PHILADELPHIA – In their final tune-up before hosting the Sun Belt Championship, the James Madison track & field team produced a school record in the 4x100-meter relay at the Penn Relays on Friday at Franklin Field.
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Kaia Putman,
Holly Mpassy,
Faith Fuqua and
Kyndal Turner ran to a tune of 45.21 – passing the previous 4x100-meter relay school record of 45.37 set by
Meredith Willis,
Kennedy King,
Aereale Scott and
Alexys Taylor at the Virginia Challenge on April 21, 2017.
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Later in the day, Putman (200m), Fuqua (200m), Mpassy (400m) and
Sofia Terenziani (800m) teamed up to register the seventh-fastest sprint medley relay time in program history with an effort of 4:03.59.
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JMU concluded its time at the Penn Relays with the 4x400-meter relay, run by
Kadence Wilson,
Esther Saint-Germain,
Kam'Dyn Thomas and
Christine Fitzgerald who finished in 3:52.23.
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Up Next
The Dukes will prepare for the conference title meet, which takes place May 8-10 at Sentara Park in Harrisonburg. For more information about the Sun Belt Championship, click
here.