Jan. 27, 2008

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Florida A&M Men's Indoor Track and Field Team participated in the Tom Memorial Jones Invitational, Saturday afternoon at the O'Connell Center.

FAMU had three Rattlers to finish in the top ten in their event.

Bryan Turner grabbed fifth placed in the high jump with a distance of 2.05 meters. Daquam Lee finished eighth in the 800 meters run with a time of 1:55.37, while Kevin Elliott took ninth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.54 meters.

Here are the other Rattler finishers:

Long Jump - 17. Edwisht Olmann, 6.67m -21-10.75; Matthew Bolded, ND; --Rodney Hyppolite, ND; -- LaJarvis Cook, ND;

High Jump - 5. Bryan Turner, 2.05m - 6-08.75; 11. Kevin Elliott, 1.95m - 6-04.75; -- Brandon Hartley, ND;

Triple Jump - 9. Kevin Elliott, 14.54m-47-08.50;

55 Meters Hurdles (Prelims) - 16. Carl McKenzie, 7.51q; 18. Greg Bynes, 7.55q; 31. Brandon Hartley, 7.86; 37. Garnett Taylor, 8.11; 48. Matthew Bolden, 9.05;

55 Meters Hurdles - 12. Carl McKenzie, 7.42; 17. Greg Bynes, 7.63;

55 Meter Dash (Prelims) - 27. Philip Sylvester, 6.56; 47. LaJarvis Cook, 6.77; 54. Edwisht Olmann, 6.94; -- Craig Scott, DNS;

Distance Medley - Daquam Lee, Stanley Suber, Omari Crawford, Carlos Franklin, DNS;

800 Meters Run - 8. Daquam Lee, 1:55.37; 12. Omari Crawford, 1:57.45; 18. Carlos Franklin, 1:59.66;

400 Meter Dash - 16. Stanley Suber, 49.31; 34. Arthur Kinder, 51.73; 36. Brandon Hartley, 52.26;

200 Meter Dash - 23. Greg Bynes, 22.56; 28. Ronald Bolden, 22.88;

One Mile Run - 19. Carlos Franklin, 4:25.68; 21. Daquam Lee, 4:28.90;

4x400 Meter Relay - 8. Daquam Lee, Greg Bynes, Omari Crawford, Stanley Suber, 3:21.34;

The Rattlers will return to action in the UNC Invitational on February 2 at Eddie Smith Fieldhouse in Chapel Hill, N.C.