December 3, 2021
Cannon breaks school record in 60M hurdles at Oiler Opener
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles on Friday evening at the Oiler Opener with a time of 8.42 seconds.
Defiance sophomore Tawon Cannon set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles on Friday evening at the Oiler Opener with a time of 8.42 seconds.
The Basics
- Location: The University of Findlay Malcolm Athletic Center - Findlay, Ohio
- The Defiance men's team placed fourth out of 10 teams while the women tied for eighth place out of eight.
- Findlay's men's and women's teams each topped the leaderboard.
Notables
- Cannon placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.45 seconds. In the qualifying he ran an 8.42, both times beat the previous Defiance record of 8.66 set by Jordan Weber in 2012.
- Junior Ja'Qway Janvier placed third in the 60-meters with a time of 7.06 seconds.
- Janvier also placed fourth in the 200-meters with a personal best time of 23.00 seconds.
- Freshman Jalen Corbin placed fifth in the 400-meters with a time of 51.92 seconds
- Freshman Deyante Fowler placed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.74 meters and tied for fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.40 meters.
- The men's 4x400 relay team of Corbin, sophomore Max Julien, freshman Decota Shaw, and Cannon placed first with a time of 4:02.22.
- Senior Lisa Markau led the women's team with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meters with a time of 8.20 seconds.
Up Next
- Both Yellow Jacket squads will be off until January 14 when they host the Dick Small Invitational at the George Smart Center.