Six event wins highlights Track & Field's day at VMI Team Challenge
Lexington, VA -- The Catawba Track and Field team competed for the first time in 2024 at the the VMI Team Challenge. The team secured six event wins seeing huge days in sprints, jumps and distance events.
Finals Recap
Sprints & Hurdles
60M
Women- Mallory Witherspoon placed third with a time of 7.86. Lea Legros placed sixth with a time of 7.98
Men- Catawba would place three athletes in the top five of the event. Winfred Porter secured first place with a time of 6.83 followed by Barja Walter who placed second running a time of 6.90. Brendan Henby finished in fourth place with a finish of 6.97
200M
Women- Efemena Egberi secured the win for Catawba running a time of 25.61. Mallory Witherspoon placed seventh with a finish of 26.41. Lea Legros ran a time of 26.65 to place ninth.
Men- Barja Walter took the top podium spot running a 21.95 in the event. Winfred Porter claimed second with a time of 22.14. Brendan Henby claimed seventh place with a 23.14.
60 M Hurdles
Men- John Shearin IV secured a person best in the event with a time of 8.93 to claim eighth place
400M
Women- Onii Bivens had a seventh-place finish in the event clocking a time of 1:02.76
Men- Jordan Grant claimed a fifth-place finish with a time of 51.90. Maquenly Crespo ran a time of 53.83 in the event which was good for a tenth-place finish.
Distance
Mile
Women- Charity Davies placed fourth with a time of 5:19.16. Sydney Cockerham placed sixth running a 5:22.28 to give Catawba its second top-10 finisher in the event.
Men- Catawba secured three top 10 finishers in the event. Anthony Lecorche placed second with a time of 4:23.68. Will Lyons had a third-place finish running a 4:24.15. Ej Threatt finished in eighth place with a 4:30.53 finish.
600M
Women- Raina Andrews secured third place in the event running a time of 1:40.62
Men- Seth Caudill placed eight with a finish of 1:24.78
3000M
Women- Madison Clay brought home the win for Catawba running a time of 10:06.18 for the top podium spot. Jenna Coleman ran a time of 10:46.31 for a fourth-place finish.
Men- Erick Ramirez earned the win taking the challenge win with a time 8:43.00. Stefan Lauchner followed Ramirez in second with a finish of 8:45.11. Oussama Ajala placed fourth with a time of 8:53.25. Tanner Smith followed in fifth with a 9:00.69. Eddie Urban placed sixth with a 9:02.25. Michael Martinez came in eight with a 9:11.93 finish.
5000M
Men- Andrew Whitehead placed fourth with a time 15:29.15. Brannon Burns followed in fifth with a time of 15:35.89.
Jumps & Throws
Long Jump
Women- Onii Bivens claimed a top-10 finish jumping a distance of 4.90m
Men- Javier Gomez-Wilson secured first with a leap of 7.08m. Chris Brown placed fourth at 6.85m.
High Jump
Men- Namaurion Koontz placed fifth with a height of 1.81m, Drew Costello finished in seventh with a mark of 1.71m.
Triple Jump
Men- Javier Gomez-Wilson placed third with distance of 14.02m. His second top three finish of the afternoon. Chris Brown placed fourth, leaping 13.87m.
Pole Vault
Men- Seth Drake went over a height of 3.76m for seventh place.
Shot Put
Women- Alyssa Krupa placed ninth with a toss of 10.10m
Relays
4x400 Meter Relay
Men- A team of Tyler Johnson, Malik Hargrove, Barja Walter, and Jordan Grant placed sixth at Saturday's meet running a time of 3:36.23.