ALBANY, Ga. – The Albany State University track & field teams competed at the Savannah State Eyeopener in their second competition of the outdoor season. The meet was hosted by Savannah State University at the Theodore A. Wright Stadium on February 27.
The Golden Rams finished fourth place overall with a team score of 81. The women's track & field finished fifth overall with a team score of 72. The final tally included scoring from 35 events and a field of 11 teams.

Benedict College won the overall meet on the men's side with a team score of 251 and on the women's side with a team score of 251. Clayton State finished third, followed by Albany State, Bryant & Stratton, Piedmont, Dalton State, Edward Waters, Francis Marion, USC-Beaufort and Morris College.

A native of Pompano Beach, Florida, Sydney Blackburn's winning discus throw was marked at 150'04" at the Savannah State Eye Opener on Saturday. With the mark freshman thrower Sydney Blackburn is now the new school record holder!  

The previous record was held by CreAnn Perkins (2013) with a throw of 144'01".

This victory for Blackburn not only gave Sydney the new school record, it was also a provisional qualifying throw for the NCAA Division II National Championship. Sydney is currently ranked #1 in Division II.

Albany State will head to Savannah, Georgia to participate in the Savannah State University Tiger Orange and Blue Relays on March 6th. 
 
Scoring Events
 
Women 200 meters
Jakell Williams – 27.82 | 5^th
Ashleigh Milledge – 30.37 |9^th
Jerrianna Tate – 30.41 | 10^th
 
Women 800 meters
Erin McCoy - 2:32.35 | 5^th  
 
Women 100 Hurdles 
Jakell Williams – 16.47 | 5^th
Ashleigh Milledge – 17.04 | 6^th


Women High Jump   
Jakell Williams – 1.42m | 6^th   

 Women Shot Put   
TyAsia Thornton - 11.69m | 2^nd  
Sydney Blackburn - 10.98m | 3^rd  

Women Discus   
Sydney Blackburn - 45.82m | 1^st
Maloni Lewis – 31.48m | 6^th
Khadija Williams - 31.20m | 7^th  

Hammer
Khadija Williams - 37.44m | 3^rd
Sydney Blackburn - 30.96m | 6^th    
 
Women Javelin Throw
Khadija Williams - 39.21m | 1^st  
TyAsia Thornton – 26.90m | 5^th
Maloni Lewis – 25.03m | 7^th
 
 
 
 
Men 200 meters
Ed Gilbert – 23.13| 4^th  
Pierre Weaver – 24.13 | 11^th  
Shannon Carter – 24.33 | 12^th
Stephon Williams – 24.45 | 13^th
 

Men 400 meters
Ed Gilbert – 57.56 | 16^th


Men 800 meters
Tyler Douglas - 2:03.82 | 4^th
Khali Madison - 2:06.74 | 7^th
Jordan Smith - 2:12.66 | 10^th
Cameo Wilkerson - 2:14.97 | 12^th



 
Men 1500 Meters
Khali Madison – 4:25.89 | 1^st
Demetrius Carson – 4:46.25 | 6^th
 
Men 5000 Meters
Khali Madison – 17:31.97 | 1^st
Demetrius Carson – 18:20.44 | 4^th

Men 110 Meter Hurdles
Cameo Wilkerson – 17.21| 1^st  


Men 400 Meter Hurdles
Dorin Thornton – 55.60 | 2^nd
Jarvis Collins – 59.50 | 3^rd
Cameo Wilkerson – 1:02.30 | 5^th

4x400 meter relay
Timothy Heyward/Jordan Smith /Cameo Wilkerson | Clifford Russell – 3:36.66 | 3^rd


High Jump
Keyshawn Jackson – 1.98m | 2^nd
 
Pole Vault
Timothy Heyward – 3.35m | 1^st  
 
Long Jump
Jordan Smith – 6.61m | 6^th

Triple Jump
Keyshawn Jackson – 11.50m | 4^th  
 

Javelin
Kobe Russell – 32.57m | 3^rd