HAMPTON, Va. -- The Hampton University track teams had another dual-event weekend as a few participants went to the Patriot Games at Goerge Mason, while the majority of the team went back to Lynchburg for the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational at Liberty.

The women's multi-event athletes went north to Fairfax and came away with a second and a third-place in the pentathlon.  Crystal Eley and Sydney Davis took second and third respectively in the pentathlon to give Hampton an eighth-place team finish scoring 14 points.  Davis was third with 3,092 points, while Eley had 142 more points to take second with 3,134.

Eley and Davis went 1-2 in the 60 hurdles with Eley edging out her teammate by .03 running a 9.23.  The next best finish for Eley was third in the shot put (9.95M), while Davis was tied for fourth in the high jump (1.52M) and took fourth in the long jump (5.00M). 

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Three in the women's 60 meters earned ECAC qualifying marks as Meshala Morton had the fastest time of the semifinals in 7.50, while Mallory Pitchford (7.69) and Saenea Williams (7.71) also finished in the top eight.

Alycia Higgins was seventh in the 1000 in 3:06.99, while Alysha Evans was eighth in the 800 (2:21.05) and Asia Johnson was ninth in the 5000 (19:12.50).
In the women's 60 hurdles, Mallory Pitchford and Kylie McMillan also earned ECAC qualifying marks as Pitchford ran 8.68 in the semifinals and McMillan came in with an 8.76.

The 4x400 relay team ran an ECAC qualifying time of 3:54.45 to take fifth with Erin Morrison, Morton, Tiara Robinson and Sashana Hinds combining for the time.

Tamadj Fisher was eighth in the high jump with a leap of 5-3 (1.60M).  In the long jump, Jayme Thomas was tied for sixth with a leap of 17-8.75 (5.40M), while Kayla Key was tenth in 17-6.75 (5.35M).  In the shot put, Kiyanna Thomas was sixth in the shot put with a throw of 42-9 (13.03M).

Rayon Black took second in the 400 meters in a IC4A qualifying time of 48.94 missing first by .04.  Justin Beatty took fourth in the event in 49.35, while Gabriel Johnson was sixth in 49.45 and Jerrick Powell was eighth in 49.75.

In the 500 meters, Jaelen Williams was third running an IC4A qualifying time of 1:04.63.  He was the top collegiate finisher in the event.  Dominick Patterson was eighth in 1:07.32, while Khalil Gary was 11^th in 1:09.23.

Stanley Davis won the 800 meters in 1:54.06 to make a qualifying time for the IC4A meet.  He was .20 off the meet record set in 2014, while Eric Ellis was fifth in 1:57.75.  Geoffrey McCullough took second in the 1000 meters in 2:29.39, while Emmanuel Too was fourth in the 5000 in 15:36.56

Charles Graham took first place in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.12.  He ran a faster time in the semifinals clocking an 8.03 to break the IC4A qualifying mark.

The 4x400 relay team of Justin Beatty, Rayon Black, Gabriel Johnson and Williams took second in 3:14.87 to earn a qualifying time for the IC4A meet.

Another first place for the men came in the 4x800 relay that set a facility and meet record running 7:45.17 for a qualifying time to the IC4A meet.  Davis, Eric Ellis, Tayvon Burris and McCullough combined for the meet record time.

The 4x60 shuttle hurdle relay team of Graham, Williams, Dominick Patterson and Powell took second to a Liberty team running 33.00.

In the high jump, Jonathan Swain tied for second with a leap of 6-6.25 (1.99M).  Donmanique Hardy was seventh in the long jump with a leap of 21-10 (6.65M), while in the weight throw, Michael Crockett was seventh with a toss of 45-5 (13.84M).

The track teams will have another busy weekend as they'll compete at the Armory Invitational in New York along with the Captains Invitational in Newport News at Christopher Newport.

For more information on Hampton University track teams, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5906 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.