Dukes Compete at Mason Spring Invitational

Saturday, April 11

Fairfax, Va.

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James Madison University

Mason Spring Invitational

4/11/2015 11:38:00 PM | Track & Field

FAIRFAX, Va. – Competing in Virginia for the second of three consecutive weeks, James Madison qualified two more individuals and one relay for the ECAC Championships at Saturday's Mason Spring Invitational.

After qualifying two relays for the ECAC Championships at last weekend's Colonial Relays, the Dukes added a third at Mason with the 4x100-meter relay. The team of sophomore De'Ana Forbes, sophomore Annie Johnson, freshman Aereale Scott and sophomore Kennedy King placed fourth in 47.03 seconds.

Two hurdlers posted ECAC-qualifying times as senior Jasmine Waddell and freshman Aereale Scott placed sixth and seventh, respectively, in the event. Waddell finished sixth in 14.44 seconds followed immediately by Scott in 14.49 seconds.

Freshman Tyrah Burrow won the 400-meter dash last week at the Colonial Relays and improved that time at the Mason Spring Invitational, placing fifth in 56.31 seconds.

Sophomore Nia Jones placed eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 11.41 meters, while sophomore Kennedy King was 15^th in 10.91 meters. In another jumping event, sophomore Morgan Crewe cleared 1.60 meters on the high jump to place 10^th.

In other top 15 finishes, Johnson claimed 11^th in the 200-meter dash in 25.01 seconds, Waddell placed 13^th in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:04.22 and senior Rachel Hagen was 13^th (18:11.19) in the 3200-meter run.

JMU will host its only home meet of the season next Saturday with competition in the 2015 JMU Invitational. Admission for the event is free while the entire competition will also be streamed on live video on MadiZONE HD SportsNet presented by the JMU Alumni Associaiton.