Alabama
Joe Walker Invitational
Alabama Track and Field Picks Up Wins at Both the Joe Walker and Joe May Invitationals
4/9/2022 7:57:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide split its squads on Saturday on the way to earning wins in both Oxford, Miss., and Baton Rouge, La.
BATON ROUGE, La./OXFORD, Miss. – Split across a pair of meets, Alabama track and field tallied a trio of wins and 30 top-10 finishes on Saturday.
Alabama posted 22 top-10 finishes at the Joe May Invitational in Baton Rouge, La., led by Julian Collins' big 8.05-meter effort to win the men's long jump. Collins' effort ranks him third all-time for the Tide.
The Crimson Tide came away with eight top-10 finishes on day two of the Joe Walker Invitational in Oxford, Miss., including a 1-2-3 sweep in the men's discus, with Alan de Falchi going 58.42 meters for the win, and a 1-2-4 finish in the men's shot put, led by Isaac Odugbesan's 19.31 meters for the win. Falchi's winning mark ranks him ninth all-time for Alabama.
Joe May Invitational Highlights
- Corde Long ran a 13.82 to take third in the men's 110-meter hurdles while Clayton Elder finished third in the 400-meter hurdles with a 51.97
- Long's 13.82 in the 110-meter hurdels ranks him seventh all-time at UA
- Leander Forbes (45.85) and Khaleb McRae (45.95) went 3-4 in the men's 400 meters
- McRae, Forbes, Long and Gabe Serrano went 3:05.42 to finish third in the 4x400-meter relays, which ranks them 10th all-time for Alabama
- Amari Brown took fourth in the 200 meters (23.43) and sixth in the 100 meters (11.40)
- Brown's 11.40 in the 100 meters ranks her 10th all-time at Alabama
- Louis Martinez (5.11m) took fourth and Cross Derriso (4.96m) was eighth in the men's pole vault
- Sydney Milani (1:00.04) was fourth and Lea Duben (1:03.77) was eighth in the 400-meter hurdles
- Amara Obi took fifth in the 400 meters (54.10)
- Obi, Brown, Chanice Spicer and Milani ran a 3:38.17 to finish fourth in the 4x400-meter relay
- Ayla Stanisclaus, Brown, Na'Taja Ballard and Obi posted a 43.87 to take fifth in the 4x100-meter relay
- Josh Thomas, Tarsis Orogot, Mason Phillips and Long combined to go 39.85 in the men's 4x100-meter relay, taking sixth
- Taylor Pickett (3.86m) and Alexis Rickenbacher (3.71m) finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in the women's pole vault
- Phillips finished ninth in the men's 100 meters with a time of 10.47
- Aysia Ward (5.46m) and Camille Kohtala (5.43m) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, in the long jump
Joe Walker Invitational Saturday Highlights
- Jerimiah Evans (56.38m) and Chago Basso (56.33m) took second and third in the men's discus, while Josiah Harry (47.29m) finished 10th
- Basso (19.00m) and Evans (18.04m) finished second and fourth in the men's shot put, while Nathan Cooper (16.72m) was ninth
- Mark Shannon, Ryan Maseman, Eliud Kipsang and Grady Shiflet combined to take second in the men's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:20.94
- Nickolette Dunbar took sixth place in the women's shot put with a throw of 15.92 meters
Up Next
- Alabama returns to action April 14-16 with a pair of meets, including Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. And the Tom Jones Memoria in Gainesville, Fla.
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