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.