MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The App State men's and women's track & field team closed out the first day of competition at the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Friday with the men's team standing first in the team standings with 54 points and the women's team standing second with 30 points. The Black and Gold tallied 18 top-eight finishes on the day including a trio of advancements to the men's and women's 100-meter finals.
In his debut in the Black and Gold, freshman
Jonathan Wilson took first in the men's 100-meter prelims with a time of 10.74 to advance to Saturday's final. Sophomore
Kendall Johnson and senior
Mariah McCord also advanced to Saturday's women's 100-meter finals after placing second (11.79) and sixth (12.09), respectively, in the prelims.
Graduate student
Patrick Freeman, sophomore
Matthew Gray, and senior
Matthew Bigelow went 1-2-3 in the men's pole vault. Freeman recorded a personal-best clearance of 5.20m (17' 0.75"), which moves him to fourth in the App State all-time list. Gray recorded a clearance of 5.20m (17' 0.75") to take second and Bigelow took third with a clearance of 4.70m (15' 5").
The women's 4x800-meter relay team of senior
Regan Hodge, junior
Maddie Quinn, and freshmen
Ella Battel and
Savannah Moore clinched first with a time of 9:28.32. The men's 4x800-meter relay team of redshirt sophomore
Rylan Haskett, freshmen
Zach Makemson and
Rowan Gwin, and junior
Ethan Lipham took first with a time of 7:39.63, which was 0:10.1 away from the program record of 7:29.5, set in 1984. The men's B team of freshmen
Thomas Wlazlowski and
Henry Stark, redshirt junior
Steven Smith, and graduate student
Ethan Turner took third (7:49.40), while the men's C team of freshman
Josh Pote, junior
Tucker Sangster, freshman
Will Fiore, and redshirt senior
Calbert Guest took sixth (7:59.81).
In the men's 5,000 meters, redshirt junior
Chase Burrell clocked a time of 15:12.98 to finish first overall. Freshman
Breanna Budzinski finished second in the women's 5000 meters with a time of 17:43.30. Senior
Lana Farris stopped the clock at 18:16.23 to place fourth and sophomore
Mary Biagini took seventh with a time of 18:42.08.
Sophomore
Jared Hiatt landed third in the men's long jump with a leap of 6.92m (22' 8.5"), while freshman
Jahaila Wright landed fourth in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.52m (18' 1.5").
With a personal best of 47.55m (156' 0"), junior
Jake Stanley placed eighth in the men's hammer throw. He also placed 12th in the men's javelin, tossing a personal best of 49.67m (162' 11"). In the women's hammer throw, sophomore
Dianna Boykin recorded a personal best of 41.59m (136' 5") to finish 11th.
Action will resume at 9 a.m. with the field events and track events will start at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.
Team Standings Through Day 1
Men's Team Standings | 8 of 23 Events Scored
1. App State – 54 points
2. Gardner-Webb – 39 points
3. Benedict – 25 points
4. Salisbury – 23 points
5. Concord – 17 points
T6. Franklin & Marshall – 16 points
T6. Rio Grande (Ohio) – 16 points
8. Newberry – 15 points
9. Young Harris – 14 points
10. Campbellsville (Ky.) – 13 points
T11. Marietta – 10 points
T11. Saint Joseph's (Maine) – 10 points
13. UNC Wilmington – 6 points
T14. Hope – 5 points
T14. St. Thomas Aquinas – 5 points
T14. Swarthmore – 5 points
17. Coastal Carolina – 4 points
T18. Gordon (Mass.) – 3 points
T18. Piedmont – 3 points
T18. Ottawa – 3 points
T21. Wilmington (Del.) – 2 points
T21. Drew – 2 points
Women's Team Standings | 7 of 23 Events Scored
1. Gardner-Webb – 37 points
2. App State – 30 points
3. Northern Illinois – 28 points
4. Salisbury – 21 points
5. Newberry – 19 points
6. UNC Wilmington – 17 points
7. Cleveland State – 15 points
8. Swarthmore – 13 points
T9. Concord – 12 points
T9. Geneva – 12 points
11. Covenant – 10 points
T12. College of Charleston – 9 points
T12. Franciscan – 9 points
14. Gordon (Mass.) – 8 points
15. Rio Grande (Ohio) – 6 points
16. Ottawa – 5 points
T17. Coastal Carolina – 4 points
T17. Hope – 4 points
T19. Fort Valley State – 3 points
T19. St. Cloud State – 3 points
T19. St. Thomas Aquinas – 3 points
T22. Piedmont – 2 points
T22. Campbellsville (Ky.) – 2 points
24. Young Harris – 1 point
