Seven Top Five Finishes Lead Hampton Track and Field at Liberty

Thursday, January 23

Lynchburg, VA

All Day

Hampton University

Brant Tolsma Invitational

Seven Top Five Finishes Lead Hampton Track and Field at Liberty

1.26.25 | Men's Track (Indoor/Outdoor), Women's Track (Indoor/Outdoor)

LYNCHBURG, Va. (Jan. 26, 2025) … The Hampton University men's and women's indoor track and field teams participated this weekend in the Brant Tolsma Invitational hosted by Liberty University.

In a 33-team event, the Pirates seven top five finishes. Emmani Shaw won the women's high jump in a leap of 1.69m (5-6.5), while the men's 4x400 took top honors with the quartet of Justin Anderson, Chadison Cowan, Ibrahim Abdalla, Mohammed Al-YaFee running a 3:16.19 to win that race.

Field Events
Danielle James took third in the long jump with a personal best of 5.79m (19-0) and she also had a personal best in the triple jump on the day of 11.04m (36-2.75). In the shot put, Rochele Solmon took second in 14.82m (48-7.5).

For the men, Daven Gibson was fifth in the high jump with a leap of 2.01m (6-7), while Ellis Branch was fifth in the triple jump at 14.29m (46-10.75).

Marquis White was sixth in the long jump in 7.08m (23-2.75) and Daye Karib-Whyte was eighth in the shot put in 14.61m (47-11.25).

Track Events
Arriah Gilmer was ninth in the 400 meters for the women in 57.63 and Kayla Spencer took fifth in the 800 meters in 2:16.34.

The 4x400 meter relay team of Gilmer, Carmen PenaSoto, Kylee King and Mekayla Wilson was fifth in 3:56.28.

On the men's side, the quartet of Khari Barnes, Deondre McIntosh, Jaden Clark and Kyle Lewis were ninth in the 4x400 relay in 3:28.67.

Next Up
Hampton will next run in the Penn State National Open from January 30 to February 1 in State College, Pa.