Lady Roadrunners bring home eight top eight placings from the Jim Green Invitational

Jacksonville, Ill.-The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners women's track and field team had a good day at the Jim Green Invitational hosted by Illinois College on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Jacksonville, Ill. The event took place inside King Fieldhouse.

The Lady Roadrunners captured three individual championships. Sophomore Laiysha Freeman of Kansas City, Mo. was victorious in the long jump with a jump of 5.23 meters. Freshman Callie McWilliams of Shelbina, Missouri continued her outstanding campaign with another event title and in the triple jump with a jump of 11.50 meters. Freshman Vivian Barton of Savannah, Missouri won the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:01.87.

McWilliams finished second in the long jump with a jump of 5.22 meters.

The Lady Roadrunners finished third in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 2:01.66. The team consisted of Freeman, sophomore Stahrr Williams of Kansas City, Mo., freshman Anjyu McKee of Warrensburg, Mo., and freshman Katelyn Burbank of Brunswick, Mo.

The Lady Roadrunners finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:27.35. The team was made up of Barton, McWilliams, and freshman Chelsi Berry of Clinton, Mo. and Williams.

Freshman Avri Fox of Warrensburg, Mo. finished eighth in the shot put with a distance of 10.83 meters. McKee finished eighth in the 60-meter dash with a time 8.28.

"On Saturday, we took a strong group of athletes to Jacksonville, Ill., to compete at the Jim Green Invitational," said assistant coach Kellin Loch. "This meet was a fantastic opportunity for our team, in its entirety, to be competitive and successful. We walked away from the meet with 17 top 10 performances combined with our men's and women's teams. Coming out of a meet with four wins and 13 more strong finishes combined between the teams should instill some confidence in our athletes and assure them that they deserve to be here and competing in collegiate athletics."

SFCC will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Darren Young Classic hosted by Grinnell College.

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics