Privateers Head to Hammond for Strawberry Relays

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NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans Track and Field program will send a handful of student-athletes to Hammond, La. on Friday morning to compete in the 2024 Strawberry Relays.

Christina Davis will compete in three events – the shot put at 9:00 a.m., the women's discus (set to follow men's discus) and the women's hammer throw at 1:00 p.m. Jannah Sharpe will join her in the women's hammer throw looking to break her personal best of 46.82 meters from the 2021 Wendy's Teal Seahawk Invitational.

At 10:00 a.m. Quinton Collins will look to break his personal best of 1.89 meters set last Saturday at the Joe Walker Invitational.

The running events at the Strawberry Relays have a rolling schedule starting at 1:00 p.m. Mason Appleton and Alex Soileau are set to compete in the men's 1500M on Friday afternoon.

Appleton set a personal best in the event – 3:56.23 – earlier this season at the Keyth Talley Invitational, while Soileau's personal best is a 3:59:08 set at last season's Bobcat Invitational.

The final competitor on Friday for New Orleans will be Aryn Pitre. She is set to compete in the 100M dash. Her personal best time is 12.33 seconds set at last year's Battle on the Bayou.

Live results for the meet will be available here courtesy of Crescent City Timing, fans can also follow @privateerstfxc on Twitter/X and Instagram for updates.

PRIVATEERS SCHEDULE AT THE STRAWBERRY RELAYS

TIME	M/W	EVENT	STUDENT-ATHLETE
9:00 a.m.	Women's	SP	Christina Davis
...following men (9 a.m.)	Women's	DT	Christina Davis
10:00 a.m.	Men's	HJ	Quinton Collins
...following women (11 a.m.)	Men's	JAV	Tyler Mitchell, Trace Williams
1:00 p.m.	Women's	HT	Christina Davis, Janna Sharpe
...rolling schedule (starts at 1 p.m.)	Men's	1500M	Mason Appleton, Alex Soileau
...rolling schedule (starts at 1 p.m.)	Women's	100M	Aryn Pitre

 
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