Complete Results

LYNCHBURG, Va. (February 10, 2024) — The Morgan State men's track and field team competed this weekend at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational hosted by Liberty at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
 

Friday, Feb. 9
Junior Derick Robinson captured the long jump invite with a 23'10.50" leap.

Senior Adrian Holley led the men in the 60-meter dash with a 12th place time of 7.01, followed by Derick Robinson (7.12) and sophomore Omari McKenzie (7.30).

Junior Devion Bryant clocked in a time of 1:57.35 to take fifth place in the 800-meters. 

In the 400-meter dash invite, sophomore Dante Jackson led the Bears with a 10th place finish with a time of 49.20, followed by junior Demier Shipley (49.77) and sophomore Antonio Sims (50.35).

Saturday, Feb. 10
Sophomore Antonio Sims came in 19th place in the 200-meter dash open with a 22.27. Senior Adrian Holley and Junior Demier Shipley placed 25th (22.39) and 30th (22.55), respectively.

In the 4x4000-meter relay, Davian Gray, Tarique Gooden, Devon Bryant and Perry Bennett landed in the top-10 by finishing with a seventh-place  time of 10.54.82.

The 4x400-meter relay team consisting of Demier Shipley, Dante Jackson, Antonio Sims and Adrian Holley crossed the tape with a season-best time of 3.19.57.

In the field events, sophomore Zackery Dillon led the way by placing sixth in the shot put with a mark of 16.55m.

Junior Malik Brown finished 10th place in the pole vault with a clearance of 13'03.25".

Freshman Isaac Rankin competed in the high jump and placed 20th with a mark of 1.86m.  He also placed 27th in the  triple jump with a 12.80m leap.

Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 9-10)
Liberty Indoor Track Complex
Lynchburg, Va.

Friday
60m 
Preliminaries
12. Adrian Holley, 7.01
32. Derick Robinson, 7.12
47. Omari McKenzie, 7.30

400m Open
DNS - Larry Hawkins III

800m 
5. Devion Bryant, 1:57.35

400m Dash Invite
10. Dante Jackson, 49.20
18. Demier Shipley, 49.77
22. Antonio Sims, 50.35

800m Run Invite
33. Davian Gray, 1:58.03

Long Jump Invite
1. Derick Robinson, 7.28m (23-10.50)

Saturday

200m Dash Open
19. Antonio Sims, 22.27
25. Adrian Holley, 22.39
30. Demier Shipley, 22.55

4x4000m Relay
7. Morgan State, 10.54.82
(Gray, Gooden, Bryant, Bennett)

4x400m Relay
10. Morgan State, 3.19.57
(Shipley, Jackson, Sims, Holley)

Pole Vault
10. Malik Brown, 4.05m (13-03.25)

Triple Jump
27. Isaac Rankin, 12.80m

Shot Put
6. Zackery Dillon, 16.55m

High Jump 
20. Isaac Rankin, 1.86m 
 

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