ASU Grabs 17 Top-Six Finishers at ETSU
ASU Grabs 17 Top-Six Finishers at ETSU
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Appalachian State women's track and field put together an impressive performance with 14 top-six finishes at the 34th annual Niswonger Invitational hosted by ETSU this weekend.

On Friday, sophomore Shaquiela Robinson cleared 5-6 in the high jump to take the title while freshman Chelsea Farr cleared 11-11.75 to finish first in the pole vault; and  sophomore Cassie Crawford finished in third-place (11-5.75) in the pole vault.

 Junior Erika Ivey earned a runner-up finish (39-3.25) in the triple jump, and in the weight throw sophomore Ana DeLeon threw a third-place finish (54-1.25) in weight throw.

On Saturday, Asia Dunlap, Breahna Morrison, Shenita Martin, and Breanna Alston finished in first-place (3:51.83) in the 4x400m relay and were less than six-tenths of a second from breaking the school record.

In the 200m dash the Mountaineers preformed well with junior D'Shawrna McLucas earning a fourth-place finish (25.81) while Morrison finished in fifth (25.87) and Kristen Campbell finished in sixth (25.95).

The sophomore from Winston-Salem, N.C., Campbell sprinted a season-best time of 7.90 to take a fifth-place finish in the 60m dash.

In the distance events, junior Amanda Hamilton crossed the finish line in 17:41.72 to finish in fourth-place in 5,000m run while senior Hannah Orders wasn't far behind her teammate (18:04.51) to finish in sixth-place.  Sophomore Justine Stocks finished in fifth-place in the seeded mile run, while Allison Cook (5:19.37) and Maria Stickley (5:20.73) took first and second, respectively, in the unseeded mile run.  In the 800m run freshman Taryn Stern grabbed a sixth-place finish with a time of 2:27.18.

Freshman Tatyana Bryant leaped 18-3.25 in her collegiate long jumping debut to claim a sixth-place finish.

The Mountaineers travel to University Park, Pa. for the Sykes-Sabock Challege Cup hosted by Penn State on Feb. 4.
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