Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
Conference USA Outdoor Championships
Herd Track and Field Completes C-USA Outdoor Championships
5/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.-The Marshall track and field team wrapped up its season Sunday at the 2016 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Middle Tennessee State University. As a team, Marshall finished 10th with 31 points.
Leading the way for Marshall was freshman Heidi Heiniger, who finished second in the javelin throw with a long throw of 43.01 meters.
Other top-10 results included the two relay teams, as the 4x100-m relay team (Kametra Byrd, Shanice Johnson, Asia Bange, and Hope Julmiste) finished in fourth (45.97 seconds) and the 4x400-m relay team (Breanna Hargrove, Tianya Hankerson, Naja Greer, and Shanice Johnson) finished in sixth (3:45.62).
Individually, the Herd had three other top-10 finishes. In the 100-m hurdles finals, senior Asia Bange finished in fifth with a time of 13.84 seconds. In the triple jump, junior Antonique Butler finished sixth with a jump of 12.38 m. And in the 100-m dash finals, junior Hope Julmiste finished seventh with a time of 11.91 seconds.
Additional Results from Sunday:
Javelin Throw: Freshman Audrey Barber- 16th (31.35 m)
Triple Jump: Sophomore Melany Belot- 16th (11.47 m)
High Jump: Freshman Sarah Bever- 13th (1.60 m)
Junior Caitlyn Owings- 21st (1.55 m)
Shot Put: Freshman Elena Marchand- 13th (12.57 m)
Freshman Whitney McAtee- 18th (11.93 m)
5,000-m: Junior Andrea Porter- 22nd (18:09.07)
Senior Alexandra Phares- 29th (18:40.15)
"I was really proud of our young team," Marshall coach Jeff Small said. "They competed very well and moved up several places in the team standings compared to the indoor championships."
--Herdzone.com--
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