MEET NOTES
MEET SCHEDULE

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford track and field program is set to compete in the 2011 Big South Outdoor Championships at VMI's H.M. "Son" Read '16 Memorial Track on Apr. 21-23.

The three-day event will kick off Thursday with the men's javelin at 9 a.m. Last year, the men's team finished in third place, a program best, while the women's team garnered sixth.  

ATHLETES TO WATCH
-Brett Olinger – recently set the school record in the 400m hurdles at 52.72, the 13th best time in the region.
-Chris Dobbins – Indoor Freshman of the Year, set the record in the 110m hurdles at 14.41 and won his first-ever outdoor hurdles title at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton Carolina Invitational last weekend.
-Aimee Veatch - last year's hammer throw champion, has placed in the Top 5 in all three meets in which she competed, including a first-place throw of 49.40m at the Carolina's Cup.
-Amber Church – Indoor Freshman of the Year and 60m hurdles champion, she has been on a tear in the 100m hurdles, taking the second and third-best times in program history.

LAST TIME OUT
Dobbins recorded his first-ever 110m hurdles victory and Phillip Hovatter won the long jump at 7.01m. Curtis Hodge recorded his fifth consecutive Top 3 mark in the hammer throw.  Freshmen Lakei Crews, Kaleice Green and Samantha Reddington combined for three Top 3 showings.

REGIONAL RANKINGS (as of 4/19)
Roseberry - No. 6 in the high jump (1.75m)
Richards – No. 9 in the decathlon (5,759 points)
Hodge – No. 11 in the hammer throw (58.27m)
Domer – No. 11 in the javelin (63.80m)
Hovatter – No. 11 in the decathlon (5,711 points)
Olinger – No. 13 in the 400m hurdles (52.72)
Dobbins – No. 17 in the 110m hurdles (14.41)
Olinger, White, Kelso, Wallace – No. 17 in the 4x100m (41.30)
Olinger, Shelton, Kelso, White – No. 17 in the 4x400m (3:15.07)
Church – No. 18 in the 100m hurdles (14.04)
Veatch – No. 18 in the hammer throw (50.86)
Smith – No. 20 in the shot put (15.83m)