Newport News, VA – On Saturday morning the Regent University Men's and Women's Track & Field team traveled through the tunnel to compete in the CNU Blue and Silver Challenge. After a successful meet last weekend, the Royals were ready to capitalize on the momentum they established and that is exactly what they did, breaking a school record to go along with a number of Personal Records.
Junior Donovan Allen (Manassas, VA) began the Field Events in the Long Jump, finishing in the top ten with a distance of 5.65M and then took 7th place in the Triple Jump at 11.67M. Junior Kevin Cropper (Oak Hall, VA) also competed in the Triple Jump, coming in 4th with a distance of 12.91M, while setting a new School Record in the High Jump at 1.95M. That jump was good enough for a first-place finish. In addition, Junior Evan Pond (Powhatan, VA) led the way in Men's Discus finishing in 16th place with a throw of 29.88M, while Junior Ernest Park III (Bentonville, AR) finished at 25.06M, followed by Junior Lucas Hubbard (Newtown, PA) at 24.31M. The trio also competed in the Javelin Throw with each setting Personal Records, as Hubbard led the way at 36.64M, followed by Park at 34.38 and Pond at 25.44.
To round out the Field Events, Park set a Personal Record in the Men's Shot Put with a throw of 9.98M, while Freshman Jaxon Sawyer (Virginia Beach, VA) set his second personal record in two weeks with a throw of 7.32M. In the Women's Shout Put, Sophomore Shylah Wells (Youngsville, NC) set a Personal Record with a throw of 5.80M and also set one in the Women's Javelin at 13.26M.
Regent also had a great day in the Track Events as Freshman Sophia Moritz (Virginia Beach, VA) set the tone by finishing 4th overall in the Women's 100M Hurdles with a Personal Record time of 16.82 and then a 5th place finish in the Women's 200M with a Personal Record time of 27.06. Wells also competed in the 100M Hurdles, as she set also set a Personal Records finishing at 20.21. Freshman Adam Baugus (Virginia Beach, VA) completed the Men's 100M finishing at 12.62 and then finished the 200M at 26.27, while Freshman Jacob Winck (Breezewood, PA) also competed in the 200M with a Personal Record time of 24.90. He then recorded a Top 10 finish in the 110M Hurdles finishing at 17.67. Winck would round out his day with another Top 10 finish and Personal Record, this time in the 400M, coming in at 52.68.
The last group of events were the distance runs with fellow Freshmen Thomas Slingluff (Suffolk, VA) and Thomas Isaac (Burke, VA) setting Personal Records in the 800M at 2:10.68 and 2:20.36 respectively. They also competed in the 1500M as Slingluff finished at 4:29.79, while Issac set another Personal Record with a time of 5:07.03. In addition, Freshman Samantha Bodnar (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) set a Personal Record in the Women's 1500M with a time of 5:47.24, while Freshman Anna Wade (Stafford, VA) set a Personal Record in the 5000M finishing at 22:51.32.
The Royals will be back in action on Friday April 4th when they travel to Maryland to compete in the Towson Sr, Twilight Open. The action begins at 12:00pm.
