Brown breaks school record in 200-meter dash at Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational

ADRIAN, Mich. – Led by senior Jordon Brown, the Olivet College men's track and field team participated in the Siena Heights University / Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational today at O'Laughlin Stadium.

FOR THE COMETS

• Brown won the 200-meter dash (of 59 runners) in a school-record time of 21.63 seconds. The previous record was 21.66 seconds by Pat Peregoy on May 5, 1978.  Brown also had Olivet's in the field events, as he was fourth of 31 competitors in the long jump with a 22 foot, 2-1/4 inch mark.
• Senior Chris Davis had the fourth-fastest time of 71 runners in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:57.08.
• Junior Hayden Germain placed sixth of 84 runners in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.64.
• Junior Hunter Hillard ran personal-best times of 2:07.62 in the 800-meter run and 4:10.23 in the 1,500-meter run.
• Senior Chase Mendham posted a personal-best time of 1:58.68 in the 800-meter run.
• Junior Charles Miller clocked-in with a lifetime best 11.07 seconds in the 100-meter dash.
• Freshman Anthony DeVito achieved season-best times of 2:11.28 in the 800-meter run and 4:35.16 in the 1,500-meter run.
• Freshman Damani Hicks ran a season-best time of 12.02 seconds in the 100-meter dash.
• Other personal-best marks in the field events were turned in by senior John C Downey in the javelin (131 feet, 7 inches), sophomore Aaron Garcia in the javelin (126 feet, 7 inches).
• Sophomore Jake Watkins leaped a season-best 19 feet, 7 inches in the long jump.

UP NEXT

• Olivet participates in the Grand Valley State University / Al Owens Classic next Friday and Saturday, April 21-22.