TRACK & FIELD TO HOST HIGHLANDER INVITE

Friday, April 24

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Radford University

Highlander Invitational

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4/23/2015 11:52:00 AM | Women's Track and Field

Highlander Invite :: April 24-25
Radford, Va. :: Cupp Stadium
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RADFORD, Va. ---- Radford track and field will host its annual Highlander Invite from Friday, April 24, to Saturday, April 25, at Cupp Stadium. Field events on Friday begin at noon with running at 6:30 p.m., while events on Saturday commence at 9 a.m.

The women's discus kicks off the meet on Friday at noon. The javelin, long jump and pole vault will also be hosted on the opening day. Friday night will feature a line up of distance races, starting with the steeplechase at 6:30 p.m. The 1,500-meter run, 5,000 meters and 10,000 will follow.

Saturday begins with the men's discus and women's shot put at 9 a.m. Field event close at 1 p.m. with the men's hammer. Running will start at noon with the prelims of the women's 100-meter hurdles. The 4x400-meter relays will be the final events ran at approximately 2:50 p.m.

Teresa Williamson is coming off Big South Track Athlete of the Week honors after bettering her school records in the 800 and 1,500-meter runs. Williamson ran a personal-best 2:10.15 in the 800-meter run and paces the league in the event by more than a second. She continued her career weekend on April 18, setting another lifetime best, this time in the 1,500-meter run. Running against some the nation's top competition, Williamson turned in a 4:30.40 to take second in her heat.

The majority of Radford's team was competing at the Phoenix Invite at Elon last weekend. The Highlanders' best performance of the day came in the 800-meter run as Malina Richardson and Danyelle McDaniel went one-two in the race. Richardson ran a 2:17.07 as McDaniel clocked a 2:17.28. Chandra Goodson and Denaya Wolterding also placed in the top 10 of the event, running a 2:22.24 and 2:23.28, respectively, to come in fifth and sixth.

Ashlen Veatch had Radford's second first-place performance of the weekend in the hammer throw, recording a distance of 51.62 meters to win the event by more than five meters. Emmalene Hale came in third with a 45.97-meter effort as Naihla Rose-Delia had a mark of 44.57 meters.

Madeline Thomas took second in the 5,000-meter run, coming across in a time of 18:51.38. Emily Marshall also placed in the top five, turning in a fourth-place performance with a 20:30.28.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Shelton ran a 14.34 to earn a spot in the finals. She rounded out the top five in the finals with a 14.51. Monica Mallory ran a 16.93 in the prelims.

Shelton, Jones, Hamm and McDaniel combined for a 48.82 in the 4x100-meter relay to take third. The Highlanders took third in the 4x400-meter relay as well with the team of Branch, Richardson, Wolterding and Goodson.

Morgan Harris recorded a long of 5.10 meters in the long jump today. Her best came on her first attempt of the day. In the triple jump, Jamiecka Baker had a leap of 11.05 meters to take fifth.

Courtney Rice and Courtney Burton raced their way to a third and fourth place finish, respectively, in the steeplechase. Rice ran a 12:00.15 as Burton clocked a 12:09.59.

Rose-Delia earned second-place honors in the shot put, notching a distance of 12.67 meters on her sixth and final attempt of the day. Jazmine Banks took sixth in the event with a heave of 12.05 meters.

In the discus, Hale paced Radford with a mark of 38.15 meters. Her day's best was came on the final throw, beating out her second-best mark by four meters. Rose-Delia finished in seventh with a distance of 35.78 meters.

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