CLARKSVILLE -  Sophomore Leigha Tolliver had a personal best in the long jump, leading Austin Peay State University women's track and field team at Southeast Missouri's Redhawks Invitational, Friday.

In the final tune up before the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, head coach Doug Molnar was looking to shore up the jumps and was not disappointed. Tolliver finished second with a 5.55m jump, which is just short of her career-best 5.99m leap that made her last season's OVC Indoor Freshman of the Year.

Meanwhile, junior Keyvia Davis moved inside the OVC's top 10 with a 11.14m triple jump, ranking eighth overall in the league this season and good enough for a second-place finish at the Redhawks Invitational.

In the condensed track events, Austin Peay had success as well. Freshman Xiamer Richards won the 1000m run with a 3:04.84 mark, in a race designed to prepare for the long distance runs at the conference championships. Freshmen Kendra Kirksey and Shannon Christian finished third and fourth, respectively in the 600m run.

Senior Chiamaka Obi was third in the 300m dash, a middle-distanced race plotted between the 200m and 400m championship events. Sophomore Cenitra Hudson finished third in the 55m dash and fourth in the 300m.

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