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WVU Headed to Pair of Meets
February 09, 2017 02:57 PM | Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University track and field team splits for a pair of meets this weekend as select members will compete at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington, while others head to the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, West Virginia, on Feb. 10-11.
“We feel this is an important weekend for the team,” said coach Sean Cleary. “Coming off a solid performance last weekend has allowed us to both gain some momentum and pin point what needs work. Training has gone well this week, and we expect the results to follow.”
Three Mountaineers will travel to compete at the Husky Classic in Seattle – juniors Jillian Forsey and Maggie Drazba and redshirt freshman Candace Jones. Forsey and Drazba will run in the women’s 5,000 meters which kicks off at 9:05 p.m. ET, and Jones will take on Saturday’s competition in the women’s 800 meters at 2:25 p.m. ET.
Other members of the WVU squad will take the short trip to Huntington to compete at the Marshall Invitational, which kicks off at 5 p.m. ET on Friday and 9 a.m. ET on Saturday. The Herd will host 17 schools at the Chris Cline Athletic Complex.
Fans can follow both meets live by clicking the appropriate links above. Additional updates about each meet can be found by following @WVUTrackField.
Last weekend, West Virginia traveled to Akron, Ohio, to compete at the Akron Invitational on Feb. 3-4. The weekend was highlighted by a West Virginia victory from junior Shamoya McNeil and a runner-up finish from sophomore Danique Bryan, while totaling seven top-five finishes overall. McNeil and Bryan inked their names into WVU’s top-five indoor performance list.
McNeil won the women’s triple jump gold division title with an indoor career-best mark of 12.93 meters, setting her at the No. 2 spot on WVU’s all-time indoor performance list. West Virginia earned a runner-up finish in the women’s long jump gold division thanks to Bryan, as she posted a career-best mark of 5.97 meters and now sits at No. 4 in WVU indoor history. Bryan improved by 0.06 meters from her last best set at the PSU National Open on Jan. 27.
Other Mountaineer top-five finishes came from Jones in the women’s 800 meter gold division, as she crossed the finish line in fourth with a career-best time of 2:12.27. In the 800 meter blue division, junior Rebecca Wendt placed fifth in 2:16.46
Redshirt freshman Olivia Hill led the Mountaineers in the women’s one mile gold division race with a fifth-place finish thanks to a season-best time of 5:01.44.
Juniors Sara Finfrock and Rebekah Lafata tied for fifth in the women’s pole vault blue division as they both earned season-best marks of 3.68 meters.
West Virginia will close out the regular indoor season competition at the Penn State Tune-Up on Saturday, Feb. 18 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Competition will begin at noon on Saturday.
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