Dukes Close ECAC Championships With Two Top-10 Marks

Friday, March 6

Boston, Mass.

All Day

James Madison University

ECAC Indoor Championships

3/8/2015 7:35:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

BOSTON – The James Madison track & field team closed out its 2015 indoor season Sunday on the third and final day of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships at Boston University with appearances in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles and the distance medley relay.

After advancing through the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries and semifinals on Saturday, sophomore De'Ana Forbes finished the event in seventh overall with a time of 8.78 seconds to earn JMU two points in the final standings for the Dukes. Earlier in the season, Forbes broke the school record in the event with a time of 8.56 seconds at the Kentucky Invitational on Jan. 17.

The only other race JMU runners competed in Sunday was the distance medley relay. Sophomore Tessa Mundell, freshman Erica Gray and seniors Destiny Simmons and Kelsey Langton picked up JMU's last four points at the meet with a fifth-place finish after posting a mark of 11:52.18. The team finished one second behind a team from UMBC, who finished fourth.

With 12 points overall, JMU finished 26th of 48 teams competing at the event. With 53 points, UConn won its second ECAC indoor championship in a row, outlasting Albany by five points.

With the indoor season now in the rearview mirror, the Dukes return to action when they open their outdoor season March 21 in Charlottesville, Va., at the Virginia Cup.