Track and Field Notches Eight Top Three Finishes at Vanderbilt Invitational

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Vanderbilt Invitational

Track and Field Notches Eight Top Three Finishes at Vanderbilt Invitational

1/19/2025 6:42:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Southern Miss outdoor track and field men's and women's squads captured a cumulative eight top-three finishes, with Kelsey Singleton earning first in the men's 200-meter and 400-meter races.

The Golden Eagle women earned two top-three finishes over the course of the weekend. Za'Isha Fraser earned a second-place finish in the triple jump with a 12.54-meter jump. The women's 400-meter relay team earned a third-place finish with efforts from Trinity Flagler, Jaellene Burgess, Addison McLaurin, and Taliyah Lindsay, finishing with a time of 3:41.49. The women recorded 10 top-eight finishes, scoring in nine different events over the final day of the meet.

On the men's side, Zayne Palomino (high jump open, 2.16 meters), Tyler Nichols (long jump seeded, 7.73 meters), and Tyler Hughes (long jump unseeded, 7.32 meters) each earned second-place finishes for the Golden Eagles. The men recorded 14 top-eight finishes in nine different events.

Top 8 Finishes
Women
4x400 – 3^rd (3:41.49)
Distance Medley – 6^th (12:07.30)
60 Meter: 4^th – Trinity Flagler (7.46)
200 Meter: 5^th – Taliyah Lindsay (24.43)
400 Meter: 7^th – Addison McLaurin (55.92)
3000 Meter: 6^th – Maria Kaylor (9:27.45)
High Jump Invite: 4^th – Jelese Alexander (1.68)
High Jump Open: 8^th – Indea Pounds (1.53)
Long Jump Seeded: 4^th – Sidney Allen (6.03)
Triple Jump: 2^nd – Za'Isha Fraser (12.54)

Men
400 Meters: 1^st – Kelsey Singleton (46.80)
4x400: 6^th (3:13.94)
Distance Medley: 8^th (10:27.07)
60 Meters: 5^th – Kingsley Unorji (6.71)
            6^th – Gracious Ushie (6.76)
200 Meters: 1^st – Kelsey Singleton (21.19)
            5^th – Gracious Ushie (21.57)
High Jump Open: 2^nd – Zayne Palomino (2.16)
                        3^rd – Tyler Hughes (2.08)
                        4^th – Tyler Nichols (2.03)
Long Jump Seeded: 2^nd – Tyler Nichols (7.73)
Long Jump Unseeded: 2^nd – Maximum Littleton (7.32)
Weight Throw Open: 7^th – Piers Cameron (17.66)

The Golden Eagles head to Birmingham, Alabama to compete in the UAB Blazer Invitational on Saturday, February 8^th.