BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Radford women's track & field program kept its record-setting start to the indoor season rolling as the Highlanders dropped a school record, four all-time top 10 marks and 11 personal best to open their stay at the two-day Virginia Tech Invitational inside Rector Field House on Friday evening.
 
THE BASICS
RESULTS: N/A (No Team Score)
MEET: Virginia Tech Invitational (Day One)
LOCATION: Rector Field House (Blacksburg, Virginia)
 
NOTABLES
- The highlight of the evening came in the last Radford event of the night as Jeylah Hamrick had a school record showing in the 300-meter at 40.20. She led the way for the Highlanders with a sixth-place finish overall. To make the race even more special, Raichelle Cornelius (12th) and Jordan Jackson (23rd) both set personal records as well with times of 40.64 and 42.01, respectively.
- Mya Rosser and Logan Babbs put on an absolute show in the weight throw. Rosser led the way in 11th overall with a best chuck of 15.89-meters, over a meter improvement over her previous all-time best. Babbs was right behind in 13th with a personal-best toss of 15.65-meters. The two are now ranked No. 8 and No. 10 all-time in the event in school history. Rosser is also slotted in at fourth in the conference while Babbs is fifth.
- It was a personal-best day for Sienna Bailey who took 14th overall against a stacked field in her first-ever women's mile final at 5:02.78. She is now ranked seventh all-time in the event in program history and fifth in the Big South.
- Mia Farley took second overall in the unseeded one mile final. The Blacksburg native, getting a chance to compete in her hometown, blazed the track with a personal best time of 5:15.25. The mark beat her old personal record by over 14 seconds and the showing has Farley ranked sixth in the Big South.
- Sophie Magson raced to a season-best time of 9:59.09 to take 14th overall in a loaded field in the women's 3000-meter final. It was a new season high by over seven seconds. Coming into the evening, she already led the conference in the event and became the first Big South student-athlete to go sub-10 minutes so far this indoor season.
- The trio of Megan Cash (seventh), Mackenzie Brownrigg (13th) and Katelyn Campbell (18th) all dropped personal bests in the 3000-meter unseeded final with times of 10:23.51, 10:32.56 and 10:52.11, respectively. All three performances are currently ranked in the top 10 in the conference.
- Jaslyne Robinson set a season best with a 16th-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles prelims as she crossed the line in 9.02. The performance was a season best by over a second.
- Kandace McIvor also set a season best in the long jump with a best leap of 5.08-meters. The jump was a five-inch improvement over her first competition of the year and pushed her into the top 10 in the Big South.
 
NEXT UP
The Highlanders will get right back to it with the final day of the Virginia Tech Invitational, set for Saturday, January 18 at Rector Field House. The field schedule gets things underway at 11 AM ET while the track slate will follow at 2 PM. Fans and supporters can follow along with all of the action in real-time here.
 

VIRGINIA TECH INVITATIONAL DAY ONE RESULTS
Women's One Mile (Unseeded Final)
2. Mia Farley: 5:15.25*
 
Women's 3000 (Unseeded Final)
7. Megan Cash: 10:23.51*
13. Mackenzie Brownrigg: 10:32.56*
18. Katelyn Campbell: 10:52.11*
 
Women's 3000 Final
14. Sophie Magson: 9:59.09
 
Women's One Mile Final
14. Sienna Bailey: 5:02.78*$
 
Women's 60 Hurdles Prelims
16. Jaslyne Robinson: 9.02
24. Kandace McIvor: 9.88
 
Women's 60 Prelims
29. Makayla Nelson: 8.04
30. Sela Beatty: 8.07
34. Aliyah Taylor: 8.41*
 
Women's 300 (Unseeded Final)
6. Jeylah Hamrick: 40.20*$#
12. Raichelle Cornelius: 40.64*
23. Jordan Jackson: 42.01*
 
Women's Long Jump
21. Kandace McIvor: 5.08m
 
Women's Weight Throw
11. Mya Rosser: 15.89m*$
13. Logan Babbs: 15.65m*$
24. Jaylen Rosser: 13.18m
 
(* - personal best | $ - all-time top 10 mark | # - school record)

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