The Citadel T&F teams set 16 PRs at pair of invites
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel track and field teams completed their second weekend of the 2016 indoor season on Saturday. The Bulldogs racked up 16 combined personal-best performances over two days of action.
The women's squad competed at the Bob Pollock Classic hosted by Clemson. Senior Caillian Colquitt continued a strong start to her final indoor campaign with two personal records. Colquitt clocked a career-best 10:48.22 in the 3000-meter event to finishing ninth out of 20. That time moves her to fourth all-time in program history. She followed with a personal-record 5:32.68 in the 1-mile.
In women's field events, a trio of Bulldogs excelled in the long jump. Asyria Daniels, Hannah Murray and Dymond Ettson each either set or matched personal-best leaps. Daniels' 5.14-meter jump now ranks fourth all-time at The Citadel. Junior Kaitlyn Moore also set a personal record with a toss of 11.61 meters in the weight throw.
Sophomore Devin Singleton headlined a successful Saturday for The Citadel men's team at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational hosted by Navy. Singleton topped the field to win the long jump with a leap of 6.74 meters while teammate Josiah Johnson placed third with a final jump of 6.38 meters. Singleton later clocked a 22.79 to place fifth in the 200-meter sprint to round out a solid day. Two other Bulldogs, Louis Lawrence (22.87) and Tevin Williams (22.88) clinched sixth and seventh place respectively and both times were personal bests.
Junior Malik Diggs and freshman Logan Miller each secured times in the 60-meter high hurdles that now rank in the top 10 in program history. Diggs finished fifth overall and earned the third-best time in school history, clocking an 8.49, and Miller placed eighth with the 10th-best time by a Bulldog, an 8.88.
The 5000-meter run highlighted the distance events for The Citadel. Michael Lantz, Jamie Cunningham and Ross Jordan grabbed sixth, seventh and eighth. All three Bulldogs clinched personal best times in the process and Lantz's time of 15:22.45 puts him at seventh all-time in program history.
In field events, Jackson Nosbisch took sixth in the high jump while Derrick Freeland collected a pair of eighth-place finishes in the shot put and weight throw. His throw of 14.54 meters in the shot put was a personal best. Lastly, freshman Byron Parmely and junior Tony Cuccaro grabbed sixth and seventh in the triple jump. Parmely's leap of 12.71 meters was a personal record.
The Bulldogs wrapped up Saturday with a couple top-four performances in the 4x400 as two relay squads competed for The Citadel and placed third and fourth.
Squibbs leads ETSU on day two of Camel City Classic
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The ETSU Track & Field program finished up its weekend at the Camel City Classic Saturday with four top 10 performances. Leading the way for ETSU Saturday was junior Brett Squibbs, who finished second in the pole vault with a mark of 4.85m.
ETSU fared best Saturday in the Medley races. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished in seventh place with the women finishing up with a time of 13:00.46 and the men tallying a time of 10:22.26.
The Buccaneers will return home next weekend for the Buccaneer Classic at the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center on David E. Walker Track at Gentry Field. It will be the third and final home meet this season for ETSU.
Junior Tanner Hinkle leads Paladins at Vanderbilt Invitational
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Junior Tanner Hinkle recorded a time of 8:15.42 to place fourth in the 3,000m, leading four Paladins in the top-10 in the event Saturday at the Vanderbilt Indoor Track Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. Sophomore Aaron Templeton finished seventh with a time of 8:17.47, while junior Matt Lange and junior Josh Brickell finished back-to-back in ninth and tenth place with times of 8:20.95 and 8:27.31, respectively.
The Paladins had two runners among the top six in the men’s mile. Junior Troy Reeder turned in a fifth-place finish with a time of 4:04.88, while freshman Ryan Adams posted a time of 4:05.19 for sixth place.
The Furman women’s team was paced by the distance athletes, as junior Laura Miller placed fourth with a time of 9:43.83 in the 3,000m, and junior Bryce Seymour notched a time of 18:31.41 for sixth place in the 5,000m. The Paladin distance medley relay team of sophomores Jaquelyn Crow, Becca Cooley, and Shannon Smith, and junior Ann Sisson finished third with a time of 12:21.50.
Furman will compete at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., and the Iowa State Invitational in Ames, Iowa, Feb.12-13.
Samford track and field excels at Vanderbilt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Samford University track and field Head Coach Rod Tiffin entered the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational eager to discover how his teams would fare against a high-caliber field.
After two full days of competition against opponents from a number of major Division I schools, including Ole Miss, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State, he got his answer.
Led by the trio of Sarah Sanford, Brandon Hazouri and Arséne Guillorel, Bulldog athletes tallied 10 top-10 finishes while establishing four new school records.
Sanford, the Bulldogs' immensely talented sprinter/hurdler from nearby Hoover High School, lowered a pair of her own program marks, notching sizzling times of 8.42 seconds in the women's 60-meter hurdles and 56.34 seconds in the women's 400-meter dash. A testament to the quality of the competition, she finished seventh and 10th in each event, respectively.
Hazouri, a 2015 800-meter qualifier for the NCAA Division I outdoor championships, clocked a blistering school-record time of 4:01.10 in the men's mile to earn a runner-up finish. After redshirting during cross-country in the fall, the mid-distance standout has etched a new mile record in each of his first two meets of the indoor season.
Although he was on target heading into the final quarter mile, Hazouri narrowly trailed off goal pace in the closing meters. Regardless, his prodigious time currently ranks 10th in the nation.
Following his teammate's example, Guillorel posted an equally impressive time in the men's 3,000 meters, crossing the line in 8:02.22 to secure the Bulldogs' lone individual victory of the meet. The native of Pontchateau, France, dominated the race, finishing over 10 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.
Along with Hazouri, Guillorel's time also currently ranks among the top 10 nationally.
In addition to the aforementioned trio, Megan Meadow (triple jump), Selena Popp (high jump), Keyth Fightmaster (high jump), Brian Hill (weight throw), Tray Oates (pole vault) and Luke Weishaar (5,000 meters) all secured top-10 finishes in their respective events.
Despite placing outside of the top 10, senior sprinter/hurdler Kimberly Ruch continued her stellar start to the season, posting personal bests in all three of her events. Ruch led the women's sprint corps with times of 25.26 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 7.66 seconds in the 60-meter dash, finishing among the top 20 in both.
UNCG has good showing at Camel City Invitational
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Three Spartans set personal records this weekend during the Camel City Invitational at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem. Sophomore Luke Sumerford set a personal best in the 5,000-meter and his teammate Patrick OGrady clocked a 8:54.12 in the 3,000-meter run for his fastest time of his career. On the women’s side, Katlyn Adkins ran her fastest mile to finish in 5:35.3.
The meet began with Eira Jenson and Adkins competing in the mile. Jensen finished 29th overall with a time of 5:!9.67 while Adkins’ personal best was just 16 seconds behind her.
Makayla Yables finished the 60-meter dash qualifying in 9.36 as one of the Spartans lone sprinters. In the 3,000-meter run Katlyn Ayers finished in 10:51.62 Friday afternoon as she was just edged by Meredith Smith of Wake Forest.
Saturday’s action began with Tiana Green and Mikkayla Hailey finishing nine-hundreths of a second apart in the 200-meter dash. Green crossed the line in 28.40 while Hailey was right behind her in 28.49.
UNCG ran its first relay of the season in the Distance Medley with Kayla Wetherell, Meredith Hicks, Elina Spradlin and Sarah DeSantis combining to finish in 14:24.92.
The Spartans second relay of the day, its 4x400-meter team, clocked a 4:45.55. Samiiah Wilson opened the race with a 1:08.04 and was followed by Amy Moret, Andre’a Hopkins and Hailey.
On the men’s side, the meet began with Dakarai Shipp clocking a 4:31.88 in the one-mile Friday afternoon. William Sandin also competed in the mile crossing the line in 4:33.84 while teammate David Guthrie was five seconds behind him finishing in 4:37.94.
Sumeford’s best 5K time earned him a top-5 finish in the event. Sandin also competed in the 800-meter dash finishing in 2:05.60. Gurthrie was seconds behind him crossing the line in 2:09.32.
O’Grady was UNCG’s top finisher in the 3k while Bryan Whyms was the second Spartan to finish with a time of 8:56.73.
On the second day of competition, Andrew Ramsey began the day finishing in 31.84 in the 200-meter dash for the Spartans.
In the DMR, Brandon King, Nicholas Erwin, Keeton Glenn and O’Grady teamed up to finish in 11:19.15.
The Spartans return to the loop Thursday, Feb.11 at the High Point Panthers Challenge in Winston-Salem, N.C.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The VMI Keydet track and field teams put three throwers in the top six places in the men's shot put, and all told, had five IC4A qualifying efforts on the final day of the Camel City Invitational, contested Saturday at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Jordan White paced the VMI efforts in the shot Saturday, coming home third with a best effort of 16.28 meters (53'5"), while Joel Hoisington was one place behind White in fourth with his 16.17 meter (53'0 3/4") heave. Both White and Hoisington qualified for the IC4A Championships, with Hoisington doing so for the second straight meet. Hoisington also moved up three places on VMI's all-time shot put list, vaulting to seventh with his new personal best.
In fact, it was a trio of personal bests in the shot as Grant Sanchez recorded a 15.61 meter effort (51'2 3/4"), good enough for sixth place.
Others to post IC4A qualifying times included Aron Long, who was fourth in the 200-meters. Long crossed the line in 22.33, an effort that when converted to allow for flat track adjustment, was good enough to post an IC4A mark. It was the second straight meet that had seen Long qualify to the IC4A’s. Pete Reed was 13th in that same event (22.88).
The Keydet distance medley relay will also be heading to the IC4A meet after Kyle Sabourin, Deondre Anderson, Josh Willard and Avery Martin put up a 10:17.24 time that was good enough for fifth place.
Greg Henderson was the remaining IC4A qualifier as he accomplished the feat in the 60-meter dash, where he placed 16th in 6.98 seconds.
On the women's side, it was a strong day for Yaa Agyepong-Wiafe, who threatened two school records. The sophomore recorded an 8.90 in the 60-meter hurdles, less than one-tenth off of the VMI best she set last year, while she climbed within two-tenths of the 60-meter dash school record. In that event, she was 22nd with a time of 7.90, just shy of the PR of 7.81 she recorded last season.
VMI track and field will return to action Saturday, Feb. 5, when the Keydets begin the YSU National Invitational in Youngstown, Ohio.
Catamounts Set Numerous Records at the Thundering Herd Invitational
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Six meet records and one school record fall at the hands of the Western Carolina track & field team at the Thundering Herd Invitational. The Catamounts won 10 events as both teams finished first in the standings. The women topped the 16-team field by 4.5 points as Charlotte and Austin Peay rounded out the top-three. The men won by 12 points in the eight-team field as Charlotte and Eastern Kentucky took second and third, respectively.
Senior Jared Johnson topped his own meet and track record in the men’s weight throw with a toss of 19.33m. The mark also bested a 17-year old school record in the event which was previously held by Phillip Johnson and set back in 1999. Sophomore Chase Stehling came in fifth after a toss of 16.36m.
Senior Tayla Carter led a quartet of Catamounts in the women’s 60m as she won the event and broke the meet and track record with a blazing time of 7.43. The time also tied her own school record which she set at the 2013 Southern Conference Championships. Junior Tiffani Lewis took fifth in the event with a time of 7.69 while freshman Mia Little came in sixth at 7.70. The final Catamount in the top-8 was freshman Bri Anna Adams who placed eighth after crossing the line in 7.81.
Carter then went on to set the meet record in the 200m as she won the event with a time of 24.50
Sophomore Henry Kiedy broke the track and meet record in the men’s 200m as he finished one-two with sophomore Dakota Lamont. Kiedy stopped the clock in a record time of 22.02 while Lamont came in at 22.19. Senior Jermaine Lewis took eighth with a time of 22.51. Kiedy and Lamont also took the top-two spots in the 400m with Kiedy winning the event with a time of 48.52 and Lamont taking second at 48.70. Senior Dante Ortado took eighth at 50.68.
Senior Dustin Triplett broke his own track and meet record in the pole vault with a leap of 4.75m. He set the previous record of 4.65m last season at this event. Sophomore Corey Ginley came in fifth in the event with a height of 4.60m.
The men’s 4x400m relay team also broke the meet and track record. The track record was held by a team from Virginia Tech while the meet record was set by WCU last season. The team of Kiedy, senior Jamie Bigby, Ortado and Lamont stopped the clock at 3:17.60 to top the track record by just six-hundredths of a second. WCU’s “B” relay took fourth and the “C” squad took fifth.
Tiffani Lewis took first in the women’s long jump with a leap of 5.75m and third in the triple jump after stopping the tape at 11.55m. Freshman Tamilia Wright came in just behind in fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 1.49m.
Freshman Tyrie Adams finished first in the men’s high jump after clearing 2.05m while fellow freshmen Khalil Jackson and Jamie Brown came in third and fourth, respectively. Jackson and Brown both topped 2.00m.
Jermaine Lewis took the top spot in the men’s 60m as he clocked the only sub-seven second time. He crossed the line in 6.92. Freshman Josh Little took eighth in the event after stopping the clock in 7.19.
Junior Hailey Cook came in second in the women’s shot put with a toss of 14.59m which would have broken the track and meet record except the winner of the event Amber Monroe of James Madison bested the distance with a throw of 15.60m. Cook also came in fourth in the weight throw after stopping the tape at 17.16m.
Freshman Caleb Albrecht came in second in the men’s 800m with a time that would have broken the meet record if Eastern Kentucky’s Thomas Koringo had not won the event. Albrecht stopped the clock in 1:54.16. Bigby came in third with a time of 1:54.22 which also would have topped the meet record. The final Catamount in the scoring-eight was freshman Justin Kenard who came in fifth at 1:55.77.
Senior Holly Gaines came in second in the women’s pentathlon after racking up 3,433 points. She won the 800m, came in second in the 60m hurdles, took third in the long jump, finished seventh in the high jump and placed 12th in the shot put.
Brown came in second in the men’s long jump with a distance of 7.14m which would have broken the meet record if Jaylon Holt of Charlotte had not won the event with a jump of 7.23m. Adams placed sixth after stopping the tape at 6.85m. Brown also placed third in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 14.64m while junior Jerry Bryant came in fourth at 14.54m. Senior David Johnson rounded out the scorers in the event as he placed sixth with a jump of 14.46m.
Junior Anisia Starege came in third in the women’s high jump with a height of 1.65m while junior Sage Proffitt took third in the women’s pole vault after clearing 3.60m.
Senior Christian Carswell came in third in the men’s heptathlon with a total of 4,618 points. Carswell came in second in the long jump, fourth in the pole vault, fifth in the 60m, sixth in the high jump, ninth in the 1,000m, ninth in the 60m hurdles and 10th in the shot put.
The Catamounts will return to action Feb. 5-6 at the Buccaneer Invitational hosted by ETSU in Johnson City, Tenn.
Wofford indoor track and field competes at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Wofford College men’s and women’s track and field teams combined to set six records at the Thundering Herd Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Jeff Small Track at the Chris Cline Indoor Athletic Facility. Amber Lust (60m hurdles, 60m) and Joe Harbacevich (800m, mile) each set two school records in the meet.
On Friday night, Gaston Hayworth set a new school record in the weight throw at 15.37 meters. Tevin Johnson went 7.07 meters in the long jump to break the school record he set in 2014 and finished third overall in the field of 21 competitors. Freshmen Alexandria Forster and Rebeka Fadgyas competed in the 5,000 meters.
For the women on Saturday, Amber Lust broke her previous school record in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.06. Sarah Wilson and Sara Jane Hayes also ran the 60 meter hurdles. In the 60 meters, Amber Lust added a second school record with a time of 8.00, while Alexandra Burgess, Faith Jewkes and Olivia Head also competed in the event. Olivia Head ran the 200 meters, while LeAndrea Combo and Laura Dean ran the 400 meters. Jamie Barnett ran the 800 meters, with Alexandria Forster and Rebeka Fadgyas competing in the 5,000 meters. Sara Jane Hayes competed in the high jump, Kasey Widmyer in the triple jump, Alexandra Burgess in the long jump, and Alexandra King threw the shot put and weight. The Terriers had two teams run the 4x400 relay, with the combination of Laura Dean, Alexandra Burgess, Amber Lust and LeAndrea Combo finishing in 4:11.20.
In Saturday’s competition for the men, freshman Joe Harbacevich placed fourth overall and set a new school record in the mile at 4:18.78, lowering the standard by almost two full seconds. Alex Michaels, the previous record holder, was tenth at 4:21.87 and Ben Hensley also competed in the mile. Gaston Hayworth and Dalton Sullivan competed in the shot put, while Omar Mingo placed seventh in the triple jump with a distance of 13.74 meters. Matt Ransom ran the 200 and 400 meters, while Tevin Johnson competed in the high jump. In the 800 meters, Joe Harbacevich set his second school record of the day with a time of 1:57.79 to finish ninth, while Alex Michaels was 18th overall. Dane Szalwinski and Jonathan Rice ran the 3,000 meters, with Cristian Widehouse running the 5,000 meters. In the men’s heptathlon, Samuel Robinson placed seventh with 4114 points, while Conrad Heinrich was tenth with 4042 points. For the final race of the day, the 4x400 relay team of Conrad Heinrich, Alex Michaels, Cisco Ferre and Joe Harbevich placed sixth overall with a time of 3:32.94.
The Wofford men’s and women’s track and field teams are back in action next Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6, at the ETSU Invite in Johnson City, Tennessee.