Track and Field competes at Doug Hanson Invite

The Defiance men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Michigan on Friday to compete in the Doug Hanson Invite.

The Basics

• The event was hosted by Saginaw Valley State at the SVSU Fieldhouse in Saginaw Mich.
• No team scores were kept.

Notable Performances

• Junior Ja'Qway Janvier placed fourth in the men's 200-meters with a time of 23.04 seconds.
• Freshman Jalen Corbin placed fifth in the 200-meters with a personal best time of 23.26 seconds.
• In the women's 200-meters freshman Traci Cross finished third in a time of 26.84, a top-five time in school history.
• Freshman Decota Shaw placed fourth in the men's 400-meters with a time of 52.63 seconds, a personal best.
• Sophomores Ron Scott and Moses Epps each set new personal bests in the shot put with throws of 12.24 meters and 11.36 meters.
• The men's 4x400 relay team consisting Tawon Cannon, Corbin, John Reese, and Shaw placed fourth with a time of 3:35.46.

Up Next

• The next event for the Yellow Jackets will be the Joe Banks Invite hosted by Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio on January 29.