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Friday, February 19
Blacksburg, Va.
10 a.m.
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Virginia Tech Challenge
4x400 Relay Team Highlights Day Two of Virginia Tech Challenge
2/20/2016 6:39:00 PM | Track & Field
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The James Madison track and field team's 4x400 meter relay team highlighted the second and final day of the 2016 Indoor Virginia Tech Challenge on Saturday afternoon at Rector Fieldhouse.
The quartet of sophomore Tyrah Burrow, junior Ebony Owusu-Sampah, freshman Meredith Willis and junior Kennedy King finished third in the 10-team field, crossing the finish with a time of 3:51.69. The performance surpassed the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships qualifying mark, which is set at 3:52.54.
They are the third relay squad to qualify for the ECAC meet in the medley this season after Erica Gray, Erica Jackson, Carol Strock and Madeleine McCarty did it in the 4x800 at the 2016 Father Diamond Invitational and the team of team of Gray, Gina Bischof, Jackson and Tessa Mundell achieved a qualifying mark in the 2016 Kentucky Invitational's distance medley.
Also impressing on the day were sophomores Bischof and Charlie Bell, who ran a 1:00.27 and 1:00.64, respectively, in the 400-meter dash for collegiate personal records.
Freshman Jackie O'Shea rounded out the group, shaving five seconds off of her previous personal record in the indoor 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:45.52.
The Dukes move on to the George Mason Last Chance meet on Sunday, Feb. 28.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
The 4x400 team celebrates following it's ECAC qualifying time! Photo credit to Meredith Willis' Instagram.
DAY ONE RECAP
A full recap of the Buckeye Tune-Up and day one of the Virginia Tech Challenge yesterday can be found here.
UP NEXT
James Madison heads to the campus of George Mason in Northern Virginia for the third time this year after competing in the Father Diamond Invitational on Jan. 9 to open the season and the Patriot Games on Jan. 30.Â
The quartet of sophomore Tyrah Burrow, junior Ebony Owusu-Sampah, freshman Meredith Willis and junior Kennedy King finished third in the 10-team field, crossing the finish with a time of 3:51.69. The performance surpassed the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships qualifying mark, which is set at 3:52.54.
They are the third relay squad to qualify for the ECAC meet in the medley this season after Erica Gray, Erica Jackson, Carol Strock and Madeleine McCarty did it in the 4x800 at the 2016 Father Diamond Invitational and the team of team of Gray, Gina Bischof, Jackson and Tessa Mundell achieved a qualifying mark in the 2016 Kentucky Invitational's distance medley.
Also impressing on the day were sophomores Bischof and Charlie Bell, who ran a 1:00.27 and 1:00.64, respectively, in the 400-meter dash for collegiate personal records.
Freshman Jackie O'Shea rounded out the group, shaving five seconds off of her previous personal record in the indoor 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:45.52.
The Dukes move on to the George Mason Last Chance meet on Sunday, Feb. 28.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
The 4x400 team celebrates following it's ECAC qualifying time! Photo credit to Meredith Willis' Instagram.
DAY ONE RECAP
A full recap of the Buckeye Tune-Up and day one of the Virginia Tech Challenge yesterday can be found here.
UP NEXT
James Madison heads to the campus of George Mason in Northern Virginia for the third time this year after competing in the Father Diamond Invitational on Jan. 9 to open the season and the Patriot Games on Jan. 30.Â
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