Track: Mountaineers Shine in Field Events
January 23, 2010 06:14 PM | General
January 23, 2010
Results
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University track and field team had an impressive showing in the field events today as four met BIG EAST qualifying marks at the State Farms Games at the WVU Shell Building.
“Today we saw a big step up in the field events after a spotty showing at Penn State last weekend,” coach Sean Cleary says. “We are pleased with the progression in one week’s time. Hopefully, this momentum will carry over to next weekend when we return to Penn State.”
In the long jump, junior Chelsea Carrier led the team finishing first (5.77 meters), while sophomore Meghan Mock placed second (5.68 meters).
The Mountaineers then took the top two spots in the high jump, as junior Katelyn Williams placed first with a conference qualifying mark of 1.75 meters, and Carrier finished second (1.70 meters).
Junior Alexandra Acker took first in the pole vault with a BIG EAST qualifying mark of 3.80 meters.
Carrier, also posted an excellent showing on the track today, finishing first in the 60-meter dash (7.74), the 60-meter hurdles (8.57) and as a member of the 4x400 relay team (4:00.60).
WVU dominated in the mile, taking the top three spots. Senior Clara Grandt led in first (4:57.18), while sophomores Aubrey Moskal and Hallie Portner followed in second (5:12.94) and third (5:13.13).
Senior April Rotilio took first in the 400- and 200-meter races, finishing in 57.09 and 26.07, respectively.
In other events, freshman Arielle Gaither finished first in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:20.88, while senior Katie Burda took first (19:54.20) in the 5000-meter run and junior Kaylyn Christopher took first in the 800 meter (2:14.30).
The Mountaineers are set to continue action next weekend as they travel back to University Park, Pa., for the Penn State National Invitational on Jan. 29-30.
