CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri track & field will host the Lake Stride Joey Haines Invitational this Friday and Saturday at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.
 
On Friday, the Invitational will kick off with the men's hammer throw at 3:30 p.m., immediately followed by the women's competition. 

On Saturday, the men's shot put will commence the field events at 11 a.m. with the 3000-meter steeplechase beginning at noon on the track.  

SEMO will compete against Harding, Lewis, SIUE, Southern Indiana, Western Illinois, Memphis, Southern Illinois, Murray State, Arkansas Tech, UT Martin, McKendree and Chicago State at the Lake Stride Joey Haines Invitational.

Lake Stride LLC, a boat rental service at Kinkaid is this year's meet sponsor. 
 
EARLIER THIS WEEK
SEMO had three athletes recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference on Wednesday for their performance at the Ole Miss Classic.  Luke Hatfield-Jackson was selected as the Co-Male Field Athlete of the Week while Marshall Swadley and Marysa Flieg were named the Male and Female Freshman of the Week, respectively. 
 
LAST TIME OUT
SEMO most recently competed at the Ole Miss Classic in Oxford, Mississippi, March 25-26.  
 
Luke Hatfield-Jackson cleared a high jump height of 6-9 (2.06m) and a long jump mark of 24-11 (7.59m) to win both events. Hatfield-Jackson ranks fifth in the NCAA West Region for long jump and 23rd for high jump. 
 
On the women's side, Lauryn James finished as the runner-up in the long jump, securing 18-10.75 (5.76m). Serena Williams also competed for the SEMO women, finishing with 16-8.5 (5.09m, 20th).
 
For the third-straight competition in a row, senior Logan Blomquist won the men's hammer throw. Blomquist hurled the hammer a total distance of 228-6 (69.66m) to win the event. 
 
Blomquist also tallied a shot-put mark of 57-4.75 (17.45m) to finish fourth in the event. The Pleasant Hill, Missouri, native currently ranks 26th in the NCAA West Region in the event. 
 
Nicole Humphreys currently ranks 29th in the NCAA West Region for the women's hammer throw. At the Ole Miss Classic, Humphreys set a new personal-best of 193-0 (58.82m) to place fourth in the event. 
 
Josiah Kilgore won the javelin for the second-straight week, competing unattached. Kilgore registered a throw of 210-0 (64.00m). 
 
On the women's side, OVC Female Freshman of the Week Marysa Flieg set a new personal-best. Flieg is currently ranked 20th in the NCAA West Region for women's javelin after heaving the javelin 160-0 (48.76m) to take third place at the Classic. 
 
Claire Morrill, a senior from Cape Girardeau, took home fourth place in the women's 800 meters. Morrill crossed the finish line in 2:13.87. Taylor Fox followed in 2:17.51 for fifth. Erika Mellor (2:23.06, 17th), Hannah Eastman (2:25.47, 18th), Laila Hardin (2:26.04, 20th), Brianna Payton (2:27.29, 23rd), Haley Smith (2:28.89, 24th) and Mackenzie Pugh (2:44.91, 29th) also ran in the 800 for the Redhawks.
 
The Redhawk women's 4x400 meter relay team of Hardin, Breanna Miles, Madelyn Gray and Morrill finished in 3:59.51 for fourth. Payton, Gordon, Fox, and Mellor added a time of 4:16.29 (ninth).
 
Dylan Clark chipped in a hammer throw of 190-7 (58.09m) for fifth followed by Marshall Swadley (185-0, 56.38m, eighth). 
 
Makenzie Williams (169-10, 51.78m, PR, 11th) and Megan Deimeke (155-10, 47.50m, 13th) also both represented the Redhawks in the women's hammer throw. 
 
Justin Breault finished fifth in the javelin with a mark of 182-8 (55.68m). Josh Kile added a heave of 153-9 (46.86m, 13th).
 
Jaden Kight tallied a javelin throw of 142-9 (43.52m, seventh, PR) and Emma Sexton finished with 118-1 (36.00m, 12th).
 
In the women's shot put, Humphreys finished with 45-0.5 (13.73m, 14th). Deimeke added a throw of 41-3.25 (12.58m, 19th) and Makenzie Williams compiled a mark of 37-11.25 (11.56m, 23rd).
 
Swadley notched a shot put throw of 53-6.25 (16.31m, ninth) followed by Clark (52-8, 16.05m, 10th) and Alewelt (50-4.5, 15.35m, 18th).
 
Dillon Lay paced the Redhawks in the 100-meter dash, crossing the finish in 11.12 (25th). Brock Wood, Victor Mathuthu (11.35, 31st) and Anthony Forrest (11.59, 35th) also ran in the sprint for the men.
 
On the women's side, Sandrea Cogio was the top SEMO student-athlete, completing the race in 12.44 (10th) followed by Leanza Dwaah (12.55, 11th). Daja Gordon (12.68, 14th), Serena Williams (12.83, 16th) and Kaylee Eakin (13.07, 18th) also represented the Redhawks in the 100 meters. 
 
Kaitlyn McGinnitey finished the 100-meter hurdles in 15.71 (18th). She also cleared a high jump height of 5-1 (1.55m, 15th).
 
Forrest concluded the 110-meter men's hurdles in 14.91 for sixth. Isaac Readnour was clocked at 15.81 (17th).
 
In the men's 200 meters, Wood crossed the finish in 22.47 (22nd) followed by Lay (22.65, 25th), Colin Schwab (22.84, 28th), Forrest (23.10, 33rd) and Xzavier Bartlett (23.39. 36th).
 
Dwaah led the Redhawk women in the 200 meters, earning a time of 25.74 (22nd). Laila Hardin chipped in a mark of 26.11 (26th). Gordon (26.35, 30th), Eakin (26.79, 34th) and Cogio (26.96, 37th) also ran in the race for SEMO.  
 
Schwab finished the 400 meters in 50.69 (19th).
 
In the men's 800 meters, Terrico Garrett grabbed the top SEMO time of 1:53.53 for eighth. Markeith Crawford(1:56.28, 15th), Justin Splitt (1:56.70, 18th), Byron Sowerby (1:58.45, 22nd), Austin Perkins (1:58.72, 24th), Thomas Doss (2:00.39, 30th), Nick Cimmarusti (2:01.43, 35th), Clayton Eftink (2:02.74, 41st), Noah Little (2:03.35, 42nd) and Bartlett (2:05.30, 48th) also competed in the distance. 
 
The men's 4x400 meter relay squad of Crawford, Garrett, Wood and Splitt completed the relay in 3:20.75 for fourth. Lay, DeGraaf, Little and Doss combined for a time of 3:38.35 (10th).
 
Splitt led SEMO in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 3:59.74 (12th) followed by Little (4:00.05, 13th) and Cimmarusti (4:06.58, 18th). Seth Gleason was clocked at 4:08.22 (22nd) ahead of Doss (4:08.43, 23rd), Travis Sickles (4:12.66, 28th) and Aaron Modrow (4:26.90, 36th).
 
Fox finished the women's race in 4:41.66 for ninth overall at the Classic. Eastman (4:50.53, 17th), Jane Boessen (4:52.54, 19th), Smith (4:56.79, 23rd) and Payton (5:10.75, 35th) also represented SEMO in the 1,500 meters. 
 
Madelyn Gray concluded the 2,000-meter steeplechase in 7:43.46 for eighth. Maddie Keller (7:56.32, ninth) and Pugh (8:08.63, 10th) followed Gray.  
 
Sowerby took eighth in the men's race, finishing with a time of 6:11.46. Eftink added a mark of 6:27.15 (11th).
 
Boessen completed the 3,000 meters in 10:37.33 for 10th. Sarah Russom finished in 11:11.01 (19th). Gleason led the Redhawk men in the distance, clocking in at 9:03.45 (12th). Sickles followed in 9:09.35 (14th).
 
Makenzie Williams registered a discus throw of 46.57m for ninth. Humphreys added a distance of 43.39m (16th) and Deimeke finished with 38.34m (23rd).
 
Clay Alewelt led the men's throwers in the discus. The sophomore from Rochester, Illinois, compiled a distance of 160-0 (48.77m) for ninth. Swadley added a mark of 145-6 (44.36, 14th).
 
Readnour finished with a long jump distance of 20-11.25 (6.38m) for 14th. Mathuthu finished with 20-5 (6.22m, 17th) and Wood added a jump of 20-1.75 (6.14m, 19th).
 
Nick South propelled himself over a pole vault height of 15-3 (4.65m) for sixth at the Classic.
 
SEMO next travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Tennessee Relays, April 7-9 at the Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium.