BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Joshua Graham had a huge day in highlighting the Alabama A&M University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams during the final day of the UAB Spring Invite on Saturday at the UAB Track & Field Facility.
 
Graham set a new UAB Facility record in the triple jump in winning the event with a leap of 14.70m. With the mark and the victory, Graham moved up the rankings as he is now seventh among HBCUs and 42^nd across NCAA Division I.
 
Also on the men's side, the 4x100m relay team of Talil Atkins, Justin Walker, Sherman Lattimore and Dohnavon Hunt won the event, registering a time of 41.15, which ranks No. 14 in HBUC and No. 77 across all NCAA Division I.
 
WOMEN'S TRACK

• Chelsea Whitehurst set a personal best in the 100m hurdles, with a time of 14:44 to finish fourth
• Victoya Smith finished third in the 100m, registering a time of 12.14
• Brianna Samuels just missed the top spot in the 800m, posting a time of 2:13.76 as teammate Kennedy Hill was eighth in 2:21.40 and Minka Isom just missed a Top 10 spot in 11^th at 2:23.23
• Whitehurst finished ninth in the 400m hurdles, logging a time of 1:06.17, which ranks her No. 15 among HBCUs
• The 4x400m relay A team of Hill, Amber Jamison, Samuels and Ajanae Cressey placed seventh in 4:08.21, while the B team of Isom, De'Aisha Stephens, Amaya Joy and Taylor Wingo finished eighth in 4:12.30

 
WOMEN'S FIELD

• In the long jump, Jamison finished seventh and now ranks among the Top 30 in HBCUs at 5.33m
• Abigail Jefferies posted a throw of 12.47m to finish third in the shot put and moved up to No. 11 among HBCUs, while Amaya Mitchel-Howard claimed eighth in 11.26m
• In the triple jump, Jamison just missed the top spot, finishing second, with a leap of 11.48m, which ranks 16^th among HBCUs

 
MEN'S TRACK

• Bravin Kibitok placed fourth in the 1500m, logging a time of 4:00.80
• In the 100m hurdles, Eric Barker and Emmanuel Murray finished fourth and fifth in 15.14 and 15.16, respectively 
• Ryan Johnson and Jahson Gordon were fifth and sixth in the 400m, recording times of 49.19 and 49.28, while Isaac Jackson placed ninth in 50.19
• Talil Atkins finished fifth in the 100m, with a time of 10.86 and just bested teammate Sherman Lattimore, who posted a time of 10.87
• In the 800m, Corey Harris placed fourth in 1:56.00, while Korede Otusajo was sixth in 1:56.74 and Nathaniel Spears 10^th in 1:59.09
• Nathan Anderson and Murray went third and fourth in the 400m hurdles, registering times of 55.64 and 57.48
• Atkins just missed the top spot in the 200m, finishing second in 21.45 and is now ranked No. 30 among HBCUs, while Horne placed fifth in21.70
• In the 4x400m, the A team of Jackson, Barker, Spears and Walker placed fifth, with a time of 3:21.31, while the B team of Johnson, Olivier Jean, Donovan Horne and Andrew Reaves finished seventh in 3:25.09

 
MEN'S FIELD

• In the discus, Ezekiel Salama and Patrick Adcock went sixth and seventh, posting marks of 44.95m and 44.20m, while teammate Bruce Davis placed 10^th at 40.27m
• Jean finished second in the long jump, recording a leap of 6.80m and Andre Jones took fourth at 6.77m
• Three placed within the Top 10 in the shot put as Davis and Adcock went second and third, respectively, at 15.38m and 14.32m, while Preston London placed eighth at 12.18m
• Jones placed seventh in the triple jump at 13.05m
• In the pole vault, Corey Harris finished sixth, while Reaves placed eighth in 4.15m and 3.85m, respectively. 

 
UP NEXT
Alabama A&M returns to action April 11-12 at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
 
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