Christman Win Highlights SE Track Opener

CLINTON, Miss. – Rebekah Christman highlighted Southeastern season-opening performances by winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase in her first run at it in Clinton, Miss., at the Mississippi College Season Opener Meet.
 
Christman finished the event in a time of 12:34.39, besting the second-place finisher by nearly 30 seconds.
 
Overall the Savage Storm featured five top-five finishes on the weekend and added 14 top-10 placings.
 
SE's two relay teams posted the next highest finishes, with the 4x100 turneing in a third-place finish while the 4x400 crossed in fourth.
 
The 4x100 squad featured Micah Stiggers, Cierra Jackson, Kendria Holmes, and Charisma Lacy-Ray who combined for a time of 49.76.
 
The 4x400 group made up of Nyla Dawes, Sierra Parks, Toni Howard, and Kendria Holmes posted a time of 4:06.76.
 
Holmes posted a fourth-place finish on her own in the 200m with a time of 25.90. She followed that up with a top-10 finish in the 400m after clocking a time of 59.59.
 
Parks also added a fifth-place finish in the 400 meter hurdles, clocking a time of 1:14.09, and adding a top-10 finish in the 100 meter hurdles as well, finishing ninth with a time of 17:51.
 
Sanjuanita Flores turned in a ninth-place finish in the 800m with a run of 2:34.52, while Skye Summer crossed in ninth in the 1,500m with a time of 5:10.74.
 
In the field events, Jayna Gomez posted a 32.52 meter throw in the discus which was good for a sixth-place finish.
 
Cassidy Ward followed up with a seventh-place finish in the shot put after a mark of 11.38m.
 
Ward, Gomez, and Zaycia Guthrie each turned in top-10 finishes in the javelin, with Ward going sixth with a toss of 27.47 meters, followed by Gomez in eighth at 24.70 and Guthrie in ninth with a throw of 21.69.