FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Louisiana Tech track & field teams continue to write their names inside the program's record book. The Bulldogs saw two top-10 performances, seven PRs and four season-best at the Arkansas Spring Invitational at John McDonnell Field on Saturday.
 
Oscar Smith wrote his name in the record book for the second time this year. The program's indoor 60m hurdles record holder seamlessly transitioned to the outdoor and the 110m hurdles. The senior transfer ran a 13.67 to finish fourth in the meet and seventh in program history.
 
Kimeone McLeod ran a PR for the second time this season for LA Tech. The Florida A&M transfer finished sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.35 seconds.
 
Abdulraof Rashid, Karo Oghomi and Cobe Johnson each ran their best in the 100m this season. Rashid and Oghomi broke into the top 15 with a 10.49 and 10.52, respectively. Johnson's time of 10.89 was his personal best and won him the second heat. Johnson followed that with a season-best 7.25m in the long jump. Valentino Rudolph and Devin Walton finished in the top two spots of their heat at 10.53 and 10.55.
 
Nia Wiley set a new personal mark of 54.85, and Faith Traver ran her season-high 56.57 in the 400 meters.
 
During the middle of the running events, Annie Jones and Tia Reder made high marks on the field side. Jones set a personal best of 41.34m in the javelin, while Reder won gold in the triple jump at 12.04m.
 
In the women's 200m, Tyhra Charles came from behind to win the second heat at 23.72 and nearly held on to win the event. After the fourth and fifth heats, Charles finished in sixth overall.
 
A new team cracked the 4x400 relay top 10 performance list. Rudolph and Gammons already have the seventh-fastest time with Laeden Tucker andSabastian Bradley-Reed. This time, Cullen Hronek anchored the Bulldogs and Tim Rummelhagen led off for a time of 3:09.35 for the 10th fastest time, and finished second in the meet.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Brian Johnson
"We preformed well today at Arkansas. We are looking forward to the home meet and some much needed rest from traveling. We are looking forward to a chance to perform in front of the home crowd next week."
 
Other Bulldog Marks
Women's Discus
Kaitlyn Washington – 47.73m
Men's Long Jump
Demarko Lawler Jr. – 7.09
Men's Javelin
Tucker McCoy – 51.79m
William Estes – 50.49m
Women's High Jump
A'reil Williams – 1.70m
Alyiah Eugene – 1.65m
Jianna Stewartburgess – 1.60m
Men's 1500
Dillon Sanchez – 4:09.81
Men's 110m Hurdles
Tibet Sancak – 14.19 + 1.8
Urijah Williams – 14.95 +1.9
Men's 100m
Demarko Lawler – 10.93 +0.2
Women's 100m
Praise Ofoku – 11.8 +2.4
Tyhra Charles – 11.82 +2.8
Shayann Demeritte – 11.98 +2.4
Havyn Pucket – 12.44 +2.0
Men's 400m
Mekhi Gammons – 47.56
Women's 400m
Jamara Patterson – 53.46
Osaretin Usenbor – 53.79
Jenaia Williams – 56.27
Nariah Parks – 59.65
Brooklyn Nix – 1:02.57
Men's 400m Hurdles
Cullen Hronek – 56.02
Men's 200m
Valentino Rudolph – 20.87 +4.0
Tim Rummelhagen – 21.14 +2.7
Abdulraof Rashid – 21.15 +4.0
Women's 200m
Tyhra Charles – 23.72 + 3.1
Shayann Demeritte – 24.74 +3.6
Women's 4x400
Usenbor, Patterson, Williams, Wiley – 3:37.21
 
UP NEXT
Louisiana Tech will be home next week for the Jim Mize Invitational. Events are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on April 19 at the Jim Mize Track and Field Complex.

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