The Prairie View A&M men’s track team pulls off another successful event at the Ty Terrell Relays, hosted by Lamar University this past weekend.
With the season coming to a close the Prairie View A&M University Panthers strike with full force. Graduating senior Jarryd Gray clocked a 10.58 in the 100-meter which placed him fifth among other runners.
Gray’s time also moved him up to 22nd place nationally among NCAA Division I teams in the Western region. Gray’s overall time of 21.31 placed him in third at the end of the invitational. Panther Robert Williams also showed off his skills, running 10.71 in the 200-meter dash, placing him fifth.
Hurdle runners William Donelson and Patrick Overshown both ended strong in the invitational. Donelson placed second in the 110 and 400-meter hurdles, with record times of 14.43 and 55.07. Overshown, on the other hand, placed third in the 400-meter hurdles, with an ending time of 57.81.
Prairie View A&M University Panther Leonard Chanette who participated in both the high jump and triple jump ended strongly. Placing him in second for both events, the high jump ended with 1.94 meters and the triple jump with 13.77 meters.
During the relay Prairie View A&M University’s 4×100 meter “A” team, consisting of Jaymon Levels, Gray, Williams, and Donelson, as a whole, ran a second place time of 41.72. While the 4×400 yard team consisting of Lewis, Kirk, and Overshown collectively placed third with a time 3:25.91.
The men’s track team of Prairie View A&M University will participate in its next event on Saturday, April 17 in Waco, Texas, in the Michael Johnson invitational.