Tennessee Wesleyan University – Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Programs Make Marks at Greyhound Invitational

Indianapolis, Ind.- The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed at the Greyhound Invitational this past weekend. The meet was hosted by the University of Indianapolis, an NCAA Division II school, and consisted of teams from multiple levels. 

Men’s Track and Field

The two-day meet started with a few field events, the Shot Put and the Weight Throw, on Friday. Jeremiah Sullivan led the Bulldogs in each, finishing fifth in the Weight Throw with a mark of 14.38m and 10^th in the Shot Put with his throw of 12.14m. Cade Watkins also represented the team in the previously mentioned events, finishing 10^th in the Weight Throw (11.49m) and 15^th in the Shot Put (10.34m)

The second day of the meet saw Tennessee Wesleyan see multiple winners of events. On the field side, Tevon Shuler was the winner of the Triple Jump with a mark of 14.04m, giving him the 10^th best mark in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Shariq Dodd gave the team two in the top five in the Triple Jump with his jump of 12.34m. A back-to-back finish occurred in the Long Jump with Dodd (6.80m) finishing second and Shuler (6.47m) finishing third. Josh Molands gave the team three in the top five with his fifth place, 6.46m finish. In the High Jump, Chris Belew and Shelton Milne both finished tied for third with jumps of 1.80m. 

On the track, the team saw two first-place finishes. The first came in the 60m Dash, where Kenny Benton ran a 6.93 second time to win the event. Dodd (7.09, sixth) and Caleb Ferreira (7.38, 10^th) each finished in the top ten of the event while Molands (7.51) and Jamari Harris-Pryce (7.83) finished 13^th and 18^th respectively. K’Juan Stacy-Wright just missed a top-twenty spot, finishing 21^st in a time of 7.94.

Benton also left the meet as the winner of the 200m Dash, winning the event with a time of 22.27, giving him the eighth-best time in the NAIA after adjustment for track size (21.88). Harris-Pryce (25.21) and Trevor Mayes (25.65) finished 12^th and 13^th respectively. Mayes also ran in the 400m Race, finishing 11^th with a time of 1:01.09.

Women’s Track and Field

The meet kicked off for the team with a couple of field events on Friday. Competing in those field events, Shot Put and Weight Throw, was Savannah Solomon. Solomon 10^th in the Shot Put with a mark of 8.05m and 13^thin the Weight Throw with a…