MADISON, Ala. - Running in a reserve role, Olaitan Yusuf equaled Jon Taylor's team record in the women's 100-meter dash as the majority of members on the Clayton State Laker track and field teams concluded their seasons Saturday at the Charger Invitational, hosted by the Alabama-Huntsville.

Yusuf, an All-America on the Clayton State women's soccer team, dashed to a 12.97 to win her heat of the 100-meter dash and tie Taylor's mark.  Besides her efforts, the Laker teams had a flat performance overall in the three-way meet that included Harding University.

"I was disappointed in our finish," said Clayton State head coach Mike Mead.  "I had expected everyone would have turned in their best performances of the year, but many came up a little short. I was particularly impressed with Ola's (Yusuf) race since she didn't use starting blocks."

The Lakers' day did not get off to a good start when the trip took nearly two hours longer because of traffic accidents in Atlanta and outside Chattanooga.

The women's squad did have respectable efforts from Wynona Rice in the 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash as she ran season-bests in both events.  Nyisha Nelson and Loretta Ashu both had season-best efforts in the shot put to finish third and fifth, respectively.

Allison Kreutzer, who has run an NCAA Division II provisional time in the 1500-meter run, came up short on Friday night at the Vanderbilt Invitational.  Kreutzer ran 4:44.31 to finish 10th overall in the competitive field and came back on Saturday to finish fourth in the 3,000-0meter run with a season-best 10:19.50, less than two seconds from the provisional mark in the event. 

Teammate Cassandra Bolivar also ran the 3,000m with a season-best 11:39.70.

The Lakes had a lone victory and it came in the men's competition from Alfred Dixon, who won the high jump with a height of six feet. It was the second straight meet that Dixon has prevailed in the high jump, as he also won the event last week at Emory. The Lakers also got a third-place finish from senior Manuel Aguilar -- running in his final collegiate race -- in the 5,000-meter run and a fourth-place finish from Peter Gajda in the 800-meter run

Freshman Ben Londrillo, competing in only his second javelin competition, improved his best by nearly 23 feet with a toss of 122-7 feet

"We did not have the season-ending performances I thought we were capable of having," said Mead.  "Several kids were banged up from injuries and that held them back.  It was a disappointing season for the men's team, but definitely one of our better seasons for the women's program.  We improved on six women's team records and I hope we can surpass that next year."

Kreutzer will be the lone Laker now training to improve her chances of going to the Division II championships next month.  Mead expects that she'll have two more chances before the end of qualifying on May 13.

"We'll determine in the next couple of days where she'll be racing next," said Mead.