BOONE, N.C. - The App State women's track and field team saw a school record and two Holmes Center facility records fall at the John Weaver Invitational meet on Friday and Saturday. The quartet of sophomores
Nicole Wells,
Jayla Adams,
Kendall Johnson and junior
Daye Talley set a new 4x300-meter relay program and facility record, while junior
Ava Studney broke the Holmes Center facility record in the women's pole vault.
Wells, Adams, Johnson, and Talley stopped the clock at 2:40.58 to place first in the women's 4x300-meter relay. The previous App State program record of 2:41.58 was set in 2019 by the quartet of Jelonnie Smith, Peighton Simmons,
Taylor Smith, and Jessica Dixon. Set in 2016, the previous Holmes Center record was 2:43.30 and was recorded by the quartet of Imani Chapman, Micah Hanks, Darlene Girardeau, and Catherine Crawford.
Studney clinched first in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 4.03m (13' 2.5"). Her clearance surpassed the previous Holmes Center facility record of 3.96m (13' 0.25"), which was set in 2013 by Virginia Tech's Kristen Lee. Studney was also named the John Weaver Women's Athlete of the Meet. Graduate student
Noelle Meeker took second with a clearance of 3.63m (11' 10.75"), while junior
Caroline Fowlkes and freshman
Abigail Goetz tied for third with clearances of 3.48m (11' 5").
Freshman
Jahaila Wright landed first with personal bests in the women's long jump (5.67m (18' 7.25")) as well as the women's triple jump (11.67m (38' 3")). In the women's shot put, fellow freshmen
Emily Edwards and
Brittany Ellis placed second (12.42m (40' 9"), PR) and third (11.79m (38' 8.25"), PR), respectively.
Six Mountaineers advanced to the women's 55-meter finals after finishing among the top-eight in the preliminary round. Johnson led the Mountaineers in the final with a personal best time of 6.98, which matched Melissa Morrison's 1993 mark for sixth in the App State all-time list. Adams finished second with a personal best of her own, a time of 7.01, which moved her to eighth in the all-time list. Freshman
Zaniya Littlejohn took third (7.15, PR), senior
Mariah McCord took fifth (7.22), Wells finished seventh (7.25), and freshman
Ja'Naya Linder placed eighth (7.28, PR).
Junior
Corlasia Scott advanced to the women's 55-meter hurdle final after placing second in the prelims with a time of 8.64. She finished seventh overall in the final with a time of 9.43. In the women's weight throw, sophomore
Dianna Boykin took ninth with a toss of 12.03m (39' 6").
Up Next
App State will resume the indoor track season with the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va. on Jan. 17-18.
John Weaver Athletes of the Meet
Women's Athlete of the Meet: Ava Studney, App State | Women's Pole Vault
Men's Athlete of the Meet: Matthew Gray, App State | Men's Pole Vault
