WILLIAMSON ADDS 5,000-METER RUN TO HER SCHOOL RECORD COLLECTION

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RESULTS

AKRON, Ohio – For the second straight meet, Radford's Teresa Williamson blazed the track in a school-record time to highlight Friday's opening action at the Akron Invitational hosted by the Zips' track and field program at Stile Athletics Field House.

WOMEN'S 5,000-METER RUN
Entering the day, the program record for this event was 17:40.07, which was established by Lori Crotts at this meet four years ago. By day's end, Williamson knocked nearly 14 seconds off that pace by running a 17:26.10 to finish first. Showing how impressive her time was, Williamson's nearest competitor was almost 30 seconds behind. In addition, she now ranks first in the Big South for the event this season.

MEN'S 5,000-METER RUN
Running the fastest time for this event by a Highlander this season, Ryan Farnan finished fourth by stopping the watch at 15:17.73. It was the fifth-fastest pace by a Big South runner in the event this season and the eight-fastest time in program history.

WOMEN'S PENTATHLON
Amber Church (8.97) and Jessica Shelton (9.17) recorded a pair of top-10s in the 60-meter hurdles of the women's pentathlon. They finished 13th and 15th, respectively, in the points race.

MEN'S HEPTATHLON
With his personal-best 21-11.50 leap in the long jump, Phillip Hovatter earned 741 points toward the heptathlon race. He also collected 759 points in the 60-meter dash for his eighth-place showing.

WOMEN'S LONG JUMP
Kaleice Green (17-06.00) and Kiki Crews (17-00.75) finished seventh and ninth, respectively. In addition to Crews, Jamiecka Baker also established a PR with her 16-05.75 landing.

MEN'S MIXED DISCUS
Tyler Lamott hurled a 145-05.00 mark to place second, while Garrett Knudson manufactured a 117-10.00 throw.

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
The bulk of the meet's competition is set to take place Saturday. Kicking things off for the Highlanders will be the 3,000-meter run and the mile at 9 a.m. Radford's last event is slated for 6 p.m. when Cara Myrtle, Courtni Pannell, Danyelle McDaniel and Reanna Hamm compete in the women's 4x400-meter relay.

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