As has become a summer tradition, appstatesports.com is counting down Appalachian State University athletics' 30 most memorable games, matches and meets from the 2015-16 academic year. This year's countdown begins on Tuesday, July 5 and will continue until Tuesday, August 2.
Be sure to check appstatesports.com each day to relive all of the Mountaineers' most lasting memories of an exciting and successful 2015-16.
LAFAYETTE, La. – Tristin Van Ord led Appalachian State University women's track and field on day one of the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships with a huge first-place finish in the 10,000-meter run.
Van Ord won the 10,000-meters with a time of 35:47.91. Brittany Williams grabbed sixth with a time of 37:18.15, while Dana Cox and Erin Jameson finished right behind in seventh and eighth with times of 38:13.87 and 38:44.32, respectively.
Taylor Drummonds scored four points with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault with a jump of 12-4. Hannah Emery took eighth with a vault of 11-9.75 and earned 0.5 points. Shea Wheeler scored a point in the javelin with a throw of 118-9 and an eighth-place finish.
In the hammer throw, India McWhorter set a personal-best with a throw of 174-0 and took seventh place and scored two points.
The women's team currently sits in second place with 23.50 points. Day two begins tomorrow with the women's long jump.
Appalachian State Athletics' Most Memorable Moments of 2015-16
No. 30: Women's Tennis 4, Georgia Southern 2 (April 20, 2016)
No. 29: App State Knocks Off No. 24 Duke (December 15, 2015)
No. 28: Another 8-7 Walkoff Win Clinches Series Victory (April 4, 2016)
No. 27: Apps Catch Fire in Resilient Win (January 28, 2016)
No. 26: Mountaineers Receive Votes for AP Top 25 (October 15, 2015)
No. 25: Men's Tennis Ousts Troy, Advances to SBC Semis (April 22, 2016)
No. 24: Apps Down GSU with Clutch Plays in Late Moments (Feb. 27, 2016)
No. 23: Frank Eaves Nets 1,000 Career points in 76-67 Win over GSU (Jan. 21, 2015)
No. 22: Jalin Moore Breaks Freshman Rushing Record in 47-20 Win (Nov. 14, 2015)
No. 21: Van Ord Leads App State with 10,000-Meter Win - Sun Belt Champ (May 13, 2015)
