MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – 4 pupil athletes from the West Virginia College monitor and area crew joined the indoor high 5 performers checklist of their respective occasions on the Penn State Nationwide Open in College Park, Pennsylvania on Jan. 31 – Feb. 1.
Graduate pupil Sarah Tait grew to become the second quickest Mountaineer in program historical past to run the ladies’s mile on Friday evening, after posting a private greatest time of 4:33.91. With the time, Tait secured a third-place end and surpassed alum Keri Bland who holds the excellence of getting earned essentially the most All-America honors of any pupil athlete at West Virginia.
Classmate Madison Trippett boasted a time of two:45.75 in her collegiate debut of the 1,000 meters, marking her as fourth quickest in WVU historical past.
Moreover, freshman Pleasure Naukot had her collegiate debut within the 3,000 meters and have become the third quickest Mountaineer in program historical past with a time of 8:59.10, incomes second place. Redshirt sophomore Olivia Cress moved to fifth all-time within the pentathlon, after accumulating a rating of 3710.
On Friday, freshman Sabria Jones laminated a private greatest time of seven.86 seconds within the 60-meter sprint. Whereas her classmate, Carlene Temple completed third in her debut of the 600 meters, operating for a time of 1:34.40.
West Virginia concluded competitors on Saturday as redshirt freshman Lexi Lamb claimed fourth place in her collegiate monitor debut, with a time of 9:48.06 within the 3,000 meters. Moreover, classmate Kishay Rowe landed in third place with a time of 1:14.52 within the 500 meters.
The 4×400 meter relay crew of sophomore Lily Haught, Temple, Rowe and Cress earned a second-place end, accumulating a time of three:44.72.
Within the area, redshirt sophomore Annishka McDonald had a season greatest outing within the excessive bounce as she leaped for 1.71 meters.
Subsequent, the Mountaineers will return to College Park on Feb. 8 for the Sykes & Sabock Problem. Friday’s meet will probably be held on the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Monitor.
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