ASU Men Place Two in Opening Three SIAC Championship Events

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Golden Rams are just getting started. Albany State saw Jayvon Hutchinson and Isaac Moody place in the three final Day 1 events at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Track & Field Championship.

Hutchinson leaped 6.73 meters and it was enough for fourth place in the long jump event. Moody threw the hammer throw 41.89 meters for sixth in the event.

In the first day team standings after three scored events, ASU sits fifth with nine points. Benedict College leads with 46 points.

Special note: The ASU 4x100-meter relay team of Hutchinson, Kibren Moore, Jordan Smith and Ed Gilbert won its qualifying race, but even more impressive recorded the NCAA DII fastest time of 39.74 for this spring.

Golden Ram Prelims Qualifiers:

400 Hurdles

3 – Jordan Smith 54.79

200 Meters

1 – Kibren Moore 20.93

4 – Ed Gilbert 21.38

4x100 meter Relay

1 – Hutchinson, Moore, Smith, Gilbert 39.74

ASU readies for Day 2 on Friday (April 26) back to the Morehouse College track.