Ana Cubillo

Panthers Accumulate 29 Top 5 Finishes at UAB, Life

ATLANTA-- Georgia State women's track & field amass a total of 29 top five finishes in split squad meets this Saturday at UAB and Life University.
 
A pair of seniors continue their winning ways as Zayna Fray takes first in the weight throw (19.58m) and Ana Cubillo in the 5000-meter (17:50.71). Anna Warren (3000-meter, 10:58.30), Gabrielle Key (triple jump, 11.40m), Kinsley Williams (shot put, 11.86m) and the Panthers 4x400 B team (4:09.46) comprised of Justein Whyte, Janiyah Alibey, Kyla Ramey, and Brittney Green also finished atop the podium.
 
Georgia State finished the weekend with a slew of second place finishers. Destinee Frink (3000-meter, 10:23.54), Mencia Maruri (5000-meter, 18:15.84), Janiyah Alibey (400-meter, 59.01), Justein Whyte (200-meter, 25.74), Zariah Jacobs (800-meter, 2:35.94), Paxton Kirby (1 mile, 5:38.01), the 4x400 A team (Alonna Depalma, Kaitlyn Jones, Dania Staley, Keniya Walker, 3:45.95), and the 4x800 (Sessen Mahari, Zariah Jacobs, Anna Warren, Charlotte Tooze, 10:46.91) team all came away with silver medals.
 
Maya Anderson placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.53. Justein Whyte finished third in the 400-meter running it in 59.86 seconds. Shannon Cook also drew a third place finish after a time of 19:27.50 in the 5000-meter.
 
Mia Brown (400-meter, 1:00.18, 200-meter, 26.11) and London Cox (5000-meter, 19:27.50, 3000-meter, 11:09.13) obtained two fourth place finishes, while Jayla Kennedy (200-meter, 24.43), Alonna Depalma (400-meter, 56.23), Nova Rhodes (long jump, 5.20m), and Kinsley Williams (weight throw, 14.40m) also finished fourth in their respective events.  
 
Notes:
-Tasheika Thompson finished fifth in the 400-meter with a time of 56.80
-Asia Bryant placed fifth in the weight throw with a distance of 13.98 meters
-Kyla Ramey finished fifth in the 400-meter with a time of 1:00.47
-Asia Bryant finished fifth in the shot put with a distance of 10.96 meters
 
Georgia State will be back in action on Friday, February 13 at the Samford Bulldog Invitational.

 
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