Kollie sets new school record; UMES men finish in third place while women finish in ninth at VMI Invitational
 
 
SUMMARY

University of Maryland Eastern Shore sprinter Andie Kollie set a new school mark in the 60 meter dash at the VMI Invitational. The UMES men took first place in four events to finish in third place. The UMES women finished in ninth place in the team standings with athletes earning points in five events.


Andie Kollie set the new school record in the 60 meter dash with a pace of 6.70 to win the event. Tyrese Golston took the top spot in the 200 meter race in 21.66. Ra-John Gray won the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.15. The men's distance medley team of Banele Mkabela, David Martin, Kyle Gordon and Siyabonga Mbatha won the race and posted the 12th fastest time in the country (10:14.94).



EVENT INFORMATION

Location: Lexington, Virginia
Facility: VMI Corps Physical Training Facility
Date: Jan 23 – Jan 24



UMES PERFORMANCES


In addition to the first place finishes, top UMES performers included:

Lynzi Evans | 60H | 5th Place | 8.92 (personal best of 8.88 in prelims)

Shennell Simms | 800M | 5th Place | 2:20.03

Lyee Simms | HJ | 2nd | 1.66m

Faithlyn Irving | LJ | 2nd | 5.63m

Boluwatito Ogundairo, Shennell Simms, Rihanna Gayle, Tayla Wilson | 4 x 400M | 2nd | 3:56.33

Tyrese Golston | 60M | 5th | 6.95

Kamoi Tracey | 400M | 8th | 50.17 (personal best)

Siyabonga Mbatha | 800M | 3rd | 1:54.76

Kyle Gordon | 800M | 5th | 1:57.01

Elijah Smalley | HJ | 4th | 1.80m

Jonylson Prucien | TJ | 5th | 13.80m (personal best)

David Edward-Etafo, Kyle Gordon, Andie Kollie, Destiny Emuze | 4 x 400M | 3rd | 3:25.61



FULL RESULTS

View the complete results from the VMI Invitational on https://www.tfrrs.org/results/92930/VMI_Invitational

 
 
NEXT MEET

UMES travels to Massachusetts next weekend to competed at Boston University and Harvard.