BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Laila Gaynor picked up where she left off last week by winning the 400 meters, while Braven Kibitok and Juan Osorio broke their own school records, highlighting a big day for the Alabama A&M University men's and women's indoor track and field teams on Saturday at the UAB Green & Gold Invite.
 
Gaynor, the Southwestern Athletic Conference Track Performer of the Week, showed out and showcased her talents for the second consecutive meet. Last weekend at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational, the Baltimore, Md. native captured first with a time of 54.62 and finished second in the 200m. 
 
On Saturday, Gaynor continued her outstanding indoor season, running 54.67 to win the 400m, defeating Southern Mississippi's Kennedi Sanders (55.57) and Kameron Scille, of Memphis (55.62). 
 
Gaynor also added to her day by placing seventh in the 200m, clocking a time of 24.46, while teammate Victoya Smith finished ninth in 25.04.
 
"I've learned to have confidence in my training and the race plan that my coach and I set," Gaynor said. I thank God for health and the ability to continue to run and achieve my goals."
 
Kibitok was back at it on Saturday, breaking another mark previously held by Hilary Kipchonge. He ran the mile in 4:23.14 to take 11^th, but also set the school mark, which was set in 2020.
 
Another school mark broken by Osorio, the SWAC's Newcomer of the Week, in the 3000m. He broke his own record of 9:18.62, which he set last weekend at the South Alabama Invitational. Osorio finished 15^th, logging a personal-best time of 9:14.27.

 
WOMEN'S TRACK

• Chelsea Whitehurst missed qualifying for the 60m hurdles, finishing 10^th at 8.95
• The 4x400m relay team of Kaylyn Johnson, Smith, Gaynor and Shelby Sanders placed second, with a time of 3:49.75

 
WOMEN'S FIELD

• Ajanae Cressey placed fourth in the high jump, recording a leap of 1.58m
• Akira Coleman finished sixth, with a personal record of 11.58m, in the triple jump

 
MEN'S TRACK

• Dohnavon Hunt just missed qualifying for the 60m finals, finishing ninth in the prelims at 6.93
• Korede Otusajo placed sixth in the 600m, recording a time of 1:21.31
• In the 400m, Talil Atkins registered a time of 49.15 to finish eighth
• The 4x400m relay team of Zachary Cooper, Hunt, Emmanuel Murray and Sherman Lattimore placed ninth, logging a time of 3:25.39

 
MEN'S FIELD

• Bruce Davis placed seventh in the shot put, recording a throw of 15.30m
• In the long jump, Joshua Graham finished fourth at 7.14m, while Justin Walker placed fifth at 7.04m
• Olivier Jean recorded a leap of 13.44m to place 10^th in the triple jump

 
UP NEXT
Alabama A&M closes out its indoor season at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Track & Field Championships Feb. 22-23 at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala.
 
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