Govs travel to Oxford for two-day Joe Walker Invitational

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – After a third-place finish in its outdoor season's opener, Austin Peay State University's track and field is set to participate in Ole Miss' Joe Walker Invitational, Friday-Saturday, at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex in Oxford, Mississippi.

Austin Peay won three event titles at the Margaret Simmons Invitational, March 25. Karlijn Schouten won the pole vault with a 3.75-meter leap, while Emma Tucker earned her first-career win with a 37.15-meter discus toss. APSU's 4x400-meter relay team of Kyra Wilder, Sydney Hartoin, Lauren Lewis and Kenisha Phillips also took home a first-place finish with a time of 3:47.94.

Seventeen Governors will compete in 13 events at the two-day event, including Philips, who will compete in the 200- and 400-meter dash in addition to the 4x400. Phillips currently holds each of the top 10 fastest 200-meter times in program history – all of which are less than 24.0 seconds. The Georgetown, Guyana native also holds six of the top eight fastest outdoor 400-meter times, including the program-record that she set at last season's Ohio Valley Conference Championships.

Schouten also looks to build on her outdoor opener from two weeks ago. She has five of the top eight pole vaults in program history, including the second-best mark in program history – a 4.12-meter mark which she set in May 2021.

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