Harris sprints way to victory at Mondo College Invitational

WINSTON-SALEM -- Freshman Cornell Harris has had a stellar start to his collegiate career. The St. Louis native was a part of the 4x4 relay team that broke the indoor record in the first meet of the season and then picked up a win in the 400m dash with a time of 52.90, a personal best. He also finisehd with a PR in the 60m dash with a time of 7.31.

Q France and Durham Adkins posted personal bests in the 200m with times of 24.08 and 24.69 while Zach Sellers posted a top-5 finish in the same event with a time of 22.78. Jakori Herring and Sellers competed in the 400m finishing just .53 seconds a part to claim top-5 honors. Jeremiah Grant posted a time of 1:31.12 in the 600, Eli Smith a time of 3:12.15 in the 1000m, and Jacob Mitchell (9:23.60) and Elliott Howe (9:45.85) notched scoring times in the 3000m.

Jason Jose finished in the top-10 of the shot put with a 12.40m throw and Caleb Cooper scored in the high jump with a 1.87m mark, finishing fifth. Jake Laird posted a 3.40m mark in the pole vault, finishing seventh overall and Sam Mitchell finished fourth in the triple jump with a 13.51m leap.

USCB is back in action this weekend, traveling to Gainesville, Florida for the Florida Collegiate Invitational.

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Players Mentioned

Jake Laird: Pole Vault; 6' 0"; Sophomore

Jacob Mitchell: Distance; 5' 9"; Senior

Eli Smith: Distance; 5' 6"; Senior

Zach Sellers: Sprints; 5' 10"; Freshman

Jason Jose: Throws; 6' 2"; Freshman

Elliott Howe: Distance; 5' 10"; Freshman

Jeremiah Grant: Distance; 6' 0"; Freshman

Durham Adkins: Sprints; 5' 9"; Freshman

Cornell Harris: Sprints; 5' 11"; Freshman

Q France: Jumps/Sprints; 5' 9"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jake Laird
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: Pole Vault

Jacob Mitchell
: 5' 9"; Senior
: Distance

Eli Smith
: 5' 6"; Senior
: Distance

Zach Sellers
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Sprints

Jason Jose
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: Throws

Elliott Howe
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Distance

Jeremiah Grant
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: Distance

Durham Adkins
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: Sprints

Cornell Harris
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: Sprints

Q France
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: Jumps/Sprints