PENN LAIRD, Va. –  For their final indoor meet before the ODAC championships, the EMU Track & Field team stayed local, sending athletes to the brand-new Rockingham County Rec Center just east of Harrisonburg for the inaugural Rockingham Collegiate Open, hosted by Bridgewater College.
 
The women's team showed good form in their final indoor regular season tune-up, logging several personal records or season-best performances.
 
 
Highlights
 

• DISTANCE/MID-DISTANCE
  • Mile Run: Jenna Weaver crossed the line in fourth place with a time of 5:29.63, while Lauren Kauffman ran her first meet of the indoor season with a time of 6:04.78.
• SPRINTS
  • 60m Dash: Nia Boyd clocked in at 8.76 seconds, just two one-hundredths of a second off of her personal best.
  • 60m Hurdles: Faith Schultz got a big personal record of 9.80, fourth-tenths of a second faster than the previous PR she set last week. That performance put her sixth in the prelims to advance to the final.
  • 200m Dash: Boyd completed one lap of the track in a time of 30.17.
  • 400m Dash: Elili Asefa ran a personal best time of 1:05.92 on her way to a third-place finish. Emilee White made her EMU debut with a time of 1:20.10.
• JUMPS
  • Long Jump: Schultz jumped a season-best mark of 4.92m (16'-1.5") to finish sixth overall, with fellow sophomore teammate Angel David close behind in seventh with a best jump of 4.85m (15'-10.75").
  • High Jump: Schultz cleared the bar at 1.42m (4'-7.75"), good for fifth overall.
  • Triple Jump: David made the podium with a third-place finish, leaping 10.57m (34'-8").
• THROWS
  • Weight Throw: Lily Gatesman set a new personal record with a throw of 10.25m (33'-7.5").

 
What's Next
The EMU Track & Field team now turns to the culmination of their indoor season with the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, taking place next Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2. The meet will be hosted by Roanoke College at the Cregger Center in Salem, Va.
 
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