Southern Miss' Tyler Nichols jumps 8.10m, Kennesaw State sprinters win

ATLANTA, Ga. — April 17, 2026 — Southern Miss' Tyler Nichols won the men's long jump at 8.10m at the Georgia Tech Invitational at Georgia Institute of Technology, with teammate DeAundre Ward second at 7.94m. Nichols also finished second in the invitational high jump (2.15m) behind Kennesaw State's Gage Voyles, who cleared 2.21m.

Kennesaw State senior Chance Cross won the men's 100 in 10.37, edging Charleston Southern's Laden Beckwith (10.43) by 0.06 seconds. Kennesaw State senior Emma Sullivan won the women's 400 in 53.17 by 0.07 seconds over Brown's Sydney Ruckett (53.24). West Alabama's J'da Williams won the women's 100 in 11.48, edging Troy's Shanyah Washington (11.54) by 0.06 seconds.

Charleston Southern's Aden Price won the men's 400 in 46.16 by 0.12 seconds over UMass' Godot Gaskins (46.28). Middle Tennessee's Mustapha Bokpin won the men's 200 in 20.34 by 0.29 seconds, and Austin Peay's Mallory Hodge won the women's 200 in 23.33 by 0.24 seconds over Georgia State's Kevell Byrd (23.57). Tennessee State's Devin Jones won the men's 800 in 1:50.23, edging Georgia Tech's Alexander Arrambide (1:50.46) by 0.23 seconds.

Lenoir-Rhyne's Sharonda Priester won the women's 400 hurdles in 57.70, edging Brown's Elle Riley (57.80) by 0.1 seconds. Georgia State's Maya Anderson won the women's 100 hurdles in 13.24, Southern Miss' Emme Bates won the women's 1500 in 4:18.30, Charleston Southern's Odin Ferency won the men's shot put at 17.80m and FIU's Blake Orr won the men's javelin at 70.01m.

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