Wright Leads Mercer Women at UNF Invite

Friday, March 22

Jacksonville, Fla.

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Mercer University

UNF Spring Break Invite

Photo by: Larry Dancy

3/23/2019 1:20:00 PM | Track & Field

Bears competed in 9 events in Jacksonville

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sophomore Cherrish Wright had a standout individual performance for the Mercer women's track and field team at the UNF Spring Break Invite at Hodges Stadium on Friday.

Wright set a school record with a 14.73-second finish in the 100-meter hurdles and added a Southern Conference-leading time of 24.86 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Wright additionally helped Mercer's "B" 4x100-meter relay team run a season-best time of 47.20 seconds.

Four Bears – Ashley McMahon, Marina Van Sickle, Madison Cowart and Jerrica Hanson – all ran season-best times in the 5000-meter run as well.

Kennedi Weston-Shields bested her previous season-best time in the 400-meter dash with a 58.74-second finish. Lauryn Dancy additionally recorded a season-best time of 12.22 seconds in the 100-meter dash and finished 16th in the event.

EVENT RESULTS
Long Jump
18. Myranda Ham (4.25m)

4x100 Meter Relay
7. Marion Meadows, Tessola Duncan, Madison Mueller, Myranda Ham (47.20)

100 Meter Hurdles
13. Cherrish Wright (14.73) (School Record)

400 Meter Dash
19. Tessola Duncan (58.43)
22. Kennedi Weston-Shields (58.74)

100 Meter Dash
16. Lauryn Dancy (12.22)
27. Marion Meadows (12.63)

400 Meter Hurdles
24. Madison Mueller (1:07.62)
25. Myranda Ham (1:09.37)

200 Meter Dash
15. Cherrish Wright (24.86) (SoCon-best)

4x400 Meter Relay
5. Madison Mueller, Kennedi Weston-Shields, Tessola Duncan, Marion Meadows (3:52.88)

5000 Meter Run
10. Ashley McMahon (18:07.65)
24. Marina Van Sickle (18:44.76)
28. Madison Cowart (19:04.44)
39. Jerrica Hanson (20:08.64)

UP NEXT
Mercer will return to the Sunshine State next week for the Pepsi Florida Relays on March 28-30 in Gainesville, Fla.

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