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TEXAS, April 3, 2010 - Quarter-miler Rondell Bartholomew produced a 44.63sec 4th leg split for South Plains College to win the Men 4x400m College Relay at the Texas Relays at the Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas on Saturday.

Bartholomew teamed up with Isaiah Gill, Troy Faulkner and Anton Kokorin as an all-freshman team completed the relay in 3:03.74. 

In other results, Janelle Redhead ran the opening leg for South Plains inf the Women 4x200m Relay Invitational for University/College. South Plains was second in 1:33.68 while Sherine Wells ran the first leg for Oklahoma University which finished fourth in 1:34.94 behind Texas Christian University (1:34.63).

In more results, the men's 4x100 meter relay the team of Niko Williams-Richey and Devin Hill put South Plains into the early lead and Isaiah Gill and Rondell Bartholomew handled the rest as they easily outdistanced their competition to win in a season best time of 40.15 seconds.

Colleen Felix leaped to a season best of 12.75m in the women's triple jump when she finished 10th overall in the ‘A' section. Felix recorded her best jump on her first attempt.

Notable accomplishments for South Plains at 2010 Texas Relays

NJCAA Record

Women's 4x200 meter relay - Janelle Redhead, Jura Levy, Angelique Lykes and Nicquel Thomas broke the record previously set by Barton County Community College in 1992. The Lady Texan time of 1:33.68 easily bettered Barton's former record of 1:35.45.

Four School Records

In addition to the 4x200 meter relay, the women's 4x100 meter relay team of Lykes, Levy, Thomas and Redhead set a school record when they crossed the line with a time of 44.86 seconds, breaking the 2008 record of 45.03 seconds set by Thomas, Simpson, Shephard and Wilson.

Kelly Closse broke her own school record in the shot put for the third consecutive meet when she finished fourth in the ‘A' section of the shot put with a best toss of 53-09.75.

Isaiah Gill, Troy Faulkner, Anton Kokorin and Rondell Bartholomew in the men's 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:03.74, breaking the 2009 record of 3:06.29 set by Latoy Williams, Rodney Campbell, Sharif Webb and Marcelis Lynch.

Six first place finishes

Winning Texas Relays titles for SPC were:

1.      Dellon Williams (24-11.75) in the men's ‘B' long jump

2.      Devin Hill (200), Troy Faulkner (200), Rondell Bartholomew (400) and Anton Kokorin (800) in the 1,600 meter sprint medley relay with a time of 3:20.39.

3.      Isaiah Gill (400 hurdles) with a season best time of 51.83 seconds

4.      Niko Williams-Richey, Devin Hill, Isaiah Gill and Rondell Bartholomew in the men's 4x100 meter relay with a season best time of 40.15 seconds.

5.      Devin Hill in the men's 100 meter dash with a season best time of 10.43 seconds.

6.      Isaiah Gill, Troy Faulkner, Anton Kokorin and Rondell Bartholomew shattering the 2009 4x400 meter relay school record of 3:06.29 when they turned in a staggering time of 3:03.74.

19 season best performances

Kyron Blaise (long jump, triple jump), Devin Hill (100), Kemar Marsden (100), Niko Williams-Richey (100), Isaiah Gill (400 hurdles), Anthony May (high jump) men's 4x100 meter relay, men's sprint medley relay, men's 4x400 meter relay, Kia Wansley (triple jump), Shakeeri Cole (800), Lisa Forsberg (1,500), Chante'sean White (400 hurdles), Colleen Felix (triple jump), Kelly Closse (shot put), women's 4x100 meter relay, women's 4x200 meter relay, women's sprint medley relay.

 

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