4x100m Relay Squad Posts Season-Best Time At USF Invitational

Saturday, April 12

Tampa, Fla.

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Mercer University

(1) South Florida Invitational

4x100m Relay Squad Posts Season-Best Time At USF Invitational

4/12/2025 7:42:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

TAMPA, Fla. – Senior Jiya Hastings opened up the day with a 14^th-place finish in the Long Jump, while the 4x100m Relay squad registered a season-best time of 47.30 seconds, as the Mercer track & field team registered a solid day at the South Florida Invitational on Saturday at the USF Track & Field Stadium.

The Orange & Black finished its day in central Florida with a quartet of top-20 performances, including the 4x100m Relay squad which shaved nearly 0.5 seconds off of its previous season-best time on the way to a 10^th place showing. Hastings was joined in the Top 20 gallery by freshman Arielle Livingston who posted an 18^th-place finish in the 100m Hurdles, as well as newcomer Kamryn Copeland who was 20^th in the Triple Jump.

The Bears will split their squad again next weekend, April 18-19, and head in much different directions. The hurdlers, jumpers and sprinters will trek to Waco, Texas, for the Baylor-hosted Michael Johnson Invite, while the distance squad will make the short drive to Atlanta for the Georgia Tech Invitational.

SOUTH FLORIDA INVITATIONAL (APRIL 12)
Long Jump
14	Jiya Hastings	5.57m
23	Jayla Simmons	5.15m
28	Jayla Battle	#4.60m
29	Naomi Pierce	4.43

Triple Jump
20	Kamryn Copeland	#11.04m
n/a	Pria Pullin	Foul
n/a	Lauryn McDougald	Foul

4x100m Relay
10	Mercer - Melissa Ubani, Jiya Hastings, Charity Obazughanmwen, Jayla Simmons	47.30

100m Hurdles
18	Arielle Livingston	#14.66

400m Dash
41	Kendyl Maddox	1:00.46
44	Ariel Raggs	1:13.32

100m Dash
40	Jayla Simmons	#12.18
43	Melissa Ubani	#12.45
45	Naomi Pierce	#12.81

200m Dash
37	Charity Obazughanmwen	#24.82
57	Melissa Ubani	#26.54
59	Kamryn Copeland	#26.74

4x400m Relay
14	Mercer - Arielle Livingston, Charity Obazughanmwen, Kendyl Maddox, Ariel Raggs	4:15.55

! = Personal Best $ = School Record # = Wind-Aided Time