Trojan Men Earn Relay Win to Begin Indoor Season

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JONESBORO, Ark. – A relay win highlighted the indoor track and field season opener for Little Rock's men's team at the A-State Kickoff Klassic on Sunday at FNB Arena.
 
Little Rock's best performance of the day came in the men's 4 x 400-meter relay as it won with a time of 3:17.44. The team of Jalen Black, Ch'kilas Calhoun, Travion Clark and Charles Okeze finished with the fifth-fastest time in program history and defeated Arkansas State by just over three seconds.
 
Charles Okeze placed second in the men's 55 meter with a time of 6.31 — .04 off the winning time. Okeze's time was the third-fastest in program history. Keshawn Andrews finished fourth with a time of 6.40 — tying James Lundberg for the sixth-fastest time in program history.
 
In the men's 400 meter, Jalen Black finished third with a time of 50.25. Jaelon Gossett finished 15th with a time of 52.34.
 
Noah Smith placed third in the men's 800 meter with a time of 1:59.47. Max Holzmueller finished 10th with a time of 2:02.30 while Garrett Rokas finished 15th with a time of 2:06.47.
 
Rogelio Araiza and Emilio Medina finished ninth and 10th in the men's 3,000 meter as they posted times of 9:08.74 and 9:08.84, respectively.
 
Keshawn Andrews was Little Rock's top finisher in the men's 200 meter as he came in with a ninth-place finish of 23.11. Emmanuel Olie finished 14th with a time of 23.35.
 
Little Rock will now have over a month before its next meet at the Samford Clash on Jan. 20 in Birmingham, Alabama.