BATON ROUGE, La. | Alabama A&M University hurdler Ana-Liese Torian and distance runner Sanyae Gibson captured Gold to highlight AAMU's final day of the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
 
Torian, who ran 13.45 on Friday to qualify for the finals in the 100m hurdles, won the event on Saturday in 13.47. 
 
Gibson fell to fifth early in the 5000m, before storming back to win the event on the final lap, surpassing Teresa Gallegos, of Alcorn State, with a personal record of 19:15.50.
 
A day after breaking a 36-year-old conference record in the decathlon, Brandon McLaren went back to work, setting a personal record in the pole vault at 4.09m to place fourth. 
 
WOMEN'S SCORING [21 of 21 scored events]
Alabama State – 139.33
Florida A&M – 129
Prairie View A&M -121
Southern – 104.33
Alabama A&M – 61
Jackson State – 59
Texas Southern – 53
Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 48
Grambling State – 47.33
Alcorn State – 32
Bethune-Cookman – 13
Mississippi Valley State - 3
 
WOMEN'S TRACK EVENTS

• The 4x400m relay team of Victoya Smith, Ana-Liese Torian, Laila Gaynor and Amber Jamison finished fifth with a season-best time of 3:46.47 

WOMEN'S FIELD EVENTS

• Leah Brown finished fifth in the discus throw, registering a toss of 42.38m  

MEN'S SCORING [21 of 21 scored events]
Texas Southern – 161
Jackson State – 133
Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 102
Southern – 92
Prairie View A&M – 76
Alabama State – 67
Alabama A&M – 59
Florida A&M -39.5
Grambling State – 39
Bethune-Cookman – 30.5
Alcorn State – 18 
 
MEN'S TRACK EVENTS

• Eric Brannon ran 4:09.38 to finish 10^th in the 1500m
• In the 400m hurdles, Eric Barker placed fourth, with a time of 52.94
• The 4x400m relay team of Lawrence Armstead, Talil Atkins, Eric Barker and Kody Pugh finished sixth, with a season-best time of 3:13.31 

MEN'S FIELD EVENTS

• Bruce Davis finished sixth in the discus, with a personal record of 43.76m
• Deon Jones also set a personal record in the pole vault, registering a jump of 3.89m to place sixth 

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