Track & Field continues strong showing at Big South Outdoor Championship; will have 15 student-athletes and two relay teams on Championship Wednesday

Tuesday, May 13

Asheville, North Carolina / Karl Straus Track

Radford University

2025 Big South Outdoor Championships (Day Two)

Niles Big South Outdoor Championships 2025

Photo by: Rob Simmons

Track & Field continues strong showing at Big South Outdoor Championship; will have 15 student-athletes and two relay teams on Championship Wednesday

5/13/2025 10:00:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Radford women's track & field program continued its stellar start to the 2025 Big South Outdoor Championships as the squad saw another two podium finishes, three all-time best mark and countless personal and seasons bests on day two of the competition at Karl Straus Track on Tuesday.

THE BASICS
RESULTS: Sixth Overall (29 Points: 7-of-21 Events Scored)
MEET: 2025 Big South Outdoor Championships (Day Two)
LOCATION: Karl Straus Track (Asheville, North Carolina)

NOTABLES
- Mia Farley was the second Highlander to take to the podium stand so far this championship with a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final. She raced the track in 11:14.30 overall to set a personal best by over 20 seconds. The performance is also now ranked as the seventh-best showing in the event all-time in school history.
- Jeylah Hamrick blazed the track in 54.89 to win her heat and advance to the final of the 400-meter dash. Her time in the preliminary round placed second overall in the event and she will enter tomorrow's championship race as the No. 2 seed.
- Jaslyne Robinson also punched her ticket to Wednesday's final in the 100-meter hurdles after she dropped a personal best of 14.31 to claim sixth overall. She is now ranked tied for sixth in school history in the event all-time.
- Both Danae Niles and Makayla Nelson are moving on to the final of the 100-meter dash as well after the duo posed standout showings in the prelims. Niles dropped a personal best time to place second in her heat at 12.01. Nelson sits just behind with a qualifying run of 12.24. The two will enter the championship round as the No. 3 (Niles) and No. 8 (Nelson) seeds, respectively. Nile's time was also the fifth-best performance in the event in school history.
- Kandace McIvor continued her stellar showing in the heptathlon final as she finished second in the long jump (season best of 5.30 meters, 17'-4.75") and fourth in both the javelin throw (24.84 meters, 81'-6") and 800-meter race (2:31.96). With her strong performance across Monday and Tuesday, she became the third Highlander to make the podium with a bronze in the event.
- Mattie Flores posted a personal best time of 58.00 to take tenth overall in the 400-meter preliminary round.
- Leah Moye had a busy day with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump (11.10 meters, 36'-5") and a ninth place showing in the 100-meter prelims (14.62).
- Mya Rosser set a season best in the shot put with a best chuck of 11.46 meters (37'-7.25"). The performance was good for 11th overall in the event's final.
- Claire Keefe and Katelyn Lafon finished ninth and 13th in the 800-meter prelims, respectively.

CHAMPIONSHIP WEDNESDAY
The Highlanders will take to the track across 10 events as 15 individual student-athletes and two relay teams will look to earn a spot on the podium.

The Radford schedule for championship Wednesday is as follows (all times ET):
- 1:00 PM: High jump final (McIvor, Nelson)
- 1:30 PM: Discus final (Rosser)
- 3:40 PM: 4x100-meter relay final (Moye, Beatty, Banks, Taylor)
- 4:45 PM: 100-meter hurdle final (Robinson)
- 5:10 PM: 400-meter final (Hamrick)
- 5:30 PM: 100-meter final (Niles, Nelson)
- 6:15 PM: 400-meter hurdles final (Robinson)
- 6:35 PM: 200-meter final (Niles, Hamrick)
- 7:10 PM: 5,000-meter final (Bailey, Cash, Preston, Campbell, Farley)
- 7:40 PM: 4x400-meter relay final (Jackson, Robinson, Flores, Hamrick)

NEXT UP
All eyes turn to the final day of the outdoor championship with Championship Wednesday on May 14. The field portion of the schedule will kick things off at 1 PM ET while the track portion of the slate will take off at 3:40 PM. Fans and supporters can catch the action nationwide on ESPN+, with the live stream set to begin at 3:30 PM.

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