WVU Concludes PSU National Invitational
January 30, 2016 09:38 PM | Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– The West Virginia University track and field team completed the second day of the Penn State National Invitational in State College, Pennsylvania, today, at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
“Today was a little bit of everything,” said coach Sean Cleary. “We had some great performances that we are proud of and will continue to work on, as well as some that we would like to forget. It’s very important that we come home from this trip and make the right moves before Big 12’s arrive. We need four of five more ladies to emerge and be ready for the championship portion of our season. To be ready for that, we must embrace the next 30 days as they are the most important days of the year thus far.”
The Mountaineers posted six top-five finishes, three in second and two in third, at the final day of the PSU National Invitational. WVU added two career-best times and two season-best times.
Sophomore Amy Cashin ran to a second-place finish in the women’s 1,000 meter run with a time of 2:49.61.
Sophomore Millie Paladino raced her way to a fourth-place finish in the women’s one mile, finishing in 4:47.67. Senior Savanna Plombon also raced in the event and placed ninth overall with a career-best time of 4:53.44. Plombon improved on her mile time by 2.02.
In the women’s triple jump, sophomore Shamoya McNeil had a record breaking mark of 12.72 meters, improving from her previous best indoor mark by .20. McNeil climbed to the No.1 spot on the top-five indoor performance list.
In the women's 1,000 meter run, sophomore Rebecca Wendt placed second with a season-best time of 2:55.64, improving her time by .62. Senior Kelly Williams shortly followed as she placed third in 2:55.93.
Freshman Candace Jones placed third in the one mile, crossing the finish line in 5:03.49.
Sophomore Bria Welker finished 10th in the 500 meter dash with a time of 1:17.29.
Senior Marsielle McBeam placed seventh in the women’s high jump, marking 1.73 meters.
Sophomore Maddie Gardner and senior Tori Bertrand finished in the top eight of the women’s pole vault. Gardner vaulted an indoor best of 3.70 meters to place sixth, improving .18 meters. Bertrand placed eighth (3.70 meters).
On Friday, sophomore Meghan Jean-Baptiste represented the Mountaineers in the 60 meter hurdles. Jean-Baptiste leaped through the hurdles in 8.94 to place 26th, where she improved .14 seconds from her previous time of 9.08.
Next up, the Mountaineers will split to compete at the Armory Track and Field Invitational in New York City, Feb. 5-6, and at the Akron Invitational in Akron Ohio, on Feb 5-6.
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