The Citadel's 4x400-meter relay unit
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The Citadel's 4x400-meter relay unit

Men's Indoor Track and Field

The Citadel sets program record at JDL

4x400-meter relay unit sets freshman record

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – For the fourth straight week, a program freshman record was set as The Citadel track and field teams competed in the JDL Team Challenge on Thursday night.
The men's freshman 4x400-meter relay team of Treonte Newton, Aidan Richter, Andrew Smith and Kane Duncan set the program freshman record in the event with a first-place time of 3:28.77.

The Men's Side Rundown
•            Freshman distance runner Sam Sharnas finished second in the 3,000-meter race with a personal-record time of 8:51.95. The time is 10th in program history.
•            Smith finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.70, a personal record for the freshman.
•            Junior Jeremy Shipley finished fourth in the 800m with a time of 2:00.89, while senior Trey McClary finished eighth with a time of 2:02.74.
•            In the weight throw, Prince Howard-Whitaker finished fourth with a throw of 48 feet, 10 3/4 inches, while freshman Reggie Reynolds finished seventh with a personal-record throw of 39-9.25. Graham Holland finished eighth with a throw of 39-8.75.
•            Cardan Williams finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.09, while Timiebi Ogobri finished seventh with a mark of 7.15.
•            Jacquary Bradford placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.90, and Duncan finished the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.07.
•            In the high jump, Kenya Pinckney recorded a fifth-place leap of 6-0.75.
•            In the pole vault, Turner Newman led the way with a fifth-place mark of 12-11.5, just edging out Thorin Cardente, who finished sixth with a similar mark.

The Women's Side Rundown
•            Freshman Heidi Fortin finished seventh in the 3,000-meter race with a personal-record time of 10:52.19. The time placed Fortin seventh in program history.
•            Sophomore Mya Dollard finished seventh in the high jump with a mark of 4-11.
•            In the triple jump, Kaeleigh Guth finished fifth with a mark of 34-4.
•            Samantha Engel finished seventh in the pole vault with a height of 9-10.75.

COMING UP
The Bulldogs have one final regular-season indoor event, the USC Indoor Open, on Saturday, Feb. 22, before traveling to Lexington, Virginia, for the 2020 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships from Feb. 29 to March 1.