The Citadels Riegel Breaks School Record at Penn Relays // Results
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Citadel's Mady Riegel competed in the 123rd Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Friday.
Riegel won the first flight of the javelin competition with a heave of 142 feet, 4 inches, her second-best throw of the season, which sent her to the finals as the fourth-place seed. The junior from Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was the first Bulldog to advance to finals in the Penn Relays in school history. Riegel finished the competition in seventh place overall.
Riegel is currently ranked No. 1 in the Southern Conference this season with a launch of 143-0 at the CSU Spring Break Invitational on March 17. Riegel's throw broke the program's javelin record, which she previously set when taking first place at the 2016 SoCon championship with a toss of 138-5.
Riegel and the rest of the Bulldogs will return to competition on Wednesday in North Charleston, South Carolina, at the Palmetto Classic. The meet is scheduled to last all day and final results will be available at CitadelSports.com.
Two ETSU Records Fall as Bucs End Day at WCU Invite // Results
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – In the final regular season meet of the outdoor season the East Tennessee State track and field program saw two school records fall at the Western Carolina Invitational in Cullowhee, N.C. on Friday afternoon.
Senior Katrina Seymour broke the school record in the 400 meter hurdles after running a time of 57.96 to win the event. It was the third time this season that Seymour has broken the school record, tying the record twice earlier this year.
It was the second event victory of the day for Seymour who also won the 400m dash with a time of 54.71.
The second school record to fall on the track today came from sophomore Kyra Atkins who took home the event victory in the 200m with an ETSU school record time of 23.94. Atkin's time tied a school record set by Emani Harrison back in 2013.
ETSU had a season-high seven event victories with three coming on the women's side and four coming on the men's side. Overall, the ETSU men's team finished third while the women's teams finished fourth with a total of 81 points.
For the men's team the blue and gold collected four event victories on the day with the first coming in the field with sophomore Benjamin Johnson winning the javelin throw. Johnson won the event with a throw of 58.34m. Johnson also finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 14.92m.
ETSU dominated in the men's 1500m as the Bucs had seven finishers in the top ten including the first three spots. Junior Simeon Roberts won his second 1500m event of the outdoor season finishing with a time of 3:55.42. Right behind Roberts was junior Carl Oberfeitinger with a time of 3:59.49, followed by junior Haydn Borghetti-Metz in third with a mark of 4:03.32.
In the 3000m steeplechase, freshman Adam Bradtmueller secured ETSU's seventh victory of the season with a time of 9:26.30. Concluding the day in the 5000m was freshman Nathan Longfellow who earned a victory with a time of 15:21.40.
The Bucs will receive one weekend off to prepare for the Southern Conference Championships, May 11-12, in Birmingham, Ala., hosted by Samford University.
ETSU Notables
MEN:
• High Jump – Nathan Rivera finished fourth with a jump of 1.88m
• Long Jump – Patrick Taylor finished second with a mark of 7.22m
• 5000m – Louis Morris finished third in the event with a time of 15:54.19
WOMEN:
• 1500m – Katie Hirko placed second in the event with a time of 4:34.44 … Macy Carrier rounded out the top ten with a ninth placed finish and a time of 5:01.15.
• 100m – ETSU had two in the top ten as Kiana Davis finished second with a time of 11.92 while Starr Graham finished fifth with a time of 12.30.
• The 4x400m relay team of Katrina Seymour, Starr Graham, Kyra Atkins and Kiana Davis finished second with a time of 3:49.78.
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VMI Record for Women's 4X1 Leads Keydets at Penn Relays // Results
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The women's 4X100-meter relay won the ECAC final to continue its strong season and lead a group from the VMI track and field teams at the Penn Relays, which continued Friday in Philadelphia, Pa.
Teams from the 4X1 heats Thursday advanced to three groups of finals Friday, and the Keydets - Yaa Agyepong-Wiafe, Mia McClain, Kerisha Goode and Bria Anderson - broke the school record they had set just last week with a 46.41 clocking. They beat a field that included UConn and UMBC.
Agyepong-Wiafe also was in action in the 100 hurdles, where she posted her third-fastest time ever with a 14.07 clocking that was good for 18th place.
Other results included Lee Warren finishing 19th in the 110 hurdles (14.79) and the men's distance medley relay placing 15th in the college section. Josh Willard, Kevin Bishop, Jahanzib Shahbaz and Micah Ellington timed in at 10:08.25.
"Our relays have been good this year," said VMI head coach Darrin Webb. "We had to do some shuffling in the DMR, but had some guys step up and we ran a quality race. The women's 4X1 has been fantastic all year, and today was no exception. It was great to see them put that sort of race together on this stage."
The Penn Relays wrap up Saturday, when the women's 4X8 squad will be VMI's lone representative. Action gets underway at 7 a.m., with the 4X8 scheduled for 4:10 p.m.
WCU School Record Falls on Senior Day // Results // Photos
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Western Carolina men's and women's track & field teams honored nine seniors prior to the start of the 2017 WCU Invitational Presented by Catamount Travel Center Friday afternoon. Following the senior ceremony, the Catamounts turned in several impressive performances but the most impressive performance came from track & field newcomer Keion Crossen. Crossen, who is a member of the WCU football team, was competing in just his fourth collegiate meet and downed an eight-year old record in the 100m.
Crossen streaked down the track in 10.38, dropping the old record of 10.40 which was set by Dominique Young in 2009 at the NCAA East Regional. Sophomore Josh Little picked up a top-five finish as well as he placed fifth with a time of 11.06.
Overall, WCU had 46 top-five finishes including nine event victories.
Freshman Jazmine Gooden had an outstanding day as well. She took first in the 100m hurdles after crossing the line in 14.05. She was also part of the winning 4x100m relay squad which included sophomore Mia Little, senior Tiffani Lewis and sophomore Dasha Arnaut. The quartet won the event with a time of 45.32.
Gooden also helped the Catamounts win the 4x400m relay as she, Arnaut, sophomore Sally Woerner and freshman Kellsie Whitehead. The Catamounts placed three teams in the top five but Gooden and company won the race with a time of 3:48.78. Senior Chenell Bryan, freshman Tatiana Mills, sophomore Marisa Scott and sophomore Kaitlyn Lingard took fourth at 4:00.54. The final WCU squad was freshman Shawnda Martin, sophomore Christina Nikolaou, junior Meghan Breden and sophomore Tamilia Wright who clocked in at 4:18.03.
Gooden final victory came in the long jump as she out leapt the field with a mark of 5.92m. Lewis took second as she touched down at 5.85m. The final Catamount in the top-five was Bryan who took fourth with a distance of 5.76m.
Junior Mateius Brown also had a strong performance on Friday. He won the shot put with a near record breaking toss of 16.49m. He then took second in the discus after stopping the tape at 47.01m. Senior Scott Peretin took third in the discus to finish on the podium. He made a toss of 45.90m. The final Catamount in the top-five was sophomore Dakota Wright who finished fifth at 44.02m.
Junior Kevin Hires won the triple jump for the men as he touched down at 14.52m. Senior Tremaine Kernes rounded out the top five as he took fifth with a mark of 13.23m. Hires also picked up a fifth place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.64m.
Lingard picked up a solo victory in the women's 800m as she circled the track twice in 2:14.72.
WCU's last victory came in the 4x400m relay as the Catamounts closed out the meet with a one-two finish. Junior Henry Kiedi, freshman Devaniel Dale, sophomore Miles Greer and junior Dakota Lamont teamed up to win the event in 3:13.07 while freshman Derek Puryear, sophomore Caleb Albrecht, Crossen and sophomore Devyn Montel Jones took second at 3:19.49.
Arnaut finished second in the 400m hurdles as she rounded the track in 59.50. Woerner finished three spots back in fifth with a time of 1:04.74.
Senior Hailey Cook had a solid day as well as she took second in the shot put and discus while finishing fifth in the hammer. Cook tossed the shot 15.31m to finish second while sophomore Simone Williams placed fifth with a toss of 13.63m. Cook was the only Catamount in the top-five of the discus as she took second with a mark of 43.85m. She then earned the fifth place finish in the hammer after measuring out at 52.00m.
Lamont and Kiedi finished second and third in the men's 400m while Jones and sophomore J'len Wilson took second and third in the 110m hurdles. Lamont clocked in at 47.12 while Kiedi finished just behind in 47.54. Jones picked up his second place finish with a time of 14.58 while Wilson stopped the watch at 14.61. Jones also earned a second place finish in the 400m hurdles as he rounded the track in 54.82.
Junior Meghan Breden took second in the women's pole vault after clearing 3.60m.
Sophomore Shikym Khalil Jackson earned WCU's final second place showing of the day as he cleared 1.98m in the men's high jump to earn the runner-up finish.
Freshman Lindsey Trotter took third in the women's 3,000m with a time of 19:03.69.
Sophomore Jordan Bostian and freshman Justin Tucker finished third and fourth, respectively, in the men's 3,000m steeplechase. Bostian crossed the finish line in 9:43.56 while Tucker clocked in at 9:56.70.
Peretin and junior Chase Stehling did the same thing in the hammer throw as Peretin took third and Stehling earned fourth. Peretin made a toss of 54.92m while Stehling tossed the hammer 51.19m.
Martin competed in the women's 1,500m and took fourth with a time of 4:45.29. Whitehead earned a fourth place finish in the 400m as she rounded the track in 57.46.
Senior Katarina Ruehl also earned a fourth place finish in the women's 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 12:20.52. The final fourth place finish on the women's side came in the high jump as Lewis cleared 1.63m.
Senior Thor Smith and junior Corey Ginley placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the men's pole vault. Smith and Ginley both topped 4.82m while Smith took fourth due to fewer attempts.
Freshman Isaiah Hanna took the men's final top-five finish as he took fifth in the 5,000m. The rookie clocked in at 16:37.43. Wright, on the women's side, was the final top five finisher for WCU as she took fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.17m.
The Catamounts will return to action Saturday, May 6 at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial hosted by the University of Georgia. It will serve as the final tune-up before the 2017 Southern Conference Championships.