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Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo won the long jump and Ariel Johnson won the 100-meter hurdles.
Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo won the long jump and Ariel Johnson won the 100-meter hurdles.
Posted: Apr 20, 2024

Tutt-Moutouo, Johnson win titles; Women's Track and Field finish third at GCAC Championship

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SHREVEPORT, La. - Wiley University women's track and field athletes Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo and Ariel Johnson won individual Gulf Coast Athletic Conference titles - leading the Lady Wildcats to a third-place finish at the 2024 GCAC Men's and Women's Track and Field Championship on Friday and Saturday at Lee Hedges Stadium.

The Lady Wildcats put up 72 points, twice as many as Philander Smith University, which finished fourth. Dillard University dominated for its third straight title with 270 points. Talladega College finished a distant second with 108 points. The meet was called in the middle of the women's 5,000-meter run after lightning struck a second time. The first time caused a two-hour delay after the 100-meter dash. The 4 x 400-meter relay was also not run.

Tutt-Moutouo, who is an NAIA National Championship qualifier, won the long jump on Friday with a distance of 5.15 meters - which was 0.11 meters further than second place. She also placed in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, the 4 x 100-meter relay and the triple jump. Tutt-Moutouo cleared a height in the high jump but the event was unable to be completed.

Johnson, who ran in her first GCAC Championship, won the 100-meter hurdles - finishing in 15.26 seconds. She was over a second ahead of the runner-up. Johnson also finished in the top eight in the 400-meter hurdles and was a member of the 4 x 100-meter relay team.

MacKenzie Catalon and LaDaija Thomas earned All-GCAC after finishing in the top three in their respective events. Catalon was the runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 25.18 meters. Thomas placed third in the 100-meter hurdles at 16.41 seconds. She also ran on the 4 x 100-meter relay team and finished in the top eight in the 400-meter hurdles.

The Lady Wildcats hope to gain more national championship qualifiers when it competes at the Last Chance Meet on May 9 hosted by Harding University in Searcy, Ark. 

For more coverage on the Lady Wildcats visit Women's Outdoor Track & Field Home - Wiley University (wileyathletics.com)

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