Prairie View A&M men and women’s track teams hosted the 81st annual Hoover Wright/Barbara Jacket relays on Saturday at the Blackshear field in Prairie View in front of a packed and excited crowd.
Both teams dominated each event with outstanding performances.
The events started with the women’s 100-meter hurdles, and Prairie View wasted no time with an impressive performance by Myesha Dixon who took first place in the women’s 100-meter hurdles.
In the women’s 200-meter-dash Prairie View A&M’s Terracia Moody captured first place with a time of 26.15 while fellow teammate Destiny Jernigan came in third with a time of 26.27.
Also, in the men’s 200-meter-hurdles Prairie View A&M’s Jaymon Levels came in first with a time of 22.96. In the women’s 400 meter hurdles Corrinna Brown and Dixon placed a one-two finish with times of 54.30 and 59.53.
In the women’s 4×100 meter relay, Prairie View A&M’s Moody, Jernigan, Annisia Williams, and Margret Harris outperformed Texas Southern and took first place with a combined time of 48.05.
In the men’s 4×100 meter relay, Prairie View A&M’s Jaymon Levels, Robert Williams, Jarryd Gray, and Robert Odhiambo also took first place with a time of 41.74. In the women’s 800 meter run, Prairie View A&M’s Branee Robinson took first place with a time of 2:23.49 with fellow teammates Leticia Bustamente and Donna Gilbert placing a two-three finish.
In the men’s 800-meter run Prairie View A&M’s Michael White took first placed with a time of 2:02.15.
In the women’s 400-meter dash, Moody took first place, Whitley Dobbins took second and Sabia Hughes placed third.
In the men’s 400-meter dash, Lewis Vernon captured first place with a time of 49.02. In the women 100-meter dash Jernigan placed first with an outstanding time of 11.70.
In the men’s 100-meter dash, Williams and Jarryd Gray would place a one-two finish respectively with times of 10.15 and 10.24.
In the women’s 1500-meter run Bustamente took first with a time of 5:29.77. In the men’s 1500-meter run Roland Dejean took first place in this competition with a time of 4:14.69.
In the women’s 4×400 meter run relay, Prairie View A&M would go on to win first place with a combined time of 4:00.10.
In the men’s 4×400 meter relay, Prairie View A&M men look first place as well with a time of 3:21.82. In the women’s shot put,