Texas Relays Live Coverage - Day 2

April 5, 2009 by Jay Hicks

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-Austin, TX. Arguably the most exciting event at the 87th Texas Relays took place in the field. High jumper Andra Maston challenged the American record before settling on 7 feet, 8.5 inches, which is a new personal best for Maston.

A number of the 100 meter races were over the legally allowable 2.0 meters per second.

In the women’s 100, Gabby Mayo of Texas A&M won in 11.123 — .007 seconds ahead of Baylor’s Tiffany Townsend

Florida State had a dominant day at the Texas Relays. The Seminoles walked away with 4×100 meter relays victories in the men’s and women’s division.

The Distance Medley Relays were swept by Baylor on the men’s and women’s side with both races ending with dramatic finales coming down to a foot race the final 50 meters.

Mississippi State freshman Deangelo Cherry took the men’s university 100 meters in a wind-aided 10.16 seconds.

Queen Harrison of Virginia Tech won the 400 meter hurdles in 57.38, ahead of teammate Asia Washington who was second in 58.41.

Texas A&M swept the men’s and women’s 4×200 meter relays. A team comprised of Howell, Gerald Phiri, Chris Dykes and Justin Oliver ran 1:22.06.

In the 4×400 meter relay, LSU women won the race for a second straight year. Junior LaTavia Thomas anchored the team to a come-from-behind victory in 3:31.81. Baylor men 4×400 streak of consecutive reaces remains in tact. The Bears relay of J.T Scheurman, Marcus Boyd, LeJerald Betters and Quentin Summers ran 3:02.68.

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