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Track and Field Wraps CAA Championships With Handful of Medals and Program Records
Story Links GREENSBORO, N.C.— The William & Mary track and field program wrapped up the CAA Championships on Thursday in a day that featured a handful of podium finishes as well as program records. The Tribe men earned a third-place finish over the two days while the women earned a tie […]
GREENSBORO, N.C.— The William & Mary track and field program wrapped up the CAA Championships on Thursday in a day that featured a handful of podium finishes as well as program records.
The Tribe men earned a third-place finish over the two days while the women earned a tie for fourth.
Brian Walsh battled his way to the top spot on the podium and the CAA title in the decathlon. Walsh earned 7,076 points over the two days in the 10 events to earn the gold. The total is best CAA Championship Meet performance ever in the decathlon and makes him the second best performer in the event in program history.
Emily Ervin not only earned a silver medal in the 400m on Thursday afternoon but put herself in the W&M history books in the process. Ervin crossed the line with a time of 54.07 making her the new program record holder for the Tribe in the event.
Armon Wright had a great day for W&M in the triple jump with an effort of 15.51m (50-10.75) to grab second place and silver in the event. The mark was not wind-legal, but Wright’s second-best effort of the day, 15.40m (50-6.25), is the second-best performance in school history and the best since 1990 for the Tribe.
The Tribe found early success on Thursday morning in the pole vault with Elizabeth Strobach and Olesya Sitkowski earning silver and bronze respectively in the event. Strobach cleared 3.90m on her first try, while Sitkowski posted the same mark on her third attempt to put herself on the podium.
W&M earned medals in both the men’s and women’s 1500m thanks to Caleb Wilcox and Kyra Holland.
Wilcox earned the silver and runner-up honors with a time of 3:51.42 on Thursday afternoon. Holland posted a personal-best time of 4:23.96 to earn the bronze and finish just a half second out of first place.
The women’s 4x400m relay team of Avery Glidden, Kianne Benjamin, Emily Ervin and Aurora Schwaner earned the final medal of the day for the Tribe. The quartet got the better of Elon in a photo finish for the bronze, posting a time of 3:44.61.
The men’s 4x400m relay team of Jacob Robinson, David Seekford, Charlie Bestic and Austin Rice broke their own program record with a time of 3:09.63 for a fourth-place finish. The quartet now holds the three fastest times in school history.
Hayes Trapp narrowly missed out on the podium grabbing fourth out of 15 competitors in the 5,000m. The sophomore crossed the line with a time of 14:56.82.
The Tribe will wait and see what athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships East Region Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Fla. The qualifying field will be announced on May 22 with the prelims taking place on May 28-31.