Track & Field Closes Month At Leon Johnson NSU Invitational
The Centenary men's and women's track and field teams completed their fourth meet of the season and closed the month of March in the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational on Saturday at the Walter P. Ledet Track and Field Complex.
Natchitoches, La. - The Centenary men's and women's track and field teams completed their fourth meet of the season and closed the month of March in the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational on Saturday at the Walter P. Ledet Track and Field Complex.
MEET RESULTS: https://milesplit.live/meets/DA95652/schedule
Freshman Ian Hunter (Princeton, Texas) earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 3000m Steeplechase (11:30.92) and 5000 meter run (19:14.27) as his time in the Steeplechase is a personal best and sophomore Gabrielle Malagarie (Lafayette, La.) highlighted the Ladies' efforts with a fourth-place finish in the high jump (4-11.75). Malagarie also finished 14th in the long jump (15-10.25).
Freshman Michael Cunningham (Carencro, La.) threw a 139' 0" in the discus to finish sixth and the Gents tallied a pair of top 10's in the long jump as sophomore Jay Scott (Slidell, La.) was seventh (21-8.75) and sophomore Chaz Smith (Prairieville, La.) was ninth (18-1.00).
The Gents' team of Jay Scott, freshman Malcolm Pierce (Ruston, La.), freshman Zack Wroten (Benton, La.), and freshman Theo Dunn (Gonzales, La.) earned a second-place finish in the 4 x 400 meter relay (3:30.95).
Junior Christian Cormier (Lafayette, La.) finished 13th in the 100 meters (10.93) and 15th in the 200 meters (22.93). Junior Bryan Washington (Wylie, Texas) was 19th in the 200 meters (23.30), freshman Sawyer Mathews (DeRidder, La.) was 22nd (23.81), and junior Herman Pride (Baton Rouge, La.) finished 23rd (24.02).
Pierce led the way in the 400 meters as he was sixth with a personal-best time of 51.23, Wroten finished eighth (53.35), and sophomore Phillip Hughes (Bossier City, La.) was 10th (54.66). Sophomore Grayson Shugart (McKinney, Texas) was 10th in the 400 meters (1:04.77).
See where the Ladies and Gents rank within the conference and nationally at the link below:
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mtrack/2025-26/schedule
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/wtrack/2025-26/schedule
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