March 24, 2007

Complete Results

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Both the Winston-Salem State men's and women's track & field teams finished the Wake Forest Open Track & Field meet with some strong performances on Saturday. The WSSU tracksters had some great performances in both track and field events.

"I am so proud of our kids. They really showed up this weekend," Winston-Salem State track & field head coach Halcyon Blake said following the meet. "Yesterday, Gerrod [Sidbury] started us off running as awesome as he did, but today had to go to the women."

The Lady Rams 4x400m relay team highlighted the day finishing 11th out of 24 teams in a time of 3:57.50. The time qualified the Lady Rams to compete in the event at the Penn Relays.

"The women's 4x400m relay team came back today and really set it off," Blake added. "Every leg was fantastic."

The Lady Rams had some great performances both on the track and in the field events. Freshman Jessica Peaks had the best individual finish at the meet finishing third in section B of the women's high jump with a height of 5'3" (1.60m) just three inches shy of the winner. Junior Irene Jeptolo finished 11th in the women's 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:30.74. She also had a great finish in the women's 3000m run with a time of 10:56.04.

The men's 4x400m relay team had one of their best performances of the season finishing eighth in the event in a time of 3:15.31, leaving teams from Howard, Appalachian State, Western Carolina, and Coastal Carolina. The men's 4x100m relay team finished 13th in the event in a time of 00:42.95.

The Rams sprinters had some great efforts on the second day of the meet with sophomore Richard
Marcellus finishing 23rd in the men's 200m dash in a time of 00:22:03. Fellow sophomore sprinter Brock Bynum was also solid finishing 28th in a time of 00:22.16.

Both teams will return to action on April 6th at the Clemson Relays.