UAB Shows Out at Mississippi State

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UAB Shows Out at Mississippi State

3/25/2018 5:32:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Bulldog Relays Results

STARKVILLE, Miss. – UAB continued its strong start to the outdoor track and field season as five different Blazers finished in the top four and several more turned in top 10 performances at the Mississippi State Bulldog Relays.

Ali Cichos finished second overall in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.30 seconds and placed third in the long jump at a distance of 5.60-meters (18'4^1/2''). While Mo Bhadmos also showed well in the triple jump with a 10th place finish, jumping a distance of 11.76-meters (38'7'').

The relay teams showed out at the Bulldog Relays with the women's 4x400-meter relay finished fifth with a time of 3:52.74. The 4x800-meter relay team come in third with a time of 9:32.20 while the women's 1600-meter SMR finished with a time of 4:17.62 which placed them fifth overall.

Blazer Highlights

Cynthia Benjamin finished just behind her teammate Bhadmos in the triple jump with a ninth place finish with a distance of 11.58-meters (38'0'').
Marielle Lewis ran in the 800-meters placing third with a time of 2:16.75.
Rebecca Evans and Bethan Evans both placed in the top 5 of the 1500-meter run as Rebecca finished third and Bethan fourth. Rebecca Evans ran a time of 4:43.57 and Bethan Evans ran it in a time of 4:47.81.
Shelbi White finished third in the 100-meters with a time of 11.97 seconds.

Track Side with Head Coach Kurt Thomas

"My staff and I are pleased with what we saw this weekend," Thomas said. "The athletes came out and competed hard and we came away with lots of top 10 finishes, several top 5 finishes and lots of personal bests. Mo had a good triple jump and Ali and Brittany Floyd jumped well. Ali and Kyla Robertson had good 100m hurdle races and Shelbi opened up with a solid 100m time despite a strong headwind. Our relays raced well despite very windy races and the distance crew ran strong races too. Marielle is in a good position to run fast, Bethan and Rebecca had good 1500m races. This sets us up well for a big trip to Florida Relays next week. We have to keep getting better, training hard and competing hard."

Up Next

UAB heads to Gainesville, Fla. next weekend for the Florida Relays, an event that typically sees fast times in the sprit and relay races.