Men's Track and Field | 5/28/2016 6:33:00 PM

  Bradenton, Fla. ---   It was Championship Saturday, indeed, as Minnesota State came away with a pair of national individual titles and several All-Americans at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday in Bradenton, Fla.

Myles Hunter, a junior from Gonyers, Ga., who was making his third straight appearance at the NCAA outdoor track & field championships, claimed first place in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.76. In doing so, he becomes a two-time national champion, having won the 60m hurdles title at this year's NCAA DII indoor meet. He is Minnesota State's first NCAA champion in the 110m hurdles. Hunter garnered All-American honors as a freshman at outdoor nationals in the event in 2014 when he finished second and was also an All-American as a sophomore in the event in 2015 with a fifth-place finish.

Michael Sandle, a sophomore from Eden Prairie, Minn., who was making first appearance at the NCAA outdoor track & field championships, claimed first place in the triple jump with a school-record 53' 2.75" effort.  Sandle joins Peter Pratt as Mavericks who have won a national outdoor triple jump championship. Pratt won the event in 1975.

The Minnesota State men's 4x100m relay team consisting of Geno Bullard, Richard Wilhite, Myles Hunter and Paul Selman finished sixth with a time of 40.40 to place sixth.

Junior Altoniece Williams finished third in 100m hurdles with time of 13.66 to earn All-America honors in her first appearance at the national outdoor meet. Williams is now a two-time All-American, having finished second in the 60m hurdles at the 2016 national indoor championships.

Freshman Khadiya Holligsworth, who was making her first appearance at the national outdoor championships, earned All-America honors by tying for seventh in the high jump with a leap of 5-7.

Junior Alex Campbell, who was making his first appearance at the national outdoor championships, placed 17th in the triple jump with a mark of 48' 0".

The Minnesota State men earned 23 points at the national championship in placing 11th in the final team standings.  The Minnesota State women totaled 9.5 points to finish 28th in the final team standings.