BLACKSBURG, Va. / WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - App State women's track and field rounded out the weekend's competition at the Doc Hale VT Meet at Virginia Tech and Camel City Invite at the JDL Fast Track on Saturday, totaling 12 top-10 finishes over the course of the weekend.
Doc Hale VT Meet | Blacksburg, Va.
Saturday's action saw senior
Jada Branch record a leap of 12.61m (41' 4.5") in the women's long jump, landing second overall. Branch's jump was a mere 0.08 meters from her indoor personal best mark of 12.69m (41' 7.75"). She currently stands sixth in the program all-time list in the event. Fellow senior
Djamila Petersen finished ninth in the women's triple jump with a leap of 11.62m (38' 1.5").
Junior
Jasmine Donohue clocked a personal best in the women's mile with a time of 5:04.96, finishing seventh in her heat and 17th overall.
Camel City Invite | Winston-Salem, N.C.
Junior
Bianca Copeman finished eighth in the women's 1,000 meters on Saturday, clocking a personal best time of 3:11.08, which puts her at eighth in the App State all-time list. Junior
Megan Plummer recorded a toss to 11.72m in the women's shot put, placing 15th overall. Sophomore
Alexis Svoboda came within one second of her personal best, setting pace for the Mountaineers in the mile and recording a time of 5:12.52 to finish fifth in her heat and 24th overall.
Friday Rewind
At the Doc Hale VT Meet on Friday, senior
Mariah Atwater finished fifth overall in the women's 400 meters with a personal best time of 55.98. Atwater remains third in the App State all-time list for the women's 400 meters. Junior
Siby Yao and senior
Taylor Smith took sixth (5.90m (19' 4.25"), PR) and eighth (5.76m (18' 10.75")), respectively in the women's long jump. In the women's 800 meters, Freshman
Addison Ollendick-Smith placed eighth, stopping the clock with a personal best of 2:14.45. Ollendick-Smith remains 10th in the App State all-time list for the women's 800 meters.
Meanwhile, at the Camel City Invite, senior
Celia Agee landed fourth with a clearance of 3.50m (11' 5.75") and freshman
Ava Studney took fifth, also with a clearance of 3.50m (11' 5.75") in the women's pole vault. Freshman
Daye Talley took sixth in the women's 200 meters with a personal best time of 25.95. In the women's 600 meters, sophomore
Regan Hodge placed eighth, clocking a personal best of 1:43.66. Hodge's time places her fifth in the program's all-time list for the event. Fellow sophomore
Graysen Arnold placed eighth with a toss of 16.45m (53' 11.75") in the women's weight throw.
Up Next
The Mountaineers will head to Huntington, W.Va. for the Marshall Invitational on Feb. 10-11.
