STATESMEN TRACK & FIELD MAKE STRIDES AT CAPTAINS INVITATIONAL

 Captains Invitational & Combined Events - 1/24/2014 to 1/25/2014       
                 Christopher Newport University Track & Field                 
                      Freeman Center -- Newport News, VA    

Friday-recap of results

Long Jump---Revis, 5.92 m  (12th overall)

60 meter hurdles---Jackson (advanced to final)

60 meter ----Washington, 6.99 (qualified for Nationals) tied with the fast time going into finals

                        Drummond, 7.13 (qualified for finals, 9th)

                        Butler, 7.19 (qualified for finals, 11th)

60 meter-----Shay Russell, 8.16 (qualified for finals, 10th)

Saturday-finals results

Shot Put---Cassandra Nnaji, 11.73 m (finished 3rd overall out of 24)

600 meters----Maxwell Chambers, 1:23.31 (qualified for Nationals, 1st overall)

60 meter hurdle finals----Adrian Jackson, 8.56 (2nd overall)

400 meters---Nick Okeobor, 51.59 (3rd overall)

                        Alex Holley, 54.45, (12th overall)

                        Terelle Robinson, 56.52 (20th overall)

60 meter finals----Shay Russell, 8.08, (7th overall)

60 meter finals---Josh Washington, 6.98 (bettered his time for nationals, 4th place overall)

                                Jacob Butler, 7.11 (9th place overall)

                                James Drummond, 7.11 (10th place overall)

200 meters----Joshua Washington, 22.17 (qualified for Nationals, 1st place overall)

                           James Drummond, 23.32 (6th place overall)

                            Nick Okeobor, 23.60 (9th overall)

                            Jacob Butler, 23.85 (11th overall)

                            Terelle Robinson, 24.42 (24th overall)

                            Alex Holley, 25.07 (32nd overall)

4 x 400 meter Relay "A", Washington, Chambers, Jackson, Okeobor, 3:26.07  (1st place overall)----beat a professional track club

4x 400 meter Relay "B", Drummond, Holley, Robinson, Butler, 3:45.46 (10th overall)

Recap the final day (highlights)

• Josh finished 4th place in the 60 meters with his personal best of 6.98 which qualified him for Nationals
• Josh finished 1st place in a very competitive 200 m field with a personal best of 22.17 for indoors and qualified him for Nationals.(missed setting field house record by .43)
• Max finished 1st in the 600 meters with a time of 1:23 to qualify him for Nationals
• Adrian finished 2nd in the 60 meter hurdles
• Nnaji finished 3rd in the shot put with a personal indoor best
• the 4 x400 meter relay consisting of Washington, Drummond, Chambers, and Jackson finished first overall and beating a professional track club