CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.— (CLARKSVILLENOW) A sweep of the distance events gave Austin Peay State University track and field a leg up at Sunday’s Ed Temple Classic, hosted by Tennessee State at the Gentry Center.
As a team, the Govs placed third with 30 points, behind the host Tigers (84) and Middle Tennessee (53) and ahead of Alabama A&M (12) and Jackson State (7).
Austin Peay’s big winner on the day was sophomore Emmaculate Kiplagat, who dusted the field in the mile run with a 5:30.39 mark in the mile run, then returned for a win in the 3000m with an 11:05.82 mark. Freshman Keleah Shell (third, 5:39.94) was just over nine seconds behind Kiplagat in the mile, while Sarah-Emily Woodward (third, 12:07.41) also earned top-three honors in the 3000m.
Freshman Lennex Walker (8.17 in the 55m hurdles) and sophomore Diamond Battle (7.08 in the 55m dash) each earned runner-up honors in their respective disciplines. Shell pulled double-duty with a fourth-place finish in the 800m run (2:29.46), while Walker finished just out the money in the 200m dash, placing sixth at 25.86.
In the field, freshman Denia Hill-Tate’s personal-best 1.65m mark earned her runner-up honors in the high jump.
The Govs return to action next week in Nashville at the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt.