Baton Rouge - The Centenary men's and women's track and field teams had an impressive day in the Pelican Relays hosted by Southern University on Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
Complete meet results: https://results.adkinstrak.com/meets/31104
Senior Xavier Venious (Bossier City, La.) recorded Centenary's top finish of the meet as he placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best 56.38
Freshman Christian Cormier (Lafayette, La.) finished 18th in the men's 100-meter dash (11.56) and 30th in the 200 meters (23.43) which is a new personal-record time. Senior Coby Harris (Lafayette, La.) finished 24th in the 100 meters (11.82) and 33rd in the 200 meters (24.01).
Freshman Herman Pride (Baton Rouge, La.) earned a 19th-place finish in the 400 meters with a personal-record time of 58.91 and finished 31st in the 200 meters (23.61). Pride also finished 20th in the long jump (5.46m). Freshman Bryan Washington (Wylie, Texas) finished 16th in the 400 meters (53.67) and earned a 27th-place finish in the 200 meters (23.14).
The men's foursome of Cormier, Harris, Venious, and Washington ran a season-best time of 43.21 in the 4 x 100-meter relay to finish fifth.
Freshman Mackenzie Haley (Orange, Texas) earned a top-10 finish in the high jump as she placed ninth (1.37m). Sophomore Julianna Malloy (Dallas, Texas) finished 26th in the 100-meter dash (14.31) and 34th in the 200 meters (30.57).
Junior Aubrey Salazar (San Antonio, Texas) finished 12th in the discus with a personal-record of 26.94m and 20th in the shot put (8.44m) and senior Maddie Schonberg (Harbor City, Calif.) finished 14th in the discus (24.79m) and 15th in the shot put (9.29m) while senior Nyla Pierce (Ruston, La.) finished 17th in the discus (18.36m).
Centenary is back in action next Saturday for the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in Natchitoches, La.
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mtrack/2023-24/schedule
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wtrack/2023-24/schedule
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