Track Jags Wrap Regular Season At Jace LaCoste Invitational

Track Jags Wrap Regular Season At Jace LaCoste Invitational

Jaguars end regular season with meet at Mississippi State 

                                                                                                                                               

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The GRU Augusta men's and women's outdoor track and field teams wrapped the regular season at the 2015 Jace LaCoste Invitational in Starkville, Miss.

 

FULL RESULTS

 

Hosted by Mississippi State University, the Jace Lacoste Invitational kicked off on Friday, May 1 and the Jaguar men sent five competitors to the event, while the women sent three.

 

Christian Collier bested 13 athletes in the long jump and won the event with a distance of 7.18m and GRU distance runner Nick Del Guercio took second out of 10 in the 5000m run in 14:50.67.

 

For the 800m run, Caleb Watson crossed the line in 1:55.53 to take fifth out of 13 and in the 1500m run, Dustin Ross notched eighth place with a time of 4:11.83. In the men's 110 hurdles, Taylor Coxwell finished in 11th place in 16.17.

 

For the women's side, freshman Heather Hammett placed fifth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.25 and Olivia Rodriguez notched 10th in 4:49.00 in the women's 1500m hurdles.

 

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