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Posted: Apr 02, 2021
The Basics
Event: Vertklasse Meeting
Location: High Point University
The Lead: The Roanoke College outdoor track & field team traveled to High Point University to compete in the Vertklasse Meeting this Thursday and Friday. In a highly competitive meet, athletes from 34 different teams and unattached athletes competed in the two-day event.
Men's Highlights:
Thursday:
- On Thursday night Cooper Neeble posting the highest finish for the Maroons with a second place finish in the Men's Steeple Chase. His blistering time of 9:38.91 is the top time in the ODAC by over nine seconds and places him 15th in all DIII.
- Corbin Turner in the Men's Pole Vault finished fifth overall with a clearance of 4.06m.
Friday:
- Men's 4x100m relay team of Troy Crawley, Xavier O'Brien, Blake Morin, and Sam Crawford finished third overall with a time of 43.38 seconds.
- O'Brien would post a top 10 finish in the Men's 400M hurdles with a time of 57.83. That time currently puts him second in the ODAC.
- In the Men's 200m dash Crawford would finish seventh overall with a blistering time of 22.15 seconds. That time currently puts him second in the ODAC and 20th in all DIII.
- The Men's 4x400 relay team of Cameron Harris, Aaron Rogers, Brandon Justice, and Crawford finished sixth with a time of 3:31.78.
- In the Men's Long Jump Link Hammerschmidt finished ninth overall in the event with a distance of 6.67m. That distance puts him second in the ODAC.
Women's Highlights:
Thursday Night:
- In the Women's High Jump Alison Moreau finished third in the Women's HJ clearing 1.45m while teammate Kaitlyn Nguyen finished seventh overall with a clearance of 1.45m.
- Chloe Van Duyne posted a top-three finish in the Women's Pole Vault clearing 3.00m.
Friday:
- The Women's 4x400 relay team of Haylee Gamble, Mikayla Hefferon, Lily Lippert, and Emily Ball finished fifth overall with a time of 4:07.17. That is currently the top time in the ODAC.
- Hannah Koepfinger would post a top 8 finish in the Women's LJ with a distance of 5.13m.
- The Women's 4x100m relay team of Gamble, Moreau, Hefferon, and Lippert finished sixth overall with a time of 50.01.
- Savannah Gheen would post a personal record in the Women's 100m dash going 12.99 seconds.
- In the women's 200m dash Moreau would lead the Maroons with a time of 26.53 followed by Gamble (26.60) and Hefferon (26.61). All of those times are currently in the top 8 of the ODAC.
- In the Women's Hammer Throw Abbey Gajtkowski would post a personal best in the event going 40.59m. That distance puts her second in the ODAC followed by teammate Caitlin Culhane throwing 39.21m.
- In the Women's Triple Jump Cammi Winston would finish in the top 10 with a distance of 10.66m which puts her in the top eight of the ODAC standings.
Up Next: Roanoke will travel to Lynchburg, VA for the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic on Saturday, April 17.