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๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโฆ
The track surface will be poured soon!
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๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ.
Simmons holds the top indoor triple jump mark (๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ญ/๐ฐ) in the country after the first weekend of competition. ๐ช
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Cross country and distance runner Allison Calek has been making an impact. The freshman from Illinois has been making masks for medical staff on the front lines
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๐จRecord Alert๐จ
The women's 4x100-meter relay team of Jelonnie Smith, LaBria King, Mariah Atwater, and Taylor Smith broke the meet record and facility record with a time of 45.57, placing first overall.
CHAMPION!!๐๐
After winning the triple jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, Peighton Simmons takes the title and earns a ๐ฅ in the outdoor triple jump with a mark of 42-1.25 (12.83m)!
Her mark also moves her into 4โฃth place in program history!
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๐จ RECORD ALERT: Jordan Johnson breaks the Long Jump SCHOOL RECORD by 1โ w/ a mark of 25โ2โ. The record stood for 31 years by Michael Hanks. As of now, that distance is 7th in the country!!! ๐จ
๐จSchool Record Alert๐จ
Jelonnie Smith, Jada Branch, Hunter Robinson, and Mariah Atwater broke the 4x400m record with a time of 3:43.85.
The previous record of 3:46.87 was set by the same quartet at this seasonโs VMI Invite.
App State finished fourth in todayโs race
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๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก.
Coach John Weaver is now a member of the
@USTFCCCA
Hall of Fame class. ๐
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๐ป: (rewatch)
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Elliott Graves is your Sun Belt Champion in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.07 seconds! He moves into a tie for 6th place on the all-time list! ๐
After being named field MVP of the ETSU Track & Field Invitational and posting the top mark in the Sun Belt in the long jump, Eric Haddock Jr. has been named Sun Belt Men's Field Athlete of the Week
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Make that 3 in a row for Elliott Graves. He win the Sun Belt title in the 400-meter hurdles for the 3rd straight season in a season-best 51.50 seconds ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Jada Branch punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships after finishing 12th in the women's triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
She is the first Mountaineer since Beverly Burnett in 2005 to advance to the NCAA Championships!
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๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Damion McLean's contract has been extended through the 2027-28 season!
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๐จ SCHOOL RECORD ALERT๐จ
Isaac Benz crosses the finish line in the 10,000-meter run at the Virginia Challenge in 29:39.31 for a new SCHOOL RECORD!
He betters the mark of 29:52.1 previously held by Carlton Law in 1984!
๐จSchool Record Alert๐จ
Ryan Brown broke the 26-year-old App State school record in the men's 3000m Steeplechase, clocking a time of 8:51.28!
The previous record was 8:51.40, set by Chris Huffstickler in 1996.
Men's distance coach Brad Herbster has been named Sun Belt Men's Coach of the Year and six Mountaineers earned All-SBC honors for their performances at the Sun Belt Championship.
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๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ผ-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Simmons takes the gold at 43-07.00, setting a new PR and recording the 2๏ธโฃnd-longest indoor triple jump mark in program history!
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Elliott Graves, Jalen Virgil won individual events and the 4x100-meter relay team took first to highlight a solid weekend for men's track & field at the Charlotte Invitational
๐จSCHOOL RECORD ALERT๐จ
Mariah Atwater breaks the App State program record in the womenโs 400 meters with a time of 55.24, edging past the previous record of 55.25, set in 2020 by Jessica Dixon!
She placed fourth in todayโs race.
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๐จSCHOOL RECORD ALERT๐จ
Addison Ollendick-Smith has broken the App State and Mondo College Invite meet record in the womenโs 600 meters with a time of 1:37.90!
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Weaverโs last go round!!! ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ
Kate Butler breaks the SCHOOL RECORD in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and earns her third straight Second Team All-Sun Belt honor in the event with a time of 10:31.33
Come out and support Track & Field in the last meet @ Kidd Brewer Stadium! Over 150 T&F/XC Alumni will be in attendance to send off the Furture Hall of Fame Coach, John Weaver!!! Meet starts @ ๐
After a decorated career that spanned nearly four decades at App State, long time
@AppTF_XC
coach John Weaver has been selected for induction into the
@USTFCCCA
Coaches Hall of Fame!
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After breaking the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships, Kate Butler has been named our women's outdoor track & field MVP
Congrats to Kylee Frady on being named our 2019-20 Ms. Yosef for women's cross country!
Kylee embodies what it means to be a Mountaineer in ambassadorship, leadership, work ethic, accountability and community involvement.
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ICYMI: Addison Ollendick-Smith, Elizabeth Fuller, Jasmine Donohue, and Rhys Ammon broke the 4x800-meter relay program record, which has stood since 1993.
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๐กFinal Results๐ก
In his App State debut, Matthew Gray finishes sixth overall with a clearance of 5.10m (16โ 8.75โ) in the U20 menโs pole vault at the USATF Championships.
His clearance places him fourth in the App State all-time list.
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It was a strong opening weekend for Jordan Johnson and Peighton Simmons
Simmons posted the 3โฃrd best triple jump in the nation, with a mark of 41-10.74 (12.77m)
Johnson recorded the 4โฃth best long jump in the country, covering 24-3.50 (7.40m)
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๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃโ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ผ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
#1
in the
@SunBelt
for long jump
#1
in the
@SunBelt
and
#8
in the nation for triple jump
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100m: Virgil posts a time of 10.29 seconds, which is 2nd in program history, and advances to the finals; Jabari Johnson finishes 12th with a time of 10.48 and Brenton Ervin finishes 29th with a mark of 10.91 seconds
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๐ฃ๏ธ๐๏ธ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ๐จ
Jada Branch has earned an All-America honorable mention!
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Menโs 1st Team All-Conference: Evan Georges, Coach of the Year: Mike Curcio & your
@SunBelt
XC Champions๐: APP STATE!!! โฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
What a night for Isaac Benz and Ryan Brown!
- Benz broke the 37 year old school record in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 29:39.31.
- Brown moved up to 3rd in program history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a PR time of 8:54.73.
๐จSCHOOL RECORD ALERT๐จ
Ashlee Osaji breaks the womenโs long jump school record with a leap of 6.54m (21-5.5โ) (AND it was wind-legalโผ๏ธ)
Osaji now stands second the NCAA in the womenโs long jump!
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๐กUnofficial Results ๐ก
Jada Branch garners GOLD ๐ฅ in the womenโs triple jump with a leap of 12.85m (42โ 2โ)!
Her jump lands her third in the App State all-time list for the event.
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Jada Branch, Calbert Guest, Chris Wainscott, and Niejel Wilkins have qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, with will be held in Jacksonville, Fla. May 24-27.
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๐ Save the Date!
The grand opening of the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility will be April 28 at the start of our two-day App State Open meet!
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Curcio ... the pillar of the annual
@USTFCCCA
Convention and Clinic.
Just 1๏ธโฃ more day until coach Weaver gets inducted into the Coaches Hall of Fame.
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