Women's Track and Field 4/13/2019 6:24:00 PM

CHAMBERS SETS NEW SCHOOL RECORD; RADFORD SHINES AT GAMECOCK INVITATIONAL

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Radford women's track & field team fought through some inclement weather to shine at the Gamecock Invitational at the Sheila and Morris Cregger Track on Saturday.

Highlander phenom and two-time Big South Track Athlete of the Week La'Tisha Chambers took the headlines with a new school record in the 100-meter dash. The Covington, Va. native posted a lightning-fast time of 11.78 seconds to pass Amelia Reynolds' previous record of 11.87 seconds from last season. The time is the third-fastest in the Big South this season as well.

Freshman Kayland Bond got the meet started on the right foot with a personal record in the 1,500 meters, crossing the finish line in 4:41.45 to place 11^th out of 61. Fellow freshman Chloe Phillips also had a PR in the event.

Over in the 100-meter hurdles, freshman Emilie Miller posted a PR of 14.29 seconds and later in the day freshman Denisha Hoosier ran a new PR in the 200-meter dash.

Junior Kierra Henderson had a great day in the long jump, recording back-to-back personal records. She began with a leap of 5.46 meters (17'11") but topped herself with a final mark of 5.49 meters (18'0.25"), moving her into third place on the Big South leaderboards for the 2019 season.

With another strong showing in a field event, sophomore Taylor Tinsley took fourth overall in the high jump. She cleared the opening bar on her first attempt to set a new PR of 1.62 meters (5'5.75").

Continuing to show improvement throughout the year, the 4x100-meter relay team of Chambers, Henderson, Miller and Hoosier ran a season-best of 46.36 seconds.

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La'Tisha Chambers sets a new school record with a time of 11.78 seconds in the 100-meter dash!#RiseAndDefend | #BigSouthOTF pic.twitter.com/g7jroe8xVf
— Radford T&F/XC (@RadfordTrackXC) April 13, 2019

UP NEXT
Radford heads to Durham, N.C. to compete in the Duke Invitational at Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20.

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