SEWANEE, Tenn. – Junior
Sam Leonard tied for second in the high jump and junior
Lukus White set a school-record in the weight throw for Sewanee on Friday at the Southern Athletic Association Indoor Track & Field Championships in Danville, Ky.
The conference meet continues Saturday with field events in the men's and women's triple jump, shot put and pole vault and running event finals in the mile run, 60-meter hurdles, 60-meter dash, 400-meters, 800-meters, 200-meters, 3000-meters and 4x400-meter relay.
Leonard cleared 6-feet, 3.5-inches, tying Centre's Isaac Johnson for second place, good for seven points for the Tigers in the team standings.
White set a school-record in the weight throw with a mark of 39-feet, 2-inches, finishing 10
th in the event. Sophomore
Stevie Mack, junior
Brayden Owens, junior
Gavin Potter and sophomore
Atticus Kowalski placed 11
th-14
th in the event with marks of 37-11, 37-10, 37-9 and 32-2, respectively.
Senior
Kamilla Haidaienko was 10
th in the weight throw with a mark of 36-5.
In running prelims, sophomore
Jimmy Holmes got the final qualifying spot in the 400-meters in 52.52 while junior
Lane Gamble (52.86) and sophomore
Jackson Knoll (53.71) did not reach the finals.
In the women's 60-meter dash, freshmen
Journey Morrison (8.18) and
Arianna Shirak (8.43) did not qualify for the finals while freshman
Jacob Heilpern (7.36), senior
Jenkins Darbney (7.62) and junior
Nana Addo (7.65) all failed to make the finals for the men in the same event.
Morrison posted the third-best time in the 60-meter hurdles qualifying at 9.44 but senior
Jocelyn Covaney (10.33) and junior
Erin Graffeo (11.19) did not make the finals. In the 200 Shirak (28.16) for the women and Heilpern (24.00) and Holmes (23.77) for the men did not reach the finals.
The women's distance medley relay of freshman
Livi Burns, Covaney, sophomore
Page Wells and freshman
Elizabeth Cook placed fifth in 14:29.23 while the men's DMR of freshman
Chase Cavitch, junior
Brandon Christ, Darbney and freshman
Declan Oberlies was also fifth in 11:31.53.
