Six Yellow Jackets set individual bests in day one of Emory Spring Break Classic

Six Yellow Jackets set individual bests in day one of Emory Spring Break Classic
March 21, 2025

ATLANTA, Ga. - The Defiance College Yellow Jackets continue their outdoor track & field season with two full days of competition at the 2025 Emory Spring Break Classic at the Emory University Woodruff PE Center in Atlanta, Ga. DC kicked off the weekend Friday with a packed slate of track events, complimented by a slew of personal-record performances. 

Six Yellow Jackets set new bests in individual track events, including each runner that competed in the women's 200-meter dash: Mira Horvath, Rakel Thompson, Shelby Clements, Amira Knight and Israa Khamis, who recorded her first numbers in the event this outdoor season. On the men's side, Tyjon Mance recorded a personal best in the 200-meter dash, coming up 0.02 seconds faster than last week at the River City Relays. 

For the first time this outdoor season, both the purple and gold women and men were represented in the 4x400 relays. The women, made up of Horvath, Thompson, Clements and Zawadi Debola finished second in their section – eighth overall – completed the race 0.98 seconds ahead of their indoor-season high. J'Vontae Barnes, Mance, Eli Fortman and Marcus Snell came in sixth in their section and 20th in the event.

Women's Track Results

  • 200 Meters: Mira Horvath, 26.76 (50th); Rakel Thompson, 26.79 (51st); Shelby Clements, 28.83 (99th); Amira Knight, 29.98 (110th); Israa Khamis, 30.18 (113th) 

  • 4x400 Meters: Mira Horvath, Rakel Thompson, Shelby Clements and Zawadi Debola, 4:17.58 (8th, 2nd in section)

Women's Field Results

  • High Jump: Mira Horvath, No Height

Men's Track Results

  • 200 Meters: Tyjon Mance, 23.14 (62nd); Marcus Snell, 23.28 (78th); Zyon Woods, No Mark

  • 400-Meter Hurdles: J'Vontae Barnes, 1:00.06 (Did Not Score)

  • 4x400 Meters: J'Vontae Barnes, Tyjon Mance, Eli Fortman and Marcus Snell, 2:35.80 (20th, 6th in section)

  • 5000 Meters: Jake Stephens, 18:04.38

UP NEXT

Defiance College will continue at the Emory Spring Break Classic on Saturday. Events begin at 10 a.m. 

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