Split Meet Action Continues Friday

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Day Two at Penn Relays

Split Meet Action Continues Friday

4/26/2019 9:13:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Duke Sports Information

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Duke track & field program split time between two meets Friday at the 125th Penn Relays and the Virginia Grand Prix.

PENN RELAYS

The Blue Devils battled through several rain delays and the women opened the second day in Philadelphia with a second-place finish in the Championship of America Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Erin Marsh, Isabel Wakefield, Nikki Merritt and Lauren Hoffman combined for a school-record time of 56.66.

Marsh not only saw success as a leg of the shuttle hurdle relay but she also qualified for the finals of the women's 100m hurdles with her third-place finish. The Buford, Ga., native clocked in at 13.61 and will race in the finals Saturday at 3:15 p.m.

Charles Cooper, Miles Mingo, Carter Dillon and Matt Wisner represented Duke in the College Men's Distance Medley Relay Championship of America Invitational and finished in a time of 9:56.16. All 12 schools were tightly bunched with one lap to go. The best leg for Duke was the second leg in which Mingo covered 400m in 47.20.

Dillon, Cooper, Wisner and Nick Cox will return to the track Saturday at 1 p.m., for the 4x800m relay before the women's 4x400m relay will compete in the finals at 2:19 p.m. Both races will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network.

VIRGINIA GRAND PRIX

In Charlottesville, Va., field-event specialists opened the first day of the Virginia Grand Prix at Lannigan Field.

In women's javelin, Ashleigh Rodriguez earned fifth with a mark of 41.90m on her first toss before Kiegan Lenihan notched a mark of 59.39m on his fifth attempt to take fourth.

The Blue Devils will close out the final day at the Virginia Grand Prix Saturday.

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MEN (Penn Relays):

CJ Ambrosio	5000m	9th, 14:13.61 – PR
Alex Miley	3k Steeplechase	3rd, 8:50.89 – No. 4 Duke All-Time
Ethan Ready	3k Steeplechase	19th, 9:09.69 – PR
Josh Romine	5000m	14:32 – PR
Tom Sullivan	5000m	60th, 14:56.65
Chris Theodore	5000m	39th, 14:38.62 – PR
Michael Ungvarsky	3k Steeplechase	11th, 9:02.04 – PR
Charles Cooper, Miles Mingo, Carter Dillon, Matt Wisner	Distance Medley Relay	12th, 9:56.16
Carter Dillon, Nick Cox, Charles Cooper, Matt Wisner	4x800m Relay

WOMEN (Penn Relays):

Lindsay Billings	5000m	16th, 16:53.79 – PR
Monica Hebner	5000m	13th, 16:45.62
Erin Marsh	Long Jump	10th, 5.60m
Erin Marsh	100m Hurdles – Prelims	3rd, 13.61
Isabel Wakefield	100m Hurdles – Prelims
Helen Williams	5000m	14th, 16:47.00 – PR
Lauren Hoffman, MacKenzie Kerr, Kelcie Simmons, Brittany Aveni	4x400m Relay – Prelims	2nd, 3:38.57
Erin Marsh, Isabel Wakefield, Nikki Merritt, Lauren Hoffman	Shuttle Hurdle Relay	2nd, 56.66

MEN (Virginia Grand Prix):

Iyin Battle	Hammer Throw
Ben Beatty	Shot Put
Ben Beatty	Hammer Throw
Kiegan Lenihan	Javelin	4th, 59.39m
Bryant Lewis	High Jump
Michael McCullom	400m
Michael McCullom	200m
Rivers Ridout	High Jump
Benjamin Ross	High Jump
Cole Rowan	Pole Vault
Esteban Suarez	Pole Vault
Marquis Waters	100m
Marquis Waters	200m

WOMEN (Virginia Grand Prix):

Rivka Arbiv	100m Hurdles
Rivka Arbiv	High Jump
Sarah Armstrong	1500m
Virginia Capehart	800m
Kim Hallowes	800m
Kim Hallowes	1500m
Simi Gbadegesin	400m
Simi Gbadegesin	200m
Kate Kutzer	Shot Put
Kate Kutzer	100m Hurdles
Kate Kutzer	High Jump
Liz Lansing	1500m
Cassie Martin	High Jump
Domonique Panton	Triple Jump
Domonique Panton	100m
Sara Platek	1500m
Michaela Reinhart	1500m
Elizabeth Reneau	1500m
Ashleigh Rodriguez	Javelin	5th, 41.90m
Clara Savchik	1500m
Nati Sheppard	Pole Vault
Leigha Torino	1500m
Chesney Ward	Pole Vault
Sheridan Wilbur	1500m
Stefani Vukajlovic	Hammer Throw