PEMBROKE, N.C. (April 5) – Freshman Jacoby Pevia reached the NCAA provisional mark in the 100 meters, as the University of Mount Olive men's track & field program competed at the Braves Classic on Saturday.

Pevia posted a personal best time of 10.42 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 meters, which eclipsed the NCAA standard. In the finals, he crossed the line in 10.48 seconds to claim first place in the event. His prelim mark is the fastest-time in the Conference Carolinas this season.

In the long jump, sophomore Zacharie Fedelus earned a second-place finish with a leap of 6.80 meters while junior Kobe Jones finished third with a mark of 6.74 meters. Freshman Leland Smith placed fourth overall with a jump of 6.67 meters.

Fellow junior Brendin Marks delivered a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.07 meters. Additionally, junior Andrew Pender captured third place with a leap of 13.67 meters.

In the discus, sophomore Jaylin Durbin claimed second place with a mark of 43.83 meters in the discus, while freshman Caleb Bass finished third with a distance of 43.72 meters.

Sophomore Adam Turner secured third with a season-best toss of 14.38 meters, and Durbin placed fourth with a distance of 13.67 meters. Additionally, Turner captured a third-place finish in the hammer throw with a season-best mark of 50.38 meters.

Junior Kavon Poindexter registered a second-place finish in the high jump following a season-best clearance of 1.95 meters.

Additionally, in the 100 meters, freshman Savion Kinard finished seventh overall with a time of 10.79 seconds, while Smith posted a season-best time of 10.76 seconds. Kinard also competed in the 200m and crossed the line seventh with a time of 22.15 seconds.

Sophomore Evan Hall produced a fourth-place finish in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:24.69 before finishing eighth in the 1500 meters with a mark of 4:24.43. Freshman Titus Tanui also competed in the 1500m and placed seventh with a time of 4:23.69

Senior Christopher Kirksey registered a time of 49.42 seconds to earn fifth in the 400 meters, which is his season-best mark.

Freshman Emanuel Oxendine finished sixth in the 110-meter hurdles after crossing the line in 16.55 seconds.

Junior Zyshone White delivered a toss of 40.32 meters to place sixth in the javelin.

The 4x400-meter relay team of graduate student Brian Saul, freshman Jon Crymes, Jr., senior Andrew Nixon, and Kirksey posted a time of 3.19.42 in the final event of the meet.

Mount Olive will host the Trojan Relays next weekend on April 11-12 at the Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex.