NATCHITOCHES – McNeese's men's 4x100-meter relay team of Kalen and Koen Beavers, Jaden Powell and Amari Godette made history for the second time in three weeks this past Saturday at the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational as the foursome sprinted to a new school record in the event with a 40.0 time.
 
The school record time beat out the previous mark of 40.05 that was set by the four sprinters back on March 22 at the ULL Louisiana Classic. It's the third-fastest time in the Southland Conference this season.
 
Kalen Beavers added to his stellar performance on the day by clocking a personal best time in the 200-meters of 20.99 for a second-place finish. That currently ranks as the fourth-fastest time in school history.
 
In the field, Cowboys' thrower Marcus Francis continued to make a push for the 34-year-old school shot put record after he notched a personal best mark of 60-2 for a second-place finish and improved on his league-best measurement on the year.
 
Darren Taylor topped 200-feet in the javelin event for second time in his career by winning the event with a personal-record mark of 202-6. It's the fourth-career win for the junior and has moved up to No. 5 in the conference season rankings.
 
Nine other Cowboys recorded personal records on the day – Daniel Miller (200m, 22.45), Kye Lehr (200m, 23.91), Jaylen Etheridge (400m, 49.25), Colby Trahan (400m, 51.32), Tino Bovender (400mH, 54.44), Obied Mohamed (400mH, 55.77), Kevin Kimaiyo (1500m, 4:04.50), Owen Kirkland (1500m, 4:26.00), Tyler Challis (discus, 153-04).
 
On the women's side, Jeny Barcenas continued her dominating junior season by winning the 800-meters with a personal record time of 2:12.54. It's her fourth win of the season in the third different event and the time ranks as the third-fastest in school history and is fourth in the Southland this season.
 
A total off 11 other Cowgirls posted PRs on the day – Pauliqua Landry (200m, 26.38), Ivey Washington (200m, 26.56), Keelei Dorsey (400m, 57.14), Gabriele Andrews (400m, 57.32), Danielle Salinas (800m, 2:18.19), Grace French (1500m, 5:05.31), Ashari Jones (discus, 132-04), Macie Campbell (discus, 126-00; hammer, 112-10), Jaslyn Russell (hammer, 164-08), Ta'Khara Johnson (hammer, 154-02).
 
McNeese Results:
Men 100m – 3, Koen Beavers 10.44; 7, Jaden Powell 10.69.
Women 100m – 10, Chelsi Tatum 12.56; 11, Tia Andrews 12.62; 12, Pauliqua Landry 12.66.
Men 110mH – 5, Kye Lehr 15.61; 6, Daniel Miller 15.67
Men 200m – 2, Kalen Beavers 20.99 PR; 7, Amari Godette 21.35; 17, Daniel Miller 22.45 PR; 24, Colby Trahan 23.73; 25, Kye Lehr 23.91 PR.
Women 200m – 13, Jashyra Thomas 25.59; 17, Chelsi Tatum 25.91; 21, Pauliqua Landry 26.38 PR; 22, Ivey Washington 26.56 PR; 25, Zaria Hamilton 27.19.
Men 400m – 11, Jaylen Etheridge 49.25 PR; 15, Colby Trahan 51.32 PR.
Women 400m – 8, Keelei Dorsey 57.14 PR; 9, Gabriele Andrews 57.32 PR; 11, Janayah Dotson 58.66; 14, Ivey Washington 1:00.11; 20, Zaria Hamilton 1:03.44.
Men 400mH – 3, Tino Bovender 54.44 PR; 4, Obied Mohamed 55.77 PR.
Men 800m – 3, Sullivan Hanna 1:54.68; 8, Abdullah Elkhair 1:58.35.
Women 800m – 1, Jeny Barcenas 2:12.54 PR; 3, Jasmine Perez 2:14.92; 5, Danielle Salinas 2:18.19 PR; 6, Uxue Castro-Martin 2:23.15.
Men 1500m – 4, Kevin Kimaiyo 4:04:50 PR; 7, John Patrick Bartle 4:24.30; 8, Owen Kirkland 4:26.00 PR.
Women 1500m – 5, Grace French 5:05.31 PR.
Men 3000mSC – 2, Kevin Kimaiyo 9:49.99.
Men Discus – 3, Marcus Francis 165-06; 4, Tyler Challis 153-04 PR.
Women Discus – 5, Jaslyn Russell 142-00; 6, Ashari Jones 132-04 PR; 7, Macie Campbell 126-00 PR; 8, Brianna Underwood 120-03.
Men Hammer – 4, Tyler Challis 183-04.
Women Hammer – 4, Jaslyn Russell 164-08 PR; 6, Ta'Khara Johnson 154-02 PR; 7, Leah Guy 137-02; 9, Macie Campbell 112-10 PR.
Men High Jump – 3, Chris Calloura 6-5.50; 4, Michael Berry 6-5.50.
Men Javelin – 1, Darren Taylor 202-06 PR; 3, Charlie Lawden 178-05; 4, Tanny Beard 176-10; 6, Tyler Challis 169-01; 8, Trey Marsh 163-02; 11, Logan Broussard 135-02.
Women Javelin – 2, Faith Cauthron 131-04; 3, Brianna Underwood 124-00; 4, Sydnie Cooley 120-06.
Men Long Jump – 6, Michael Berry 22-1.75.
Women Long Jump – 13, Gabriele Andrews 16-8.75.
Men Shot Put – 2, Marcus Francis 60-2.00 PR; 5, Tyler Challis 47-4.25; 13, Reginald Burks 42-6.0.
Women Shot Put – 4, Jaslyn Russell 45-1.50; 6, Ashari Jones 44-8; 11, Leah Guy 32-11.75; 13, Ta'Khara Johnson 31-4.0.
Men 4x100 – 2, 40.00 (Kalen Beavers, Koen Beavers, J. Powell, A. Godette).
Women 4x100 – 3, 47.86 (Wright, G. Andrews, Tatum, T. Andrews).
Men 4x400 – 4, 3:22.09 (Etheridge, Godette, Beavers, Powell).
Women 4x400 – 1, 3:50.22 (Wright, G. Andrews, J. Thomas, Dorsey).