (44^th – 50.25) ran in the orange heat, Winston DeCuir III took 11^th in the purple heat with a personal best 47.44.

David Hemery Valentine Invitational:
With some of the distance squad in Boston, Friday’s action started with the men’s mile, where John Higinbotham led the Yellow Jackets (4:05.21), followed by Myles Collins (4:06.47) and Billy Carlton (4:07.14).

Alex Arrambide was the lone Yellow Jacket in the 3000m, coming in 85^th out of 243 finishers with a time of 8:03.27.

Devin Wade ran the 5000m, coming in 119^th with a time of 14:11.46.

Music City Challenge:
Macy Felton led the way for Tech in the women’s mile, coming in 31^st with a time of 4:54.63. Reagan Mahoney finished in 51^st (5:03.88), with Stella Chambless in 55^th (5:05.63).

John Jessup was the lone representative in the men’s mile, coming in 34^th (4:09.62).

In the women’s 5000m, Kenzie Walls claimed a podium finish, coming in third place with a time of 16.41.32. Erin Fegans was the next to finish, coming in 17^th with a time of 17:11.61, while Ava Coffey was in 31^st (17:47.73).

In the men’s 5000m, Joey Sandel was the first to finish, coming in…