COLLEGE STATION – McNeese's Grace McKenzie and Alanna Arvie continue to etch their names as two of the greats in Cowgirl track and field history when over the weekend, the two broke their own school records in their respective events at the Texas A&M Team Invitational
 
McKenzie broke two of her own records, those coming in the 400-meter hurdles where she posted a time of 59.72 for a third place finish, bettering her old mark of 59.97 that was set in 2019. She shattered her long jump record of 20-4.5 that she set a month ago, jumping 20-10 for a sixth place finish over the weekend.
 
Arvie got into the record-breaking phase as well as she destroyed her previous hammer throw record of 198-1 that was set two weeks ago with a 204-9 mark for a third place finish. That mark also ranks as the fifth-longest in Southland Conference history.
 
In addition to those record-breaking performances, McNeese athletes recorded 11 personal bests and Cowboy javelin thrower Donavon Banks picked up another first place in his event with a throw of 235-3.
 
Other top five finishes saw Cowboy javelin thrower Hunter Longino placing third with a personal best mark of 210-1. In the women's javelin event, Blanche Beard finished third with a throw of 140-11 while Arvie placed fourth with a 128-3 throw.
 
Jemira Thomlinson finished fourth in the women's discus with a PR throw of 160-7 and McKenzie was fifth in the 800-meters with a time of 2:14.05. Arvie finished fifth in the shot put at 48-3.25.
 
Other Cowboys to post a top five finish included Olu Ogunyemi in the men's 110-meter hurdles with a third place finish at 14.77 while Gideon Cheplak placed fifth in the 1500-meters at 3:54.21.
 
McNeese Results:
Women 100m – 21, Destiny Johnson 12.72
Men 100m – 7, Josh Raphael 10.60 (PR); 13, Kameron Quinn 10.73 (PR); 25, Matthew Madrey 10.93; 30, Kaleb Frank 11.08 (PR)
Women 200m – 16, Dreunna Washington 24.53
Men 200m – 19, Kobe Nevills 21.88; 21, Josh Raphael 21.99; 27, Terrill Banks 22.28; 34, Olu Ogunyemi 23.02
Men 400m – 11, Kobe Nevills 49.10; 16, Ondray Miles 49.77
Women 800m – 5, Grace McKenzie 2:14.05; 14, Kayla Warner 2:19.96; 15, Ciara Gilroy 2:20.57; 22, Priscilla Ibarra 2:29.35
Men 800m – 16, Aaron Gilliam 1:56.32; 27, Markus Kopp 2:00.06
Women 1500m – 16, Ciara Gilroy 4:54.36
Men 1500m – 5, Gideon Cheplak 3:54.21
Men 5000m – 6, Aaron Gilliam 15:35.16
Men 3000m Steeplechase – 4, Joey Croft 9:11.25 (PR)
Women 100m Hurdles – 10, Grace McKenzie 13.89; 22, Kinnady Hawkins 15.03 (PR)
Men 110m Hurdles – 3, Olu Ogunyemi 14.77; 7, Ronnie Jackson 14.92
Women 400m Hurdles – 3, Grace McKenzie 59.72 (School Record); 13, Kayla Harrison 1:07.59
Men High Jump – 8, Ronnie Jackson 6-2.75 (PR)
Women Pole Vault – 6, Maja Gebauer 12-6.75 (PR); 18, Alexis Deville 11-1 (PR)
Men Pole Vault – 13, Kameron Aime 15-7.25
Women Long Jump – 6, Grace McKenzie 20-10 (School Record); 23, Malaiya Jedkins 18-0.5; 29, Dreunna Washington 17-4; 31, Morgan Talley 16-11.5
Men Long Jump – 8, Ronnie Jackson 22-0.25
Women Triple Jump – 13, Malaiya Jedkins 38-7; 15, Morgan Talley 38-0
Women Shot Put – 5, Alanna Arvie 48-3.25
Men Shot Put – 10, Garrett Dietert 45-4.25
Women Discus – 4, Jemira Thomlinson 160-7 (PR); 12, Chloe Hernandez 137-5 (PR)
Women Hammer – 3, Alanna Arvie 204-9 (School Record)
Women Javelin – 3, Blanche Beard 140-11; 4, Alanna Arvie 128-3; 11, Victoria Canter 105-2
Men Javelin – 1, Donavon Banks 235-3; 3, Hunter Longino 210-1 (PR)