BATON ROUGE, La. | The Grambling State University women's 4x400 team highlighted a strong day for the GSU men's and women's track & field on Saturday afternoon at the LSU Alumni Gold meet. 
 
The 4x400 team of Kayla Ford, Ivory Davis, Amari Wrightsil and Shatara Johnson secured fourth place just behind Northwestern State, Minnesota and New Mexico State with a season-best time of 3:43.41. That time beat out two other power five programs who finished inside the top ten, Vanderbilt and LSU. 
 
GSU registered eight total top ten finishes on the day. 
 
James Brown came in fourth place in the men's long jump with a personal record of 7.60m. Lawrence Lambert landed in ninth with a jump of 7.42m.
 
In the women's long jump, Shatara Johnson clinched fifth with a leap of 5.77m. Teammate Daylece Newsome nabbed eighth with a career-best 5.69m. 
 
Jaime Richardson continued to be strong in the women's high jump, coming in fifth place with a mark of 1.75m.
 
Marissa Tell was also impressive in the women's triple jump with a distance of 12.04m. 
 
In the men's 400m hurdles, Amari Gatewood-Petereson secured 10^th place with a time of 56.12.
 
Personal Records:
 
Women's 100m – Kyla Blockett (11.86), Shatara Johnson (11.87)
Women's 100m hurdles – Dynia Lewis (14.05), Denver Winters (14.31)
Men's 110m hurdles – Savantez Phillips (14.68)
Women's 200m – Amari Wrightsil (24.42), Journie Mayfield (25.21)
Men's 400m hurdles – Amari Gatewood-Peterson (56.12)
Men's Long Jump – James Brown (7.60m)
Women's Long Jump – Daylece Newsome (5.69m) 
 
UP NEXT 
Grambling State gears up for the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Championships scheduled to take place from May 2-4 in Baton Rouge, La. at A.W. Mumford Stadium. 
 
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