Track & Field: Hoos conclude regular season at Liberty Twilight Qualifier

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The Virginia No. 20 men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out regular-season competition at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier at Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex in Lynchburg on Wednesday.

CAVALIER TOP 10S …

Jeremiah Nubbe threw a season-best 57.57m/188-10.50 to finish third in the men’s discus, second among collegiate athletes.
Not far off his personal best of 59.42m/194-11 from Texas, Nubbe’s mark ranks No. 7 all-time in program history.
In the women’s pole vault, Madison Townsend cleared a personal best of 4.02m/13-2.25 to finish third in the competition.
Townsend’s mark ranks No. 7 all-time and bettered her freshman No. 5 position in program history.

CAVALIERS SHOW STRENGTH IN THE FIELD …

Grace Smith won the women’s long jump competition with her second-round jump of 6.00m/19-8 (+2.1).
Janae Profit won the women’s discus with her fourth attempt mark of 52.43m/172-0.
Led by Profit, Suzie Kennelly (49.53m/162-5.75) and Theresa Breckley (45.25m/148-5.25) finished fourth and sixth in the women’s discus competition.

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Brooke Lumpkin led the way in the women’s shot put with her mark of 16.13m/52-11 for the win.
After a fourth-place finish in the discus, Breckley finished fifth in the shot put competition with her mark of 13.43m/44-0.25.
In the men’s shot put, Alex Jackson and Jakob Alperin finished third and fourth throwing for 16.81m/55-1.75 and 16.55m/54-3.50, respectively.
Jackson also finished eighth in the men’s discus throwing for 52.05m/170-9.
Samantha Romano cleared a season-best 4.17m/13-8 to finish runner-up in the women’s pole vault.
Bree Lumpkin (56.74m/186-1.75) and Theresa Breckley (56.31m/184-8.75) finished third and fourth in the women’s hammer.
Caleb Holman won the men’s triple jump competition with his mark of 15.57m/51-0.75.

ON TRACK …

The Cavaliers swept the men’s and women’s 400-meter hurdles as Anders Felts clocked 51.84 to win the men’s race and Brooke’Lyn Drakeford won the women’s race in 1:00.41.
Not far behind Felts was Gage Gose in second place with his time of 51.86 in the men’s 400-meter hurdles.
Peter Djan and Ma’Khi Falkquay qualified for the men’s and women’s 100-meter dash final after notching top times in the prelims.
Djan recorded the second fastest qualifying time of 10.53 (+2.6) while Falkquay clocked the fastest qualifying time in the women’s race of 11.60 (+2.3).
Ava Rice and Cassie Callis earned qualifying spots to the final in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Rice led the way with a wind-aided 13.47 (+4.1) for first while Callis dropped 14.30 (+4.1) to finish in fourth place.
In the final, Rice and Callis went 2-3 clocking 13.56 (+2.6) and 14.34 (+2.6) respectively.
Djan also qualified to the final in the men’s 110-meter hurdled with his time of 14.11 (+2.8) which was good for fourth place. In the final, Djan finished second crossing the line in 13.92 (+2.1).
Tyler Edson and James Ford finished in the top five in the men’s 800-meters. Edson clocked 1:51.11 for second place while Ford crossed the line in 1:51.64 for fourth place overall.

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers gear up for post-season competition beginning with the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Cardinal Track Stadium in Louisville, Ky., next Thursday through Saturday (May 14-16).

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