Gonzalez Finishes 3rd, Stoudmire 5th At Robert Platt Invitational

Jose Gonzalez placed third overall in the mile run while Turey Stoudmire placed fifth in the high jump as TSU men’s track & field wrapped up action at the Robert Platt Invitational on Saturday.
 
Gonzalez finished third in a highly competitive field as he ran an indoor best time of 4:11.73 which stands at the top of the SWAC. Jeremiah Barrera (9:11.12) and David Livingston (9:12.38)  also cracked the SWAC’s top 10 in the same event.
 
Stoudmire also posted an indoor track & field indoor best with a mark of 6-9.75 feet in the high jump as he needed only one attempt to set the mark. His mark currently ranks second in the SWAC.
 
Brandon Washington posted the SWAC’s eight-best time after a mark of 1:56.01 in the 800. Adams Hines’ mark of 14-7.25 feet was a personal best and the SWAC’s top mark in the pole vault while Blaine Nunn logged the SWAC’s sixth-best mark (45-10.75) in the weight throw.
 
TSU is back in action on Saturday, Feb. 4 at the South Alabama Invitational in Birmingham, Ala.