Three Bulls Win Events on Final Day of Akron Invitational
FULL RESULTS
By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer
AKRON, Ohio, FEB. 3, 2018 – USF track and field capped off its third team event of the indoor season with three event victories and 16 top-five finishes Saturday at the Akron Invitational.
Junior
D'angelo Ennis (Kingston, Jamaica) won the men's triple jump with a mark of 49-5.00 that ranks fourth on USF's all-time indoor triple jump chart.
Freshman
Imani Carmouche (Mt. Zion, Ga.) won the women's high jump blue division with a top total of 5-7.
Kirby Powers finished second in the event at 5-3.
Senior
Kaytlyn Gill (Charlotte, N.C.) finished atop the women's triple jump blue division with a mark of 38-8.25 that ranks 10
th in USF indoor history. Senior
Tierra Lacey placed fourth in the event (36-7).
Other Women's Top-Five Results
- 60M DASH: Chelsea Francis took second in the 60-meter dash in the blue division with a time of 7.57 seconds. Francis' preliminary run of 7.54 seconds matches the fourth-best time in USF indoor history. Jada Massie placed third in the 60-meter dash at 7.57 seconds after turning in a preliminary time of 7.59.
- 200M DASH: Chelsea Francis placed second in the gold division with a time of 24.56 seconds.
- DMR: The distance medley relay team of Brianna Rischar, Maya Fabri, Rania Samhouri and Yaranel Abreu placed fifth with a time of 13:20.56.
Other Men's Top-Five Results
- 800M DASH: Yohance Haynes placed third in the 800-meter gold division with a time of 1:53.01. Haynes' prelim time of 1:51.22 ranks the sophomore third on USF's all-time indoor list.
- DMR: The distance medley relay team of Cash Tampa, Yohance Haynes, Derwin Moultrie and Evan Babatz placed fourth with a time of 10:27.20.
- POLE VAULT: David Bell took fifth in the gold division with a mark of 17-0.75 that matches the third-best total in Bulls indoor history.
- LONG JUMP: Jonah Daniels placed third in the gold division with a mark of 24-2.25 that topped his previous career-best total of 24-1.50 that ranked third all-time at USF.
- SHOT PUT: Zach Diaczynsky placed second in the event with a mark of 52-10.00, which moved the senior up to third on USF's indoor chart.
- WEIGHT THROW: Zach Diaczynsky also took third in the weight throw with a mark of 58-7.50.
- HEPTATHLON: Raekwon Scott took second in the heptathlon with a score of 5,238, which improves his second place standing on the USF all-time indoor chart.
Up Next
USF will tune up for the conference indoor meet in Birmingham, Ala., at the Samford Invitational on Friday, Feb. 9.
About USF Track and Field
Led by 13th-year head coach Warren Bye, the USF track and field team has produced 22 All-America selections since 2008 and at least one All-American in nine of the last 10 years. 2016 graduate Matthew O'Neal is USF's first six-time NCAA All-American. USF has posted two NCAA runner-up finishes since 2013 - O'Neal (triple jump, 2016) and Courtney Anderson (high jump, 2013). The Bulls are home to the 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary.
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