CLINTON, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University track & field program withstood four separate weather delays at the Mike McMillan Twilight Invitational but still found a way to garner a trio of podium spots.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Team Results
  • No Team Scores

 

• Location
  • Clinton, Mississippi – James E. Parkman Track

 

• Host Institution
  • Mississippi College

 
Men's Top Performers:
 

• All three podium spots came from the men's side:
  • The 4x100m relay quartet earned third place with its time of 42.38 seconds, a top-50 allotment among HBCUs so far in the outdoor season.
  • Jusden Culpepper set a personal-record in the triple jump via a distance of 13,67 meters, also claiming third.
  • Kristian Miller wrapped up the bronze medal showings in the shot put at 11.93 meters.

 

• Both Allen Jenkins' 6.52m long jump and Devin King's 10.40m shot put toss fell just shy of the top-three, each slotting fourth.

 

• Miller was the last one to score by coming in sixth place during the discus (35.89m) whereas Culpepper and Henry Espy both slid into the top-ten of the long jump by measuring 6.10m and 6.07m, respectively.

 
Women's Top Performers:
 

• The Delta Devils took the fourth through seventh spots in the shot put in the following order: Aniyah Thomas (10.45m), Nyla Snead (7.86m), Senyce Rene (6.57m), and Brooklyn Brunt (5.61m).

 

• Thomas also laid claim to the number seven slot at the discus throw with a distance of 35.41m while Snead (5.15m) and Jaazaniah Calvert (4.94m) each came away with points in the long jump.

 

• Janet Cheboi ran the furthest distance of any competitor donning the Green and White on Friday, taking part in the 1500m run by tallying ninth in a speed of 5:30.59.

 
Next:
 

• Head Coach Michael Snapp and company head back to Stark Vegas one more time before SWAC Championship season, spending Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1 on the campus of Mississippi State for the Maroon and White Tune Up.

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