Relays Highlight Day Two of Raleigh Relays

Friday, March 27

Raleigh, N.C.

All Day

James Madison University

Raleigh Relays

3/28/2015 10:33:00 PM | Track & Field

RALEIGH, N.C. – James Madison's second day at the Raleigh Relays was driven by the performances of its relay teams as three of the six event results of the day involved relays.

The day started with the 6,000-meter relay squad earning a fifth-place finish in its first race of the year. The group of senior Tiel Westbrook, freshman Erica Gray, sophomore Carol Strock and sophomore Tessa Mundell finished with a time of 19:19.12.

The 4x200-meter relay also turned in a noteworthy performance with a ninth-place finish out of 25 squads. Sophomore Annie Johnson, senior Destiny Simmons, freshman Tyrah Burrow and sophomore De'Ana Forbes teamed for a time of 1:41.79. JMU's "B" squad of freshman Aereale Scott, sophomore Kennedy King, freshman Tiara Wellman and junior Justice Seward placed 15^th in 1:43.60.

In the other relay of the day, the squad of Simmons, Burrow, senior Jasmine Waddell and Wellman placed 13^th out of 30 entrants in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:57.06.

Among individual events during the day, sophomore Ebony Owusu-Sampah placed 16^th in the triple jump with a distance of 11.64 meters. Waddell covered the 400-meter hurdles circuit in 1:06.68 to place 35^th. Senior Kelsey Langton was 17^th in the 800-meter run in 2:16.93 with senior Morgan Sheaffer just behind in 19^th in 2:17.28.

The Dukes will split next weekend with part of the squad competing in the Colonial Relays at William and Mary while another group travels to Lynchburg to the Liberty Invitational.