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Kentucky Indoor Invitational
Herd Track and Field Completes Kentucky Indoor Invitational
1/14/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
LEXINGTON, Ky.-The Marshall track and field team completed the two-day Kentucky Indoor Invitational on Saturday.
Sophomore Elena Marchand wrote herself into the Marshall record books again, as her throw of 14.76 meters (48'5.5 ft.) in the shot put broke an indoor track and field school record. This was a record which she had already broken earlier this season in the team's first meet against Ohio University. She finished eighth in the shot put out of 38 athletes.
Marshall had strong performances in other field events as well. Sophomore Hasana Clark placed sixth out of 36 competitors in the weight throw with her heave of 18.19m (59'7.5 ft.). In the long jump, fellow sophomore Lauren George finished 15th in the long jump with a jump of 5.43m (17'9.8 ft.).
Senior Danielle Wright finished 10th in the triple jump with a jump of 11.26m (36'11.3 ft.).
In running events, the team earned several top-25 individual finishes.
Junior Barkley Castro's finish of 11th in the 800-meter run was the highest running event finish, as she ran in 2:16.71.
Sophomore Adriana Cook finished in 13th in the 3K run with a time of 10:09.79.
In the 60m dash, senior Kametra Byrd finished in 18th with a time of 7.78 seconds.
Freshman Safiyyah Mitchell had a strong day, as she had two top-20 finishes. She finished 17th in the 200m with a time of 25.47, and in 19th place with a time of 8.98 seconds in the 60m hurdles.
Junior Madeline Armstrong finished 21st in the mile with a time of 5:15.81.
Marshall participated in two team relays. The 4x400m team of Christiana Dougan, Andrea Chidester, Kametra Byrd, and Makaylah Downour finished in 16th with a time of 4:12.22.
The distance medley team of Andrea Porter, Barkley Castro, Madeline Armstrong, and Adriana Cook finished in 8th with a time of 12:22.6.
"We had a good first meet back from the holidays," head coach Jeff Small said. "Our throwers again led us with another school record by Elena Marchand in the shot put, and a great series by Hasana Clark in the weight throw. I was really excited by how our distance runners performed, especially Adriana Cook, Barkley Castro, and Madeline Armstrong. We are looking forward to more improvements by our team next weekend at Virginia Tech."
UP NEXT
The Herd will be back in action next weekend in Blacksburg, Virginia beginning on Friday Jan. 20 for the Hokie Invitational hosted by Virginia Tech. Follow Marshall University track and field on Twitter @HerdTFXC.
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