Full Results
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Golden Rams made a big charge on the final day. Albany State finished strong with five first-place finishes and captured third place as a team at the 2024 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Championship.
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As expected, Kibren Moore racked up a trio of gold medals. The sophomore sprinted his way to the 100 meter title in 10.58 and he followed it up with an identical first in the 200 meters with a time of 20.93. He ran the second leg along with Jayvon Hutchinson, Jordan Smith and Ed Gilbert for a 4x100-meter relay winning time of 40.39, 0.28 seconds better than the runner-up team.
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Along with the relay first place, Hutchinson had an equally impressive gold effort in the 110-meter hurdles by 0.34 seconds in 14.63. Smith added his own first place with a winning time of 52.67 for the 400-meter hurdles.
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Powered by the five first places, ASU rose up the team standings for a solid third place with 92 points. Benedict College was too strong overall with 192 for the team title with Morehouse College between the two schools at 164 points for second.
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Capping the Championship, ASU garnered the second-best time in the finale event of the 4x400-meter relay in 3:11.92 for the team of Tyler Mapson, Jonathan Kelly, Smith and Moore.
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Senior Ed Gilbert had a quality sprinting day. Gilbert raced to third place for both the 100 meters in 10.97 and the 200 meters in 21.23.
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Khali Madison was the final ASU placer on the final day of competition with a sixth-place finish for the 5,000 meter run (17:56.70).
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The ASU national qualifiers will have a month off until the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be May 23-25 in Emporia, KS.