Track & Field Competes at Mason Spring Invitational

Saturday, April 12

Fairfax, Va.

All Day

James Madison University

Mason Spring Invitational

4/13/2014 2:51:00 AM | Track & Field

Results

FAIRFAX, Va., April 12, 2014 – Junior Jasmine Waddell (Mount Royal, N.J/Kingsway Regional) moved into the James Madison track & field record book in the 400-meter hurdles Saturday as the Dukes competed in the Mason Spring Invitational.

Waddell ran the seventh-fastest time in program history in the hurdles event, finishing 13th out of 38 runners with a time of 1:03.20. She added a top-10 finish in the 100-meter hurdles, taking 10^th out of 41 runners.

Senior Kristen Greene (Colonial Heights, Va./Thomas Dale) competed in two throwing events this weekend, one less than the three she excelled in last weekend at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, and was successful once again with a pair of top-ten finishes. Her toss of 12.89 meters was good enough for fourth out of 30 in the shot put, and she took 10^th out of 29 in the discus.

The JMU distance runners were paced by a pair of freshmen in Meghan Malloy (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) and Tessa Mundell (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin). Malloy ran to an 11^th-place finish against 34 other runners in the 5,000-merer run, while Mundell was 15^th in a large field of 57 runners in the 1,500-meter run.

Freshman Nia Jones (Heathsville, Va./Northumberland) was Madison's lone entry in either of the horizontal jump events. She took 10^th out of 32 in the triple jump.

The Dukes' sprinters fared well in large fields in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Freshman Annie Johnson (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) led the way by taking 28^th out of 61 in the 100 and 32^nd out of 72 in the 200. Freshman Deana Forbes (Danville, Va./George Washington) was 30^th in the 200.

The Dukes' had multiple entries in the 800-meter run. Freshman Carol Strock (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and junior Morgan Sheaffer (New Bloomfield, Pa./West Perry) topped the group, finishing 27^th and 32^nd, respectively, out of 69 runners.

JMU will compete at home for the first time this season as it hosts the JMU Invitational Saturday at University Park.