Bulldogs Set Two Records on Second Day of VMI Winter Relays

Saturday, January 30

Lexington, Va.

The Citadel

VMI Winter Relays

Final Results

Bulldogs Set Two Records on Second Day of VMI Winter Relays

1/30/2021 6:52:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Citadel set one school record and another freshman record on the second day of the VMI Winter Relays in Lexington, Virginia.

Men's Breakdown

Kane Duncan captured the victory in the 500-meters with a time of 1:05.93. The time was the third fastest in program history.
Treonte Newton took second in the event with a time of 1:08.19.
Jalen Davis placed eighth in the race with a time of 1:12.01.
Prince Howard-Whitaker took third in the shot put with a throw of 47'0.25".
Devin Merrick cleared 15'1 to take third place in the pole vault. The clearance ranks fourth on the school's all-time indoor list.
Lindsay Pierce cleared 14'7.25" to take seventh in the event.
Prince Moody 6'2.75" to take fourth in the high jump.
Stephen Kraeling placed sixth after also clearing 6'2.75"
The 4x400-meter relay team of Duncan, Newton, Aidan Richter and Davis placed second with a time of 3:28.70.
Timiebi Ogobri took sixth in the 200-meters with a time of 22.61. He was also seventh in the 60-meters with a time of 7.10.
Richter took fifth in the 800-meters with a time of 1:59.16.
Ty Duben finished seventh in the 3000-meters with a time of 9:10.93.

Women's Breakdown

Heidi Fortin set a new indoor school record in the 3,000m with a time of 10:35.38.
The time breaks the old record of 10:36.49 set by Jackie Thompson at the Southern Conference championship meet in 2015.
The freshman quartet of Mecca Jackson, Jay Mitchell, Leah Murray and Gabby Shea ran a 4:11.82 in the 4x400-meter relay to establish new freshman record at The Citadel.
Tamia Burch ran a7.99 to take home the title in the 60-meter dash. She bested her time of 8.11 in the qualifying round.
Murray placed third in the 60m with a time of 8.09.
Jackson finished eighth in the event with a time of 8.47.
Jackson added a sixth-place finish in the 500-meters with a time of 1:27.40.
Mitchell placed sixth in the event with a time of 1:27.71.
Shea finished in eighth place with a time of 1:28.06.
Murray ran a personal-best 26.92 to place sixth in the 200-meters. The time was good enough for 10^th all-time at The Citadel.
Burch ran a 27.01 to finish eighth.