Tulsa Track & Field Places at John Jacobs Invitational

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Tulsa Track & Field Places at John Jacobs Invitational

4/24/2016 3:24:00 PM | Track and Field

By: Drake Allen

NORMAN, Okla. – On Saturday, The University of Tulsa women's and men's track and field teams registered a sixth-place and an eighth-place team finishes, respectively, as part of the John Jacobs Invitational at the John Jacobs Track Complex.

The women collected four top-five finishes and one event title. Sophomore Kiara Jones won the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.79. The Hurricane had a notable performance from sophomore Danielle Medearis as she finished runner-up in the women's 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:53.73. Candalyn Lyons, Quin Patterson, Cydney Fogle and Kiara Jones represented Tulsa in the 4x400-meter relay finishing runner-up with a time of 3:47.78.

Tulsa registered one top-five finish for the men, and it came from senior Alex Lybarger who placed third in the men's hammer throw with a distance of 59.26m.

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MEN'S 100-METER DASH:
• Otugo Ananaba, 10.60, 7^th
• Paul Akintade, 11.12, 21^st

MEN'S 200-METER DASH:
• Otugo Ananaba, 21.80, 7^th

MEN'S 400-METER RUN:
• Bailey Stewart, 48.37, 17^th
• Austin Hostetler, 49.73, 26^th
• Isaac Sanders, 50.13, 28^th

MEN'S 800-METER RUN:
• August Bont, 2:00.19, 18^th
• Robert Blankenship, 2:06.14, 19^th

MEN'S 1-MILE RUN:
• John Esswein, 4:31.65, 12^th
Bryan Corbaz, 4:37.37, 17^th

MEN'S 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE:
• Kirk Smith, 9:43.65, 6^th

MEN'S 4X400-METER RELAY:
• Tulsa (A), 3:18.19, 7^th (Tully, Sanders, Hostetler, Stewart)

MEN'S LONG JUMP:
• Paul Akintade, 7.12m, 8^th

MEN'S DISCUS:
• Alex Lybarger, 41.79m, 12^th

MEN'S HAMMER THROW:
• Alex Lybarger, 59.26m, 3^rd

WOMEN'S 400-METER RUN:
• Candalyn Lyons, 57.58, 14^th
• Quin Patterson, 59.40, 20^th

WOMEN'S 800-METER RUN:
• Emily Waggener, 2:26.67, 18^th

WOMEN'S 3,000-METER RUN:
• Danielle Medearis, 9:53.73, 2^nd
• Clara Langley, 10:18.59, 7^th
• Alyssa Jones, 10:22.04, 8^th

WOMEN'S 400-METER HURDLES:
• Kiara Jones, 59.79, 1^st
• Cydney Fogle, 1:03.96, 10^th

WOMEN'S 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE:
• Alyssa Bolliger, 10:57.52, 3^rd

WOMEN'S 4X400-METER RELAY:
• Tulsa (A), 3:47.78, 2^nd (Jones, Lyons, Patterson, Fogle)

WOMEN'S SHOT PUT:
• Ty'Jae Scales, 12.98m, 10^th

WOMEN'S DISCUS:
• Cecilya Johnson, 52.40m, 3^rd
• Baylor Reese, 45.17m, 9^th
• Ty'Jae Scales, 40.23m, 17^th

WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW:
• Cecilya Johnson, 51.99m, 7th