Music City Challenge features John Sherman winning the Men’s 200m

Friday, February 14

Middle Tennessee

Music City Challenge (Vanderbilt)

2/14/2025 8:36:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Jake Freelund, MTSU Athletic Communications

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Track & Field finished day one of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt University in spectacular fashion.

In the last event of the day that featured a Blue Raider, John Sherman set a new personal record with a time of 21.09 in the Men's 200m race to take the gold medal. Sherman blew past the field beating second place by over a tenth of a second.

The Men's and Women's saw a Blue Raider set a personal best in each event. On the women's side, Hailee Gorham recorded a time of 5:16.07 for her personal record and Ross Evans ran for a 4:29.18 time for his personal best.

In the Men's 600m, Spensir Stec set a personal best of 1:26.47 as he finished fourth in his heat. Devaun Butler set a personal record of 6.61m in the Men's Long Jump.

Next Up
Middle Tennessee Track & Field will be back out for day two of the Music City Challenge tomorrow, Feb. 15. Fans can watch a stream of the event on SEC Network+ and follow along at PT Timing.

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