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ORLANDO, Fla. – After being named the ASUN Indoor Field Athlete of the year, sophomore jumper Ma’Kala Davis has continued her success into the outdoor season.
At the Knight Invite On March 27-28 at UCF, Davis earned first place in the triple jump with a leap of 12.78m. After garnering first place, she then took home third overall in the long jump with a final distance of 5.99m. She finished as the top Dolphin in both events.
In the 1500, long distance runner Alexis Holmes secured first overall with a 4:53.74 time. She finished just ahead of teammate Josephine Leonard’s fourth place time of 4:58.76. Holmes’ first place finish was the highest finish all season, indoor or outdoor, by a JU long distance runner.
Jacksonville’s 4×100 relay team finished fifth overall with the squad of Julia Sue-Kam-Ling, Mariandree Chacon, McKayla Francis and Kemaj Moore posting a time of 45.49. The Dolphin 4×100 team was the highest placing ASUN squad in the competition.
Individually, Chacon took home ninth in the 100m dash (11.49) while Moore secured ninth in the 400 (54.83). Sue-Kam-Ling took home 11th in the long jump (5.65) with Chacon earning 11th as well in the 200m (23.69), finishing first among JU athletes in a field of 74 finishers.
The men’s long distance runners also competed in central Florida, led by a second place showing by Zachary Earley in the 1500. Earley paced out a time of 4:07.34, followed by a seventh-place finish by Zander Kochen (4:16.04) and a ninth-place finish by Gabe Edwards (4:17.01).
Its back to the track this coming weekend, April 3-4, for the Dolphins as they take on the Pepsi Florida Relays at the University of Florida and the Embry-Riddle Classic in Daytona Beach.