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Numerous Personal Bests Earned by Track and Field on First Day of Colonial Relays

4.3.15 | Women's Track and Field

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Temple's track and field team earned multiple personal bests on Friday at the 50th Annual Colonial Relays at the College of William & Mary's Zable Stadium. The Owls will continue competing on Saturday, with the lineup of events to include three relays. 

In the 100m dash, sophomore Jimmia McCluskey earned a personal best with her ninth-place mark of 12.24 seconds. Sophomores Simone Brownlee and Sydnee Jacques and senior Kiersten LaRoche each set personal bests in the 100m hurdles trials with times of 14.56, 14.79, 14,75 seconds, respectively. In the same event, Nicole Cummings qualified for the finals on Saturday morning with her sixth-place finish in 14.26 seconds.

In the 200m dash, sophomore Bionca St. Fleur placed fourth in a time of 24.56 seconds. McCluskey earned a personal best in the same event with a mark of 24.98 seconds. Sophomore Kenya Gaston and junior Demeshia Davis placed fifth (57.39) and seventh (57.49), respectively, in the 400m dash. In the 400m hurdles, freshman Attalah Goodman earned a personal best with a time of 1:06.23.

Another personal best was set in the 800m run by senior Andrea Mathis with a time of 2:22.34. In the 3,000m run, senior Jenna Dubrow placed sixth in 10:11.02 and sophomore Megan Schneider set a personal best with a time of 10:58.24. Mathis set her second personal best of the day in the 1,500m run, finishing in 5:00.80.

In field events, a first-place finish was earned by McCluskey in the long jump with a distance of 5.80m. Cummings placed third in the same event with her personal-best distance of 5.57m and St. Fleur finished 10th with a mark of 5.39m. LaRoche set a personal best in the javelin with a mark of 32.73m.

Competition with continue for the Owls tomorrow morning at 11:05 a.m. in the 100m hurdles final. 

 
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