STARKVILLE, Miss. | Louisiana Tech men's and women's Track & Field teams competed Friday and Saturday at the Maroon and White Invite in Starkville, Miss. earning three silver medal finishes from
Jamie Sancho (200m),
Mateo Smith (long jump), and
Shania Parkinson (shot put), and posted 20 PRs as a team.
DAY ONE
Sancho ran the best race of his career in the men's 200m to take silver with a 20.64, just 0.02 from a program top-10 run. The Madrid, Spain freshman broke the 21-second mark for the first time last week at LSU with a previous PR of 20.98 to make it back-to-back weeks with a personal best.
Teammates
Marshall Ellis and
Devin Walton also posted PRs in the event, with Marshall grabbing a top-10 finish with a 21.20. Walton tied his previous personal best from the Clyde Hart Classic in March with a run of 21.59
.
On the women's side,
Nike Praetzel earned her second PR in as many weeks in the 200m running a 25.60, besting her 25.62 at LSU last weekend.
In the Friday distance races, Jacquelin Laberteaux posted a 5000m time of 19:49.04 to give her PR for the third straight meet, including second in the event.
In the field, Smith earned his fifth podium finish of the 2023 season in the men's long jump, taking second place, posting a 7.36m (24' 1.75''). On the women's side,
Jiana Stewartburgess registered a PR with a leap of 5.41m (17' 9'').
Pleasant Harris made the final nine and finished eighth, posting a 5.70m (18' 8.5'').
Elizabeth Sebera regsitered two top-five finishes with a personal best of 42.89m (140' 9'') in the women's discus, taking fifth, and tied her PR in the women's hammer throw (51.65m, 169' 5''), earning fourth.
DAY TWO
Saturday started in the shot put pit with a Techster and Bulldog reaching the podium.
Shania Parkinson took silver with a throw of 13.60 (44' 7.5''), and
Tim Fitzgerald earned bronze, measuring 15.99m (52' 5.5'').
Natalie Moten and
Johnie Jean-Jacques also made their respective shot put final nines. Moten earned a new PR on her next-to-last throw, posting a 12.50m (41' 0'') to finish seventh, and Jean-Jacques grabbed a fourth-place finish by throwing 15.80m (51' 10'').
Tyler O'con improved his javelin mark for the fourth week in a row throwing a 61.26m (201' 00'') on his first throw of the day, making it the best throw of his career. O'con finished sixth in the meet.
On the track,
Kayla Watson and Praetzel added PRs in the women's 100m H, taking third and seventh, respectively. Praetzel also has PR in the 100m H in back-to-back weeks.
Urijah Williams ran his personal best in the men's 110m H with a 14.73, taking sixth.
In the men's straight-away 100m, LA Tech posted four PRs, including
Gerard Sapena (10.54) and
Marshall Ellis (10.54), who finished sixth and ninth, respectively.
Mateo Smith finished just outside the top 10 running a personal best of 10.72, and
Javion Canna also registered his best for the second week in a row with an 11.42.
Chanel Honeywell,
Micah Pernetter, and
Tibet Sancak each ran the best lap of their collegiate careers in the 400m. Honeywell has shaved off over three seconds to her 400m time since the Indoor season in Jan. with a time of 57.53, good for fifth place, while Pernetter and Sancak posted a 51.22 and 52.55, respectively.
UP NEXT
Louisiana Tech men's & women's Track & Field teams will make their final preparations for the Conference USA Outdoor Championships, held in Denton, Texas, from Tuesday, May 11, to Sunday, May 14.
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LA Tech Athlete Field Events
Women's Hammer
Elizabeth Sebera (4
th) | 51.65m (169' 5'')
T-PR
Men's Hammer
Nemoy Cockett (6
th) | 53.48m (175' 6'')
Women's Discus
Elizabeth Sebera (5
th) | 42.89m (140' 9'')
PR
Natalie Moten (10
th) | 39.29m (125' 7'')
Kristina Subia (14
th) | 33.19m (108' 11'')
Shania Parkinson | DNS
Men's Discus
Tim Fitzgerald (11
th) | 42.18m (138' 5'')
Johnie Jean-Jacques (12
th) | 42.11m (138' 2'')
Women's High Jump
Johannon Murray (6
th) | 1.62m (5' 3.75'')
Jiana Stewartburgess (17
th) | 1.52m (4' 11.75'')
Women's Long Jump
Pleasant Harris (8
th) | 5.70m (18' 8.5'')
DaLoria Boone (13
th) | 5.54m (18' 2'')
Tia Reder (14
th) | 5.54m (18' 2'')
Jiana Stewartburgess (19
th) | 5.41m (17' 9'')
PR
Johannon Murray (26
th) | 5.01m (16' 5.25'')
Men's Long Jump
Mateo Smith (2
nd) | 7.36m (24' 1.75'')
Javion Canna (17
th) | 6.23m (20' 5.25'')
Women's Shot Put
Shania Parkinson (2
nd) | 13.60m (44' 7.5'')
Natalie Moton (7
th) | 12.50m (41' 0'')
PR
Kristina Subia (10
th) | 11.65m (38' 2.75'')
Johannon Murray (11
th) | 10.32m (33' 10.25'')
Men's Shot Put
Tim Fitzgerald (3
rd) | 15.99m (52' 5.5'')
Johnie Jean-Jacques (4
th) | 15.80m (51' 10'')
Women's Javelin
Maria Ferreiro Pena (12
th) | 37.58m (123' 4'')
Johannon Murray (15
th) | 35.16m (115' 4'')
Arabiah Jefferson (18
th) | 30.29m 99' 55''
Men's Javelin
Tyler O'con (6
th) | 61.26m (201' 00'')
PR
William Estes (14
th) | 46.65m (153' 1'')
Women's Triple Jump
Tia Reder (6
th) | 11.48m (37' 8'')
LA Tech Athlete Running Events
Women's 200m
Chanel Honeywell (14
th) | 24.87
Faith Tarver (17
th) | 25.31
Nike Praetzel (23
rd) | 25.60
PR
Men's 200m
Jamie Sancho (2
nd) | 20.64
PR
Marshall Ellis (10
th) | 21.20
PR
Devin Walton (16
th) | 21.59
T-PR
Rodney Heath Jr. | DNS
Women's 5000m
Jacquelin LaBerteaux (8
th) | 19:49.04
PR
Men's 5000m
Hayes Gill (3
rd) | 17:29.03
Women's 100m H
Kayla Watson (4
th) | 13.57
PR
Nike Praetzel (7
th) | 14.19
PR
Men's 110m H
Urijah Williams (6
th) | 14.73
PR
Tibet Sancak | DNS
Women's 800m
Rebecca Quebedeaux (9
th) | 2:34.14
Women's 100m
Kaylyn Heath (7
th) | 11.87
Men's 100m
Gerard Sapena (6
th) | 10.54
PR
Marshall Ellis (9
th) | 10.59
PR
Mateo Smith (11
th) | 10.72
PR
Devin Walton (12
th) | 10.72
Javion Canna (22
nd) |11.42
PR
Rodney Heath Jr. | DNS
Women's 400m
Chanel Honeywell (5
th) | 57.53
PR
Faith Tarver (7
th) | 58.22
Men's 400m
Tim Rummelhagen (11
th) |49.86
Micah Pernetter (15
th) | 51.22
PR
Tibet Sancak (18
th) | 52.55
T-PR
Men's 400m H
Desmyn McCall (7
th) | 57.20
