Good and Luckett Pace VMI Women's Track & Field to Dual Win
Results
LEXINGTON, Va. - Kerisha Goode swept the 60 and 200-meter events, winning the 60 in school record time, while Logan Luckett won both the mile and the 3,000-meters to lead the VMI women's track and field team past The Citadel Bulldogs, 87-51, in dual meet action Saturday at the Corps Physical Training Facility in Lexington. The meet was the first NCAA competition inside the building that houses VMI's new indoor track.
The Keydets were never particularly threatened in Saturday's dual, and Goode and Luckett were two prime reasons why. The freshman cruised to a victory in the 3K (10:51.53), about an hour after holding off teammate Bethany King in the mile, 5:27.86 to 5:28.94. Luckett continued her streak of never finishing behind a teammate in any individual race in her short collegiate career, dating back to the cross country season.
Goode set the women's program's standard for speed on the new facility's sprint straight, breaking Shelly Mackall's 14-year old school record by winning the 60 in 7.69 seconds. She then returned to win the 200 in 25.04, with both times standing as ECAC qualifying marks.
Another victor Saturday was Yaa Agyepong-Wiafe, who prevailed in the 60 hurdles in an ECAC qualifying time of 8.78. It was the second straight meet that had seen Agyepong-Wiafe hit the ECAC standard. She also ran a 7.79 in the 60-meter dash, good for second place behind Goode and a personal best time.
In addition, Julianne Knoblett won the 800-meters in 2:26.23.
The Keydets also captured multiple wins in the jumps, with Bria Anderson winning the long jump in 5.68 meters (18'7 3/4") and falling just shy of ECAC qualification in the process, while Kennedy Smith won the triple jump (10.69 M/35'1") and Julia Logan won the high jump (1.50 M/4'11").
Finally, the throwing events saw Tiffany Quick be victorious in the shot put (12.38 M/40'7 3/4") and move up to #3 on the all-time VMI list in that event, while Elizabeth Johnston was second in the weight throw (14.39 M/47'2 3/4") and is now seventh in school history in that discipline.
"Today was a great day for our program," said VMI head coach Darrin Webb. "So many people put in so much time and effort to build and open this facility, and it turned out wonderfully. I would like to thank all the administrators, workers and staff for the various businesses and programs that helped put together this new building, and I would also like to thank the fans that came out today to support our team. On the women's side, Kerisha Goode and Logan Luckett were outstanding. For Kerisha to finally get the 60 dash record in the first meet here is a great moment. We had several ECAC qualifying marks today as well, and we're very proud of being able to pick up the victory over a quality Citadel team."
VMI track and field will return to action Feb. 10, when the Keydets open competition at the Marshall Invite in Huntington, W.Va.
Bulldogs Fall in Close Meet Against VMI
Results
LEXINGTON, Va. – The Citadel’s track and field teams faced off against VMI on Saturday at the new Corp Physical Training Facility.
The Bulldogs’ men’s squad had 12 personal records, seven wins and three performances that crested the top-10 in school history. The women’s team had eight personal records, three wins and seven top-10 performances in school history.
Senior Malik Diggs finished first overall in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.30 seconds, beating his personal best of 8.36 at the No. 2 spot in program history. The men's 4x400-meter relay team of Josiah Johnson, Devin Singleton, Stephan Kulick and Samuel Santiago won the event with a time of 3:28.97.
Sophomore Trey Richardson competed in the 400-meter race and took first place overall in 50.56, and Kulick finished first in the 800-meter race in 1:58.59. In the field events, senior Mick Noel placed first in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 2.75 inches. Senior Dondray Copeland won the triple jump with a leap of 42-1.5, and junior Derrick Freeland won the weight throw with a toss of 54-1.75. The Bulldogs eventually fell 78-68 to the Keydets.
For the women's squad, freshman Jessy Page won the weight throw with a toss of 49-7.25 to earn the No. 3 spot on the all-time list and junior Mady Reigel was third with a toss of 47-1.75 to move to fifth on the programs’ all-time performance list. Senior Sarah Johnson won the 400-meter race with a time of 60.15, and the 4x400 relay team won with a time of 4:06.87 with Sarah Johnson, Emani Little, Hannah Murray and Ty'Rhonza Harris. The Citadel's women's team dropped to VMI 87-51.
The Bulldogs continue their season on Thursday when they travel to Johnson City, Tennessee, to compete in the Buccaneer Invitational from February 2 – 4. Results for the track meet will be available at CitadelSports.com.
Catamounts Snap Meet and Facility Record at Thundering Herd Invitational
Results
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Western Carolina men’s 4x400m relay team snapped the meet and facility record on the final day of the Thundering Herd Invitational Saturday as WCU picked up 16 top-10 finishes on the day. Junior Henry Kiedi, freshman Devaniel Dale, sophomore Caleb Albrecht and junior Dakota Lamont teamed up to break the meet and facility record as they completed the 1600m distance in 3:15.53 which broke the previous record set by WCU last season at the Thundering Herd Invitational.
The time is just four seconds off the WCU school record and is two seconds faster than the best 4x400m time last season.
Junior Thor Smith picked up a second place finish in the men’s pole vault as he cleared 4.55m to beat all but one competitor.
Freshman Di’Joun Huitt also picked up a second place finish as he took silver in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 14.61m. Junior Kevin Hires came in five spots back in seventh with a distance of 13.84m. Huitt also picked up a top-10 finish in the men’s long jump as he placed sixth after stopping the tape at 6.51m.
The women’s 4x400m relay team consisting of sophomore Dasha Arnaut, sophomore Sally Woerner, freshman Kellsie Whitehead and senior Chenell Bryan took fourth with a time of 3:52.36.
Senior Scott Peretin also picked up a fourth place finish in the men’s shot put as he tossed the element 15.92m. Junior Mateius Brown finished four spots back in eighth with a mark of 14.84m.
Arnaut took fifth in the women’s 400m as she crossed the line in 57.12 which is her personal best time as a collegiate athlete.
Senior Hailey Cool placed sixth in the women’s shot put with a toss of 14.40m while Kiedy finished sixth in the men’s 200m after stopping the clock at 22.08 which was just .06 off his fastest time last season.
Freshman Anthony Richardson placed eighth in the men’s 60m hurdles as he ran 8.49 in the prelims and 8.45 in the finals. Both times would have been nearly a tenth of a second faster than WCU’s best time in the event last season. Sophomore J’Len Wilson took ninth in the event with a time of 8.49 while sophomore Devyn Montel Jones placed 10th after crossing the line in 8.50.
The final top-10 finisher was freshman Imani Bennett who took ninth in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 11.65m.
WCU will now turn its attention to the Buccaneer Invitational hosted by ETSU, Feb. 2-4.
Wofford Indoor Track and Field Competes at Marshall
Results
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Wofford College men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams continued the season at the Thundering Herd Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Jeff Small Track at the Chris Cline Athletic Complex. Four school records were set in the meet, including in the women’s 4x400 meter relay.
Bosco Bapoupeleh was the top finisher for the men in the 60 meters at 7.26 and Bradford Smith had a 51.38 in the 400 meters. Joe Harbacevich was tenth overall in the 800 meters at 1:55.56 and seventh in the mile at 4:19.83. Cristian Widenhouse was the top Wofford finisher in the 5,000 meters. The men’s 4x400 team of Bradford Smith, Joe Harbacevich, Jack Zemp and Robert Stout crossed the line in 3:29.21. Omar Mingo was tenth in the long jump at 6.33 meters and fifth in the triple jump at 14.02 meters. Hunter Griffin was the top Terrier in the shot put. In the weight throw, Longinus Nnodim was eighth at 15.67 meters and Gaston Hayworth was tenth at 15.47 meters. Freshman William Stout set a new school record in the heptathlon with 4449 points, good for second overall. Conrad Heinrich was eighth in the heptathlon with 4293 points, which included a first place in the 1000 meters.
In the 60 meters for the women, McLeod Dean finished in 7.95, just a hundredth of a second off her school record time. In the 200 meters, Dean broke her school record with a time of 25.46. Freshman Kassidy Morton broke the school record in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in 58.84. Mary Stewart Wilson was the top finisher for the Terriers in the 800 meters and the mile. Anya Bunao finished the 3,000 meters in 10:43.02 and Shannon McAndrew finished the 5,000 meters in 18:38.82.
Amber Lust was the first Terrier to finish the 60 meter hurdles at 9.14 and she was also tenth in the pentathlon with 3183 points, which included a first place in the 60 meter hurdles. The 4x400 relay team of McLeod Dean, Kassidy Morton, Amber Lust and LeAndrea Combo set a new school record of 3:57.80 and finished sixth in a field of 27 teams.
A total of 23 schools from 10 states and 11 conferences competed in the event, including Cincinnati, Xavier, Charlotte, Western Carolina, Bowling Green, Austin Peay, Murray State, Saint Louis and FIU. In the team final rankings, the Wofford men were fourth with 9 points and the women were eighth with three points.