FINAL RESULTS

LYNCHBURG, Virginia -- The Ferrum College men's and women's track & field teams opened the 2023-24 indoor season at The Burg Open. The event was hosted by University of Lynchburg and held at the Liberty University Indoor Track Complex.

THE BASICS
A number of Ferrum athletes posted top 10 finishes, including Sarah Crawford, who finished ninth in the women's 400 meters in her collegiate debut.

Jamaari Blackburn was second in the men's 60 meters, and Michael Hamm, was second in the men's 400 meters and Deontae Lawson placed fifth in the men's high jump.

Anaveon Steele finished seventh in the men's 60 meter hurdles, while Roberts was 10th in the men's 400 meters and Blackburn was 10th in the men's 200 meters.

The Panthers entered two teams in the men's 4x400 meter relay, and came away with a pair of top-10 finishes there. The foursome of Francis Roberts, Lawson, Seth Shaffer and Hamm finished fourth, while Kayden Ryder, Logan McClung, Cameron Easley and Ben Bublitz finished ninth.

Men's 60m Hurdles prelims
7 Antaveon Steele, Ferrum 8.75
 
Men's 60m prelims
7 Jamaari Blackburn, Ferrum 7.09
20 Conner Church, Ferrum 7.35
25 Isaiah Clark, Ferrum 7.42
28 Isaac Lewis, Ferrum 7.46
32 Alberto Pineiro, Ferrum 7.58
 
Men's 60m Finals
2 Jamaari Blackburn, Ferrum 6.97
 
Men's 60m Hurdles Finals
7 Antaveon Steele, Ferrum 8.75
 
Men's 400m Finals
2 Michael Hamm, Ferrum 50.19
10 Francis Roberts, Ferrum 52.10
24 Logan McClung, Ferrum 56.45
28 Ben Bublitz, Ferrum 59.39
31 Cameron Easley, Ferrum 1:00.45                         
 
Men's 800m Finals
13 Kayden Ryder, Ferrum 2:06.27
31 Greyson Crouch, Ferrum 2:22.62
33 Seth Shaffer, Ferrum 2:22.89
 
Men's 200m Finals
10 Jamaari Blackburn, Ferrum 22.92
14 Deontae Lawson, Ferrum23.25
30 Antaveon Steele, Ferrum 24.30
31 Isaac Lewis, Ferrum 24.38
32 Alberto Pineiro, Ferrum 24.41
 
Men's 3000 Finals
27 Josh Mills, Ferrum 10:21.29
 
Men's 4x400m Relay Finals
4 Ferrum - Roberts, Lawson, Shaffer, Hamm 3:31.36
9 Ferrum - Ryder, McClung, Easley, Bublitz 3:52.79
 
Men's High Jump Finals
5 Deontae Lawson, Ferrum 6' 0¾" 1.85m
 
Men's Shot Put Finals
13 Darrian Johnson, Ferrum 39' ½" 11.90m
20 Joe Bissue, Ferrum 32' 3¾" 9.85m
21 Kyle Holcomb, Ferrum 31' 11¾" 9.75m
23 Will Davis, Ferrum 31' 5½" 9.59m
28 Jaylon Hillman, Ferrum 26' 1¾" 7.97m
29 Nicholas Brown, Ferrum 22' 8¼" 6.92m
 
Women's 60m Prelims
29 Emma Kelley, Ferrum 9.25
31 Jordan Booker, Ferrum 9.42
33 Hannah Parks, Ferrum 11.37                 
 
Women's 400m Finals
9 Sarah Crawford, Ferrum 1:16.96

Women's 800m Final
25 Alex Prillaman, Ferrum 3:31.63
 
Women's 200m Final
33 Emma Kelley, Ferrum 31.63
34 Airiana Beverley, Ferrum 31.82

BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"Good first weekend! I was happy to see some good performances coming off such a long break. We knocked the rust off and had some kids compete that hadn't in awhile. It was good to see." --Head Coach Mark White
 
UP NEXT
White's team will be back in action Friday and Saturday, January 19-20, at the Finn Pincus Invitational, hosted by Roanoke College. The event will be held at Roanoke's Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia.