OXFORD, Miss. (4/5/25) – Arkansas State track and field’s Camren Bailey and Menachem Chen moved up in the program’s all-time top 10 of their respective events on Saturday, closing out a strong weekend at the Joe Walker Invite.

A-State athletes accounted for nine season-best marks and nine career-best performances on the day, highlighted by Bailey’s and Chen’s efforts.

Chen was runner-up in the men’s shot put, hurling a career-best 18.01m (59-1.25) to move up to seventh in school history. Colby Eddowes also competed, throwing 12.18m (39-11.5) in a 21^st-place result.

Bailey clocked a third-place time of 10.35 in the men’s 100 meters, tying for ninth in program history. He finished ahead of Will Glass (18^th, 10.70) and Christopher Burge (26^th, 10.92).

Josh Jones (14.20) and Will Glass (14.25) placed second and third in the 110-meter hurdles, with Kenyon Parker following in eighth (14.71). Tyra Nabors was seventh in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing in 14.10.

Jones later ran a season-best 51.86 in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, registering a third-place finish.

In the men’s discus, Noa Isaia led three throwers with a fourth-place finish, throwing a season-best 52.99m (173-10). Chen was sixth (52.08m/170-10) and Cameron Slavin placed 23^rd, tossing a season-best 36.69m (120-4).

Liya Guy turned in a pair of strong throwing performances, placing fifth in the discus with a season-best mark of 44.31m (145-4) and 10^th in the shot put with a top throw of 12.29m (40-4.0).

Avinash Patel led five runners in the men’s 1500 meters with a fourth-place time of 4:00.30. He finished ahead of Gabe Falting (12^th, 4:02.51), Ian Horton (17^th, 4:07.45), Aviel Gasko (18^th, 4:07.60) and Benny Brenneman (19^th, 4:07.65).

In the women’s 1500, Mia Conroy placed ninth with a time of 4:47.49. Abbey Coberly placed 12^th with a season-best mark of 4:49.39, while Lizzee Winkler (career-best 4:59.25) and Abigail Tomberlin (season-best 5:00.00) placed 20^th and 22^nd.

Ashley Guadamuz cleared a collegiate-best 1.65m (5-5.50) in the women’s high jump, placing fifth. In the men’s high jump, Colby Eddowes tied for fifth (1.99m/6-6.25) while Parker (1.89m/6-2.25) and Gavin Schaer (16^th, 1.89m/6-2.25) placed 14^th and 16^th.

Jada Buggs finished seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 56.67, leading four runners. Kneila Watson clocked a career-best 58.10 in a 12^th-place finish, while Je’Breiya Chapman (59.65) and Olivia Dixon (59.96) came in 17^th and 18^th. In the men’s race, Mehki Hoo placed 11^th with a career-best 48.44, while Jeremiah Green ran a season-best 50.35 in his 22^nd-place finish.

The women’s 100 meters saw a pair of season-best times by Nyla Watson (24^th, 12.52) and AJ Allen (27^th, 12.63). Keniya Simpson led a quartet with a time of 12.18, placing 16^th, while Nyima Williamson was 35^th with a mark of 13.80.

In the javelin portion of the heptathlon, Miranda Burgett threw a career-best 34.40m (111-8).

Brandon Williams clocked a career-best 1:52.36 to place sixth in the men’s 800 meters, while Benny Brenneman (2:01.17) placed 30^th. Malena Cybak and Sammy Mason ran in the women’s 800, placing ninth (2:17.82) and 11^th (2:18.38), respectively.

NEXT UP

A-State’s outdoor season continues next weekend, as it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the Crimson Tide Invitational Friday and Saturday.

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