Birmingham, AL – The Emmanuel Men's Track team competed in the KMS Invitational over the weekend hosted in Birmingham, AL. The Lions performed well with several top ten finishers. 
 
MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cameron Scott finished 10^th in the 60m with a time of 7.00.
• In the 200m, Marcus Purcell finished 4^th with a time of 21.93. 
• In the 400m, Nickili Lewis finished 10^th with a time of 50.97. 
• In the high jump, the Lions had two top 10 finishers with Orian Forrest finishing 4^th with a jump of 1.90m and Donavan Wright in 9^th with a jump of 1.85m. 
• In the long jump, Wright came in 2^nd place with a jump of 6.83m while Matthew McKenzie finished 9^thwith a jump of 6.48m. 
• Dontae Jones took 4^th place in the triple jump with a 12.60m jump. 
• Both Men's 4x200m relay teams finished in the top 10, with team "A" made up of Cameron Scott, Marcus Purcell, Evan Deaton, and Nickili Lewis finishing 3^rd with a time of 1:31.32. Team "B" made up of Jesse Official, Harry Williams, Christian Washington, and Jermaine Williams finished 7^th with a time of 1:36.75. 
• The Men's 4x400 relay team made up of Marcus Purcell, Jesse Official, Orian Forrest, and Nickili Lewis took 6^th place with a time of 3:45.05. 

Next up, the Lions will travel to Winston-Salem, NC for the JDL Flat is Fast Invitational held at the JDL Fast Track on Sunday, January 26!
 
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