Stringer Posts Two Second-Place Finishes

Senior Antranette Stringer finished second in both the 200 and 400-meters and was also sixth in the long jump at the Boston-Moon Classic over the weekend. (MT)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Senior Antranette Stringer finished second in both the 200 and 400-meters while junior Tenesha Hill was third in the 100-meters and fourth in the 200, leading the Middle Tennessee track teams at the Boston-Moon Classic in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend.

Stringer posted a second-place finish in the 400 in 58.25 and came in second in the 200 in 24.99. She also was sixth in the long jump with a mark of 16-10.75.

Hill placed third in the 100 in 12.26 and was fourth in the 200 in 25.48.

Juniors Kaitlyn Hammond and Ashleigh Thaler finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 1500-meters in 5:08.47 and 5:14.11.

Sophomore Freddie Rankin was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.06 and sophomore Jeremy Turner placed eighth in 15.99. Turner also finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in 57.93.

Sophomore Julius Kirui placed fourth in the 3000-meters in 9:05.72.

In the field events, junior Brandon Jones finished seventh in the long jump with a mark of 22-3.75 and junior Lee Johnson was eighth with a mark of 22-1.

Full results from the meet may be found at www.alltraxtiming.com. Middle Tennessee's track teams return to action this weekend at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville.