Three Pick up Event Titles at Outdoor Season Opener

SEARCY, Ark. – Mildred Medina, Katlen Clem, and Madison Rowe opened the 2o25 outdoor season with event championships to pace Southeastern in its season opening meet at the Harding Chick-fil-A Invitational in Searcy, Ark.
 
Mildred Medina picked up the first event championship of the outdoor season, doing so in the javelin where she posted a 31.64 meter toss to take the title and lead a group of five throwers from SE who finished in the top 10.
 
Emma Berry was next in line, finishing sixth with a throw of 27.32 meters, followed immediately by Chanesse Chandler in seventh with a 26.96 meter throw, Chanelle Chandler with a 26.58 meter throw, and Savannah Sandoval in ninth with a 25.64 meter toss.
 
Katlen Clem picked up the first running event championship of the outdoor season, clocking a time of 11:36.19 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, winning by nearly 20 seconds.
 
Madison Rowe picked up the third event title of the season, clocking 1:04.67 to take the top spot in the 400 meter hurdles, while Keyana Brewer was behind her in second with a time of 1:09.31.
 
The Storm posted a second-place finish in the 4x100 meter relay as the foursome of Je'Mela Harris, Andria Williams, Jaiden Leighton, and Ashton Carter turned in a time of 48.19, 0.05 seconds off the top time.
 
Brewer turned in a second place finish in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.42, while Kelsey Sawyer finished ninth in the race with a time of 17.27.
 
Harris posted a third-place finish and led a group of four top-10 finishers in the 100 meters, turning in a time of 12.59. She was followed by Rowe in fifth with a 12.66, Leighton in sixth with a 12.69, while Williams rounded out the group in ninth with a mark of 12.76.
 
Clem followed up her event title with a third-place finish in the 800 meter with a run of 2:20.93, while Ashlynn Barrett crossed in sixth with a run of 2:29.84.
 
Medina added a third-place finish in the high jump as she cleared 1.50 meters, finishing 0.1 meters off the top mark.
 
Leighton posted a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters with a run of 26.08, with Williams coming in sixth with a 26.26, while Harris crossed in 10^th with a 27.24.
 
Chanesse Chandler and Chanelle Chandler each posted top-six finishes in the shot put, with Chanesse finishing fourth with a throw of 11.87 meters and Chanelle following with a toss of 10.78 meters.
 
La'Najah Ticey picked up a fourth place finish in the 400 meters after running a time of 1:01.38, while Kaitlyn Cedillo crossed in eighth after clocking a time of 1:02.57. Ashlynn Barret rounded out the top-10 in the event with a run of 1:03.78.
 
Anjelika Abraham posted a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 meters with a run of 10:58.73, while Devyn Doakes turned in a ninth-place finish with a time of 11:28.85 and Calibre Keene was next in in 10^th with a time of 11:38.67.
 
Abraham posted a ninth-place finish in the 1,500 meters after turning in a time of 5:06.45.
 
On Friday night, the Storm put four in the top 10 of the hammer throw, led by Kaitlyn Ervin's throw of 39.80 meters which was good for fifth.
 
Chanesse Chandler was next in line with a throw of 38.80 meters to finish sixth, while Emma Berry finished seventh with a throw of 38.18 meters.
 
Chanelle Chandler rounded out the group in 10^th with a throw of 34.84 meters.