March 26, 2005
Men’s relays shine for Methodist at Clemson Relays

CLEMSON, S.C. – The relay events were the highlights on Saturday for the Methodist Monarch and Lady Monarch track and field teams at the Clemson relays.

Methodist finished second in the men’s 4x200-meter relay event as the team of Jeremy McSwain, Michael Hill, Adonis Stanley and Jackson recorded a time of 1:28.55. In addition, the Monarch team of Hill, Jean, McSwain and Taz Petty finished third in the men’s 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.23. Finally, the team of Jean, Hill, Dwayne Johnson and Antony Donaldson finished seventh in the men’s 4x400-meter relay in 3:43.25.

Individually, Nevin Rayford placed fourth in both in the men’s long jump and triple jump. He had a distance of 21-05.5 in the long jump and 44-00.5 in the triple jump. Hill finished fifth in the long jump with a distance of 20-02.25, while Petty finished sixth in the men’s 100-meter dash in 11.23 seconds.

In the men’s shot put, David Leonard finished fifth (45-05), DeVonne Armstrong placed sixth (45-03) and Kenny Brown (45-01), while Armstrong placed seventh in the men’s discus with a distance of 131-00 feet. In the men’s hammer throw, Anthony Trofe finished seventh with throw of 153-04 feet, while Armstrong placed ninth with a distance of 137-06.

For the Lady Monarchs, Meg Coe finished seventh in the women’s shot put with a throw of 37-01.75 feet, and ninth in the women’s discus with a distance of 112-08 feet.

Methodist’s next meet is the Emory Invitational in Atlanta on April 1-2.