Redhawks Head to the Volunteer State for the Memphis Invite this Weekend.

Friday, April 26

Memphis, TN

Southeast Missouri State University

Memphis Invite

4/25/2024 10:37:00 AM | Track and Field

Meet Schedule Meet Information

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri track & field heads to Memphis, Tenn. for the Memphis Invite. The meet will will held at the Billy J. Murphy Track and Field Complex, Friday April 26 through Saturday the 27th.

On Friday the field events begin at 2:00 p.m CT with the long jump while the running events commence at 6:00 p.m with the 1500m run.

The field and running events are slated for 10:00 a.m and 12:20 p.m on Saturday. The last event is scheduled for 3:30 with the men's 4x400m relay.

Weekly Award Winners
Terrico Garrett notched OVC Male Track Athlete of the week for the first time this outdoor season. The graduate placed first in the 800m ahead of 105 other athletes. The new PR time of 1:48.94 ranks 84th in the NCAA, first in the OVC and second in SEMO records. Garrett also ran a leg in 4x400 where his team placed seventh (3:13).

Laila Hardin tabbed Ohio Valley Female Track Athlete of the Week Honors for her performances in the 100m and 400m hurdles. The Tennessee native crossed the line at 12.59 for a new personal best in the 100m. Her 400m hurdle time of 59.41 (3rd) ranks 79th in the nation, first in the OVC, and third in the SEMO record books.

Marcus Gordon Jr. claimed freshman of the week honors for the first time for his performance in the 400m hurdles. His time of 54.81 (19th) was better than 25 other athletes. This time was a new personal record and ranks eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Last Time Out
The Redhawks posted 20 top ten performances, five new personal bests, and three first place
finishes at the Georgia Tech Invite.

Terrico Garrett achieved a new personal best and placed first in the 800-meter with a time of 1:48.94.

Paden Lewis claimed the gold and a mark of 169' 1" in the men's discus ahead of 34 other athletes.

Graduate student Parker Feuerborn threw for a distance of 231' 4" beating 25 other athletes for the gold medal in the men's hammer throw.

Marcus Gordon jumped over the hurdles for 400-meter in a time of 54.81 for a new personal best.

Erika Mellor ran the 800m in 2:13.08 for 15th and recorded a new personal best.

Brianna Dixon and Megan Aubuchon crossed the line at 25.31 and 26.60 to set a new personal best times in the 200m.

Alivia Busch threw for a mark of 146' 11" in the discus for fifth place.

Laila Hardin crossed the 59.41 to take third in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

With a distance of 159' 2" and a fifth place finish Marshall Swadley achieved a new PR.

Laila Hardin finished the 100-meters in 12.59 for a new personal best.

Alivia Busch achieves a mark 46' 0" to take ninth and a new PR in the women's shot put.

Paden Lewis and Marshall Swadley achieved marks of 202' 10" and 196' 10" to claim third and fourth place in the men's hammer throw.

In the men's javelin Shea DeGraaf and Justin Breault notched distances of 199' 8" (2nd) 182' 0" (7th).

Clara Billing took the silver medal in the women's pole vault after jumping over a height of 12' 11.5.

Jaden Kight took the bronze medal in the Women's javelin with a throw of 140' 3".

Marshall Swadley posted a throw of 55' 0.25" to claim the silver medal in the men's shot put.

Where We Rank
For each individual event the top 48 performances will be accepted into the NCAA regional which is broken up into East and West. For each relay event, the top 24 relay teams will be accepted into the competition. The top 24 performances in the combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are accepted directly into the Championships.

The sport is broken up into nine regions, SEMO is in the Midwest Region which includes all the Division One schools from Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Southeast Missouri has two athletes ranked in the top 50 of the country, 23 performances ranked in the top 20 in the Midwest Region, and 13 first place performances in the Ohio valley Conference.

Parker Feuerborn has the 11th best mark in the nation, (3rd regionally, 1st conference) in the hammer throw. The graduate student achieved a distance of 235' 1" at the Richard Martin Invite March 15th, 2024.

Shea DeGraaf scored 7029 points at the Joey Haines Invite to be ranked 44th in the nation and seventh in the region. DeGraaf also has the 10th best throw in the region and best throw in the conference in the Javelin (204' 4").

Breanna Miles is ranked 11th in the region in the 100-meter (11.59), ranked 14th in the region in the 200m (1st OVC) (23.84).

Terrico Garrett is ranked ninth in the region and first in the Ohio valley in the 800-meter with a time of 1:48.94.

Hannah Eastman is ranked 20th (1st OVC) (35:44.18) in the 10,000m in the region.

Laila Hardin has the seventh best 400-meter hurdle time in the region and top finish in the OVC with a time of 59.41.

The SEMO 4x100 women's squad of Williams, Burdine, Dwaah, Miles (46.49) ranks 15th and the men's team of Koontz, Parham, Moore, Brema (42.37) ranks 14th in the Midwest Region.

In the 4x400 the men's squad of Moore, Crawford, Parham, Garrett and the women's team of Miles, Dwaah, Hardin, Burdine both rank 12th as well in the region with a times of 3:13:00 and 3:50.59 (1st OVC).

Breanna Dixon jumped over a height of 5' 8.75" to be ranked 14th in the region, and first in the OVC.

Clara Billing cleared a height of 13' 3.5 to be ranked 12th in the region, and first in the Ohio Valley in the women's pole vault.

Paden Lewis is ranked 16th regionally and first in the conference in both the shot put (57' 9"), and the discus (176' 3"), and 11th regionally in the hammer throw (210' 4").

In the shot put and hammer throw Marshall Swadley has marks of 56' 0.5" (19th regionally) and 207' 7" (13th regionally).

Justin Breault is ranked 13th (198' 7") in the Midwest Region in the javelin. On the women's side Jaden Kight ranks 13th in the midwest region and first in the conference (152' 4").

Anna Thomason is ranked 14th in the region and first in the OVC in the heptathlon with 5006 total points scored.

Isaac Readnour scored 6253 points in the decathlon, ranking 16th in the Midwest Region.

Team Rankings
The Southeast Missouri men's track and field team is ranked 102nd in the nation with 15.79 points coming from Parker Feuerborn's hammer throw mark of 235' 1" (71.65m) and Shea DeGraaf's decathlon score of 7,029 points.

The team is ranked 17th in the Midwest Region with 148.35 total points and third in the conference with 929.21 points behind Little Rock in first with 1,261.01 points.

The men's squad teams that are ranked in the top 50 in the nation are the discus throw team (38th), the hammer throw team (5th), javelin throw team (34th), the pole vault team (15th), and the shot put team (27th).

The women's team is ranked 17th in the Midwest Region with 102.97 total points and first in the OVC with 1,244.49 points, 318.61 points ahead of second.

The women's squad teams that are ranked in the nation are the 100m hurdle team (40th), 400m hurdle team (44th), the heptathlon team (14th), and the high jump team (30th).