Gents Set To Compete In Little Rock Twilight on Friday

Payton Lii and the Gents will take part in the 2022 Little Rock Twilight Friday.
Payton Lii and the Gents will take part in the 2022 Little Rock Twilight Friday.

Little Rock, Ark.– The Centenary men's and women's track and field teams will compete in the 2022 Little Rock Twilight on Friday at the Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex.

Live stats will be available for the meet and a live broadcast on ESPN+ will also be available. The meet will begin at 4 p.m. will a rolling schedule.

Live Stats: http://macdonaldtiming.com/ualr/ 

The field includes the host Little Rock Trojans, Central Arkansas, Grambling, Namibia Olympic Team, Arkansas Tech, Central Baptist, Freed-Hardeman, Lyon, Missouri Valley, Ouachita Baptist, Rust, Southeastern Oklahoma, Southern Arkansas, UA-Fort Smith, UA-Rich Mountain, and Williams Baptist.

Centenary is coming off a solid showing last weekend in the East Texas Invitational hosted by Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, Texas. Sophomore Devante' Jack (Jena, La.) had the top individual finish of the day of all the Ladies and Gents as he ran a time of 1:58.00 in the men's 800-Meter Run to place 11th. Freshman Madeline Vacula (Belton, Texas) had the Ladies' best finish of the meet as she placed 17th in the Women's 1500-Meter Run with a time of 5:24.56.

Junior Sydney Bascomb (Mesquite, Texas) finished 22nd in the women's 100-Meter Dash with a time of 13:06. Senior Veronica Dougherty (McAllen, Texas) finished 33rd in the Women's 1500 (6:09.16), Sophomore Coby Harris (Lafayette, La.)  and freshman Deandre Gonzales (San Antonio, Texas) finished 28th and 35th respectively in the Men's 100-Meter Dash. Harris ran a time of 11.49 and Gonzales ran a 11.77. The team of Harris, Gonzalez, Jack, and senior Payton Lii (Dallas, Texas) placed seventh in the Men's 4 x 100 Meter Relay as they ran a time of 44.82.

Centenary has recorded six top-15 individual finishes as well as six top-five finishes men and women combined this season.

See the complete men's season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mtrack/2021-22/schedule

See the complete women's season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wtrack/2021-22/schedule

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