Full Results
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Wildcats face some top competition and came away with some good showings this weekend. Cornelius Cooks II kept his outstanding early season going and Waylon and Joe Williams added strong performances to lead Fort Valley State's track and field teams in North Florida's Bob Hayes Invitational.
Stepping up to the top flight, Cooks sprinted his way to the fastest time of 10.76 seconds in the Bob Hayes division of the 100 meters. The sophomore also garnered second in the 200 meters in 21.73 seconds. Running the second leg, Cooks teamed up with Marcus Jefferson, Da'Veon Jenkins and Waylon Williams for the second-best time for the 4x100-meter relay of the Bob Hayes flight in 41.46.
Along with being part of the 4x100-relay, Waylon Williams took second in the 100 meter finals in 10.87 with Jenkins sixth (10.98) and Jefferson ninth (11.09). In the Bob Hayes flight for the 4x400-meter relay, Jenkins ran the first left to go with Taquarrion Bryant, Andre Milner and Jayden Rudolph for fourth (3:29.12). Jenkins also placed seventh in the 200 meters (22.09). Rudolph ran to seventh in the 400 meters in 51.37, while Milner was also seventh but in the 400-meter hurdles (58.00).
For the men's field events, Joe Williams threw to a second-place finish with a distance of 14.87 meters for the shot put. The senior also donned sixth in the discus at 41.67 meters. Williams' teammates, Solomon Hall and Joshua Pearson were placers in the shot put as well in fourth (13.89m) and sixth (13.20m).
Bashan Wesley rounded out the FVSU men with sixth in the long jump (6.34m) and eighth for the triple jump (12.89m).
The Wildcat women's Miniya Miller had the best FVSU event by taking third in the hammer throw (43.62 meters) and fifth in the discus (38.69m). Nadejah Batts threw 12.00 meters for fifth in the shot put.
On the track, Brianna Madison posted a time of 15.65 seconds for seventh in the 100-meter hurdle event. Montana Williams legged out eighth in the 10,000 meters in 51:17.65.
The two FVSU teams return to action next weekend on Friday and Saturday (March 22-23) at the Kennesaw State Don McGarcy Invitational.
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