Hastings Nets Personal Best On Final Day Of Michael Johnson Invite

Saturday, April 19

Waco, Texas

1:30 p.m.

Mercer University

(1) Michael Johnson Invite

Hastings Nets Personal Best On Final Day Of Michael Johnson Invite

4/19/2025 11:46:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

WACO, Texas – Senior Jiya Hastings registered a personal-best time of 12.39 seconds to finish among the top 50 in the 100m Dash, while redshirt junior Charity Obazughanmwen logged a 24^th-place performance in the 400m Dash, as the Mercer track & field team wrapped up competition at the Baylor-hosted Michael Johnson Invite on Saturday.

Hastings bettered her personal record in the 100m Dash by .05 seconds and outpaced five of her teammates in the event as well. Obazughanmwen was less than a second off of her personal best in the 400m Dash.

The Bears will continue their regular season slate on Friday and Saturday when they head to Orlando, Fla., for the UCF Knights Invite. Mercer will get its final tuneup for the Southern Conference Championships the following weekend (May 2-3) at the North Florida-hosted East Coast Relays.

MICHAEL JOHNSON INVITE (APRIL 19)
100m Dash
50	Jiya Hastings	! 12.39
53	Jayla Simmons	12.42
62	Melissa Ubani	12.59
64	Akira Brown	12.67
66	Naomi Pierce	12.99
67	Kamryn Copeland	13.02

100m Hurdles
37	Arielle Livingston	15.71

4x100m Relay
11	Mercer - Jiya Hastings, Charity Obazughanmwen, Jayla Simmons, Melissa Ubani	47.33

400m Dash
24	Charity Obazughanmwen	56.85
40	Kendyl Maddox	1:01.21

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