'Dogs Earn Multiple Titles At Samford Alabama Challenge

Friday, March 24

Birmingham, Ala.

ALL DAY

Samford University

Samford Alabama Track Challenge

Samford's Arsene Guillorel turned in one of the most impressive performances of the day as he cruised to a 14-second triumph in the men’s mile.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

'Dogs Earn Multiple Titles At Samford Alabama Challenge

3.24.17 | Track and Field

Samford opens its outdoor season in style Friday at the Samford Track and Soccer Stadium

Final Results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Samford University track and field team turned in a strong performance Friday in the Bulldogs' first outdoor meet of the 2017 season, which was held at the Samford Track and Soccer Stadium.

The Bulldogs played host to a number of in-state teams Friday, including South Alabama, Troy, UAB and Miles College.

Samford earned a multitude of event titles on both the men's and women's sides of the competition.

Emma Garner, the Bulldogs' talented junior distance runner, notched a championship title in the 800-meter run Friday by posting a strong time of 2:15.71. She nearly topped the nearest competitor by four full seconds in the event.

Next up, in one of the closest races of the afternoon, Samford's Victoria Wicks outpaced UAB's Marielle Lewis by two one-hundredths of a second, 1:01.95 to 1:01.97, in the 400-hundred meter hurdles. The Bulldogs' Lauren Beard also earned a fifth-place finish in the event.

Samford's women dominated the high jump competition Friday.

The Bulldogs' Courtney Prengaman cleared a height of 1.70 meters to earn the championship title, while Selena Popp and Carrie Neill took second and third place, respectively. Popp garnered a second-place finish for Samford with a height of 1.65 meters. Neill turned in a mark of 1.60 meters, which was good for third place.

On the men's side of Friday's Samford Alabama Track Challenge, the Bulldogs' Arsene Guillorel turned in one of the most impressive performances of the day as he cruised to a 14-second triumph in the men's mile. Samford's uber-talented junior from Pontchateau, France, recorded a dominant time of 4:10.20, while South Alabama's Luke Fielding placed second at 4:24.17.

The Bulldogs' Josh Salter breezed to the championship title of the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:42.85 on Friday.

Additionally, Samford's Dillon Deen (9:00.38) placed fourth in the event, while Brad Cheek (9:33.57) turned in a seventh-place performance.

Emmanuel Tait, the Bulldogs' freshman phenom from Alabaster, won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.72. Tait also placed second in the 100-meter dash with a mark of 10.72.

Samford's Keyth Fightmaster and Tray Oates registered event titles in the high jump and pole vault, respectively, on Friday. Fightmaster posted a competition-best height of 1.95 meters in the event, while the Bulldogs' All-American Oates cleared an impressive mark of 5.36 meters.

Javion Lee, Samford's senior native of Clinton, Mississippi, won the triple jump Friday with a mark of 14.93 meters. Additionally, the Bulldogs' Jonathan Waarvik, Chris Thrasher and Austin Billings finished first, third and fifth in the javelin throw, respectively.

The Samford University track and field teams will next be in action Wednesday as the Bulldogs send competitors to both the 2017 Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, as well as the Florida Relays being held in Gainesville, Florida.

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Final Results