Trojans Post Four Top-10 Finishes at Memphis

Meet Results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Trojan women's track and field team had four top-10 finishes and three new entries into the program's all-time top 10 at the Memphis Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
 
Bless Dupeh came in second in the 200 with a mark of 24.65 seconds. Eboni Smith was 16th in 25.86 seconds and Brittany Pinder-Jones was 24th in 26.39 seconds.
 
Later on Saturday, Dupeh was Little Rock's top finisher in the 100 as well, placing 11th in 12.15 seconds. Christina Nickerson came in 18th in 12.34 seconds, Brittney Anderson was 21st in 12.49 seconds and Jessica Gray was 25th in 12.60 seconds. Pinder-Jones came in 31st in 12.95 seconds and Nicole Edison was right behind her in 32nd in 13.06 seconds.
 
The Trojans ended the afternoon with a third-place finish in the 4x400 relay. Little Rock ran the race in 3:57.32.
 
In the 800, Jasmine Blunt was the top finisher for Little Rock with a time of 2:22.97 for seventh place. Akeia Joyner was 14th in 2:26.45 and Rebeca Solis was 30th in 2:50.11.
 
Arbonay Hill-Bess was Little Rock's lone 100-meter hurdler on Saturday, taking first in her heat and 13th overall with a time of 15.22 seconds.
 
The 400 hurdles saw Tyler Kelly as Little Rock's lone competitor, as she came in 12th place in 1:09.36.
 
In the long jump on Friday afternoon, Edison came in 17th place with a distance of 5.40 meters. Tyra Gillam was 22nd when she reached 5.11 meters. Both marks were personal bests for the jumpers, with Edison's distance becoming the new seventh-best mark in program history and Gillam's distance improving her already ninth-best mark in program history.
 
Adela Hernandez closed out the night in the 5K, racing to a 13th-place finish in 19:03.53.
 
Gillam also competed in the triple jump on Saturday afternoon, placing 11th with a distance of 11.07 meters. That distance was a new personal best for Gillam by 37 centimeters and moved her up to the fourth-best triple jump in Little Rock history.
 
With the regular season now complete, Little Rock will have two weeks off before the Sun Belt Outdoor Championship on May 12-14. That three-day meet will be held on the campus of UT Arlington.