LEXINGTON, Va. – The Citadel enjoyed a strong final day of the 2021 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by VMI on Sunday afternoon as six cadet-athletes, two individuals and one relay team, earned all-conference honors.
Prince Howard-Whitaker's toss of 54-6 (16.61m) in the weight throw gave him a third-place finish, the fourth-best mark in program history and all-SoCon honors, while
Timiebi Ogobri ran a 6.95 in the 60m dash, also finishing third to capture all-conference honors.
The men's 4x400m quartet of
Kane Duncan,
Treonte Newton,
Jeremy Shipley and
Tyler Manon captured all-conference honors in the final event of the meet, running 3:20.04 to place third overall with the 10th-best time in The Citadel's history.
Men's Results
- In addition to the all-conference performers, Duncan competed individually in the 400m, taking seventh with a time of 50.08.
- Reggie Reynolds, competing alongside Howard-Whitaker in the weight throw, logged a personal-best throw of 48-5.25 (14.76m) to place eighth overall.
- As a team, the men placed seventh in the overall team standings with 45.5 points.
Women's Results
- Like on the men's side, the women's 4x400m team of Joie Royer, Mecca Jackson, Leah Murray and Jay Mitchell also enjoyed a strong performance, taking sixth place with the seventh-best time in school history after a run of 4:02.60.
- Individually, the women had two standout performances in the pole vault, led by Samantha Engel's school-record vault of 10-11.75 (3.35m).
- Emily Hickey also enjoyed a personal-best mark in the pole vault of 10-6 (3.20m), the third-best performance in school history.
- In the 5,000m, Heidi Fortin logged the second-best time ever by a runner from The Citadel and established a new personal-best with a time of 18:23.09.
- The women's team placed eighth in the overall standings with six points for the meet.
Up Next
With the indoor season complete, the Bulldogs will turn their attention to the outdoor campaign that is set to begin later in the spring.
