ROME, Ga. – The Carson-Newman men's and women's track and field teams travelled to Rome, GA to participate in the Shorter Invitational/Rome Relays in wet and rainy conditions this weekend. 

"We were challenged yesterday by extreme circumstances with rain, wind and injury." Head Track and Field Coach David Needs said, "Many of our athletes responded to the challenge."

In field events, Freshmen Tiana Mills, and TJ Davis earned second-place in the long Jump with leaps of 17' 05.5" and 23' 03.25," respectively. Junior Cassadine Blassingame earned third-place with a 22' 08" mark.

Freshman Jonathan Mason finished in third-place in the men's discus throw, with a mark of 35.24m. Freshman Jazzimine Hodges finished in first in the women's javelin with a throw of 19.00m. Freshman Christianna Smith followed close behind in second with a mark of 20.12m.

Freshman Lonnie Williams earned second-place in the men's javelin throw, and Luther Walker finished in fifth (35.34m). In men's triple jump, Freshman Christian Robinson finished in second-place with a mark of 14.02m. Blassingame followed close behind in third with a leap of 14.16m.

In women's sprinting events, Senior Amanda Bowman finished in forth-place in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase with a time of 13:00.97. In the women's 400 Meter dash, Junior Shauntae Miller ran a time of 59.43, giving her a fifth-place finish.

From the men, the 4x100 Meter Relay team consisting of Jason (Juke) Williams, Cassadine Blassingame, Luther Walker and Anthony Ball finished in second-place with a time of 43.59.

Darius Childs finished in third-place in the men's 100 Meter hurdles (15.37), with Brandon Lindley following close behind in forth-place, finishing with a time of 15.82.

Needs said, "All learned an important lesson on how we either take control of our circumstances and press on, or we let them control us and look for excuses."

The Eagles travel to Spartanburg, SC to compete in the Terrier Relays next weekend.

-CN-

Women Long Jump

2 Tiana Mills 17-05.50

20 Jazzimine Hodges 14-01.75

Men Long Jump

2 TJ Davis 23-03.25

3 Cassadine Blassigname 22-08.00

15 Luther Walker 18-05.25

Men Discus Throw

3 Jonathan Mason 36.00m

6 Lucas Mathis 38.93m

Women Discus Throw

14 Christianna Smith 85-01

21 Markey Haga 63-01

Men High Jump

5 Christian Robinson 1.76m

12 Cassadine Blassingame 1.95m

Women High Jump

14 Jazzimine Hodges 1.52m

19 Jessica Azor 1.65m

Men Javelin Throw

2 Lonnie Williams

5 Luther Walker 35.34m

10 Colin Smith 27.19m

13 Randall Freeman 45.40m

Women Javelin Throw

1 Jazzimine Hodges 19.00m

2 Christianna Smith 20.12m

5 Jessica Azor 28.98

11 Grace Lockmiller 18.00m

12 Aiyana Martina 18.00m

Women Shot Put

7 Christianna Smith (Flight 2) 10.17m

7 Jessica Azor (Flight 3) 11.58m

Women Triple Jump

7 Tiana Mills 34-05.75

Men Triple Jump

2 Christian Robinson 14.02m

3 Cassadine Blassingame 14.16m

9 TJ Davis 14.00m

Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase

4 Amanda Bowman 13:00.97

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase

6 Nick Guerra 11:03.53

8 Jonathan Chastain 11:37.36

Women 4x100 Meter Relay

7 Carson-Newman 51.77

1)      Lindsey Franklin         2) Jaa'leah White

3)      Cassie Smith               4) Anna Bauder

Men 4x100 Meter Relay

2 Carson-Newman 43.59

1)      Jason Williams            2) Cassadine Blassingame

2)      Luther Walker             4) Anthony Ball

Women 1500 Meter Run

25 Rachel Hutson 6:03.52

Men 1500 Meter Run

39 Joshua Marsh 4:35.70          

40 Tyler Johnson 4:35.93           

41 Stephen Spidell 4:37.36 

50 Alec Bross 5:03.22

Women 100 Meter Hurdles

11 Jessica Azor 17.03

12 Jocelyn Perez 17.16

14 Lindsey Franklin 17.43

Men 100 Meter Hurdles

3 Darius Childs 15.37 

4 Brandon Lindley 15.82

7 Christian Robinson  16.31

Women 400 Meter Dash

5 Shauntae Miller 59.43

15 Madison Pickel 1:03.51

Men 400 Meter Dash

9 Brandon Lindley 52.51

15 Aaron Seward 54.14

20 Tyler Stewart 54.81

Women 100 Meter Dash

19 Anna Bauder 13.61

25 Jessica Azor 13.73

27 Jazzimine Hodges 13.89

Men 100 Meter Dash

11 Luther Walker 11.43

Women 800 Meter Run

31 Maddie Wood 2:51.66

33 Amanda Bowman 2:52.08

37 Rachel Hutson 3:01.98

41 Sara Honaker 3:33.74

Men 800 Meter Run

26 Tyler Johnson 2:11.49

30 Stephen Spidell 2:14.11

34 Jonathan Chastain 2:16.31

35 Joshua Marsh 2:16.87

36 Josh Simpson-Beavers 2:17.47

43 Colin Smith 2:24.34

44 Alec Bross 2:25.01

45 Patrick Stump 2:30.45

47 Nick Guerra 2:35.00

Women 400 Meter Hurdles

12 Lindsey Franklin 1:18.91

Men 400 Meter Hurdles

8 Will Moran 1:00.28

Women 200 Meter Dash

19 Jaa'leah White 27.45

24 Cassie Smith 28.05

Men 200 Meter Dash

19 Matt Rust 23.63