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Herd Track & Field Opens 2026 With Strong Showing at Marshall Alumni Classic
1/10/2026 7:28:00 PM | Track and Field
erd Track & Field Opens 2026 With Strong Showing at Marshall Alumni Classic
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Track and Field launched its 2026 indoor campaign with 18 individual victories at the Marshall Alumni Classic Saturday at the Chris Cline Athletic Complex. The Herd set a wave of meet records and personal bests with sophomore Wyatt Milhoan breaking the school record in the Men's Indoor 300, racing a time of 34.40.
"I don't think you could ask for more coming out of a break like we had," Director of Track & Field Keith Roberts said. "You could tell people put in the work and continued to grind, they came in focused and ready to get it done."
"We had a school record, meet records, and performances that could score for us in conference. The main goal for us is to score big points at conference and be a top team in the Sun Belt and I am starting to see in the different event areas from the throws to the sprints to the jumps and distance, there are really no weak areas that we have right now. We just want to continue to grow as a team and get better."
Track Events
• Men 60m: Micah Hinton (6.79) – 2nd place, Meet Record • Women 60m Prelims: Bay'Andria Hodges (7.59) – 1st place, Meet Record • Women 60m Final: Bay'Andria Hodges (7.69) – 3rd place, Personal Record; Dior Carney (7.72) – 4th place, Personal Record • Men 60m Hurdles Finals: Tyrell Cloud (8.16) – 1st place, Meet Record • Women 60m Hurdles Finals: Alayezia Williams (8.72) – 1st place, Season Best • Men 200m: Joey Bloebaum (22.51) – 1st place, Meet Record, new NCAA No. 43/DI No. 32 • Women 200m: Dior Carney (25.55) – 2nd place • Men 300m: Wyatt Milhoan (34.40) – 1st place, Meet Record, Personal Record • Women 300m: Brynn McKeever (40.01) – 1st place, Meet Record, Personal Record • Men 400m: Jonathan White (51.01) – 4th place, Season Best • Women 400m: Shanel Morgan (57.79) – 1st place, new DI No. 89, Personal Record • Men 800m: Justin Lipscomb (1:59.32) – 1st place • Men 1 Mile: Justin Lipscomb (4:16.31) – 1st place, Personal Record • Women 1 Mile: Ellie Hosaflook (5:36.31) – 11th place, Personal Record • Men 3000m: Maxton Sowers (8:38.62) – 1st place; Brady Dawkins (8:39.68) – 3rd place, Personal Record • Women 3000m: Hannah Toth (9:58.22) – 4th place; Taylor Spencer (10:24.70) – 10th place
Field Events
• Men High Jump: Otenidi Omot (2.01m/6-07.00) – 1st place, Meet Record, new DI No. 70 • Women High Jump: Alycia Rivera (1.65m/5-05.00) – 1st place • Men Long Jump: Cole Miller (7.11m/23-04.00) – 3rd place, new DI No. 68 • Women Long Jump: Lara Check (5.97m/19-07.00) – 1st place, Meet Record; Lakesha Smith (5.93m/19-05.50) – 2nd place, Meet Record, new NCAA No. 47/DI No. 38 • Men Triple Jump: Trashuan Smith (14.78m/48-06.00) – 1st place • Women Triple Jump: Alayezia Williams (11.80m/38-08.75) – 1st place, new DI No. 84 • Men Shot Put: Gabriel Urraca (16.39m/53-09.25) – 1st place, Meet Record • Women Shot Put: Markayla Moore (13.16m/43-02.25) – 1st place • Women Weight Throw: Markayla Moore (18.05m/59-02.75) – 1st place; Jenna Olsen (15.95m/52-04.00) – 3rd place; Karlee Buterbaugh (11.64m/38-02.25) – 14th place
UP NEXT
Marshall will travel for its first road meet of the season for the Bellarmine Open on Friday, Jan. 16.
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