West Virginia Closes Out Regular Season

Saturday, May 7

Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia University

WVU Last Chance

Photo by: Chloe Paugh

May 06, 2022 11:20 AM | Track & Field

Live Results Meet Schedule Mountaineer Illustrated

By: Lindsay Auld

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The West Virginia University track and field team is set to close out the regular season as they host the WVU Last Chance Meet on Saturday, May 7, at the Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Saturday's action is set to begin with field events beginning at 1 p.m. ET., followed by track events at 4 p.m.

Live results for the meet are available at WVUSports.com.

The Mountaineers last hosted the WVU Last Chance on May 8, 2021, when the squad recorded eight first place finishes in eight events at the Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park.

Then-redshirt freshman Sarah Stair won the pole vault competition with a height of 3.66m, while then-junior Sada Wright won the discus throw competition with a distance of 43.36 meters.

On the track, then-freshman Emily Oiler took first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.00, while then-freshman Macey Crawford finished the 400-meter hurdles with a winning time 1:05.11.

In the 200-meter dash, then-freshman Lilly McMullen finished with a winning time 27.08. She was followed by then-redshirt junior Hayley Jackson who won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.68

Additionally, then-redshirt senior Candace Archer won the 1,500-meter run (4:27.97), while then-redshirt senior Antigone Archer won the 3,000-meter run in a time of 9:56.60.

WVU most recently hosted the Mountaineer Twilight on Saturday, April 30. West Virginia recorded nine first-place finishes on the night, including five in field events and four on the track. The squad also added five second-place finishes and a trio of third-place finishes.

Senior Wright finished in first place in the discus throw, as she threw for a distance of 44.81 meters for the win. Following Wright's performance, the Mountaineers completed a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault, led by sophomore Lynsie Curtis with a 3.65-meter distance. Junior Katelyn Caccamo and redshirt sophomore Stair followed in second (3.50m) and third (J-3.50m), respectively.

In the high jump, sophomore Abigale Mullings tallied a first-place finish with a jump of 1.71 meters, while freshman Eden Williams followed in third (1.50m). Senior Peter-Gay McKenzie earned a first-place finish of her own in the long jump, posting a distance of 5.48 meters. Concluding the field events was senior Myesha Nott, with a 12.55-meter jump for first place.

Opening action on the track, redshirt senior Charlotte Wood led the way in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:26.67, while senior Katherine Dowie was just behind her in second (4:31.87). Sophomore Oiler then took third in the 400-meter dash (1:01.13).

In the 800-meter run, redshirt junior Jackson took first (2:05.92), followed by freshman Cassandra Williamson in second (2:06.16) and sophomore Jo-Lauren Keane in third (2:08.46). Jackson now moves into third all-time in WVU program history, while Williamson moves into fifth.

Senior Tessa Constantine earned a win in the 400-meter hurdles (59.31). Constantine now moves up to fourth all-time in program history. She was followed by freshman Maria Kaylor's second-place finish in the 5,000 meters (17:01.56).

The night concluded with redshirt freshman Ceili McCabe's victory in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, as she posted a 9:32.14 and fifth-year senior Sylvia Russell followed in second place (10:21.92).

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