Lexington, VA - After two successful Meets under their belts, the Regent University Men's and Women's Track & Field team traveled west to participate in the VMI Team Challenge. The Royals have already set numerous School and Personal Records, and today they would continue that trend as they turned in some of their best performances of the Indoor Season with two more new School Records and numerous Personal Records.
Women's Track Events
60m Dash:
- Freshman Elizabeth Olojo (Hanover, MD) clocked 8.66 seconds.
- Junior Shylah Wells (Youngsville, NC) finished with a time of 9.19 seconds setting a Personal Record
60m Hurdles
200m Dash:
- Freshman Gabrielle Butler (New Kent, VA) ran a solid 27.08 seconds, setting a Personal Record.
- Olojo set a Personal Record with a time of 28.99
400m Dash
- Butler had a Top 10 finish with a time of 1:01.21
600M Dash
- Freshman Louise Monga-Rochard (Toano, VA) set a Personal record with a time of 1:53.55
- Sophomore Jordana Foose (Chesterfield, VA) set a Personal Record finishing at 2:00.99
- Freshman Muriel Jean Louis (Virginia Beach, VA) set a Personal Record,running 2:21.98.
800m Run:
- Freshman Muriel Jean Louis (Virginia Beach, VA) set a Personal Record, running 3:18.43.
1 Mile Run:
- Monga-Rochard competed in the mile, finishing in 5:54.60 for a new School Record.
Women's Field Events
Long Jump:
- Moser led all jumpers with a distance of 4.43m.
- Wells finished with a Personal Record mark of 4.22m.
- Olojo followed with 3.96m setting a Personal Record.
Shot Put
- Freshman LaTanya Hopkins (Virginia Beach, VA) set a Personal Record with a throw of 8.14m
- Freshman Chloe Basnett (Columbus, OH) set a Personal Record with a throw of 8.13m.
- Freshman Daesha Hill (Williamsburg, VA) set Personal Record with a throw of 7.74m.
Weight Throw:
- Hill set Personal Record with a throw of 7.57m.
- Basnett (Columbus, OH) set a Personal Record with a throw of 7.03m.
- Hopkins (Virginia Beach, VA) set a Personal Record with a throw of 6.19m.
Men's Track Events
60m Dash:
- Senior Asher Ellis (Morganton, NC) finished his preliminary heat in 8.18 seconds.
60m Hurdles:
- Sophomore Jacob Winck (Breezewood, PA) finished with a time of 10.25
200m Dash:
- Ellis ran a Personal Record time of 26.01 seconds.
400m Dash:
- Winck recorded a time of 53.78 to finish 15th.
600m Dash
- Sophomore Thomas Slingluff (Suffolk, VA) finished with a Personal Record running a time of 1:31.21
- Sophomore Thomas Isaac (Burke, VA) finished 2nd in his heat with for a Personal Record time of 1:33.30
- Freshman Bryce Nearman (Stafford, VA) also competed, running 1:35.22 for a Personal Record.
1 Mile Run:
- Slingluff finished in the Top 15 with a time of 4:51.62
- Isaac finished with a Personal Record time of 5:11.27
- Freshman Cayden Sierra (Newport News, VA) finished with a time of 5:57.08
- Freshman Creighton Hartsell (Newport News, VA) set a Personal Record finishing 6:02.88
- Freshman Xavier Gonzalez (Des Moines, IA) finished with a time of 6:17.65 for a Personal Record.
Men's Field Events
High Jump
- Senior Kevin Cropper (Oak Hall, VA) won the High Jump with a height of 1.90m. This was the second time this season he has won the overall event.
Triple Jump
- Cropper finished in 4th place and set a School Record with a jump of 13.91m
Shot Put:
- Senior Ernest Park (Bentonville, AR) led the team with a throw of 9.74m
- Senior Evan Pond (Powhatan, VA) threw a distance of 8.37m
- Sophomore Jaxon Sawyer (Virginia Beach, VA) finished with a throw of 6.61m
Weight Throw:
- Senior Nigel Rodriguez (Virginia Beach, VA) led the way with a throw of 10.55m
- Pond threw a distance of 9.53m for a Personal Record
- Sawyer set a Personal Record with a throw of 6.38m.
Regent will be back in action on the weekend of January 23rd when they travel to Ly to compete in the two-day Liberty Open. The events begin on Friday.
