April 2023, Sports

Falcons Place Among Top 10 in Ten Events at the Vertklasse Meeting

HIGH POINT, NC (March 31) – Led by Malaysia Johnson (Fr./Fort Lauderdale, FL), Saint Augustine’s University ran one national qualifying time in the Vertklasse Meeting at Vert Stadium.

Johnson placed Fourth in the Women’s 200 Meters with a time of 23.80, which ranks among the top five nationally in NCAA Division II this season. The full results are on tfrrs.org and saintaugfalcons.com.

Below are SAU’s top ten finishers with their hometowns, events, where they placed, times and marks listed.

WOMEN
Malaysia Johnson (Fr./Fort Lauderdale, FL) – 200 Meters (4th/23.80)
Christabelle Obi (Fr./Ypsilanti, MI) – 100 Meter Hurdles (4th/14.86)
Christabelle Obi (Fr./Ypsilanti, MI) – 400 Meter Hurdles (9th/1:04.03)
Sheree Wright (Fr./Manchester, Jamaica) – Women’s High Jump (5th/5-0.5)

MEN
Isaiah Chapman (Jr./Raleigh, NC) – 800 Meters (6th/1:58.50)
Sean Kalawan (Jr./Westmoreland, Jamaica) – 110 Meter Hurdles (5th/15.13)
Darius Turner (Jr./Burlington, NC) – 400 Meters (10th/50.40)
Kailen Perry (Fr./Raleigh, NC) – 400 Meter Hurdles (10th/56.42)
Jayden Geathers (Fr./Tamarac, FL) – 400 Meter Hurdles (5th/57.29)
Kadain Roper (Jr./Portland, Jamaica) – Javelin (8th/172-4)

— Office of Sports Information