Dukes Wrap Up Texas and Colonial Relays

Thursday, March 30

Williamsburg, Va.

James Madison University

Colonial Relays

4/1/2017 9:35:00 PM | Track & Field

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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – James Madison track & field closed out the Colonial Relays in 14th place after three scoring marks at Zable Stadium on Saturday. Meanwhile, at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, the 4x400 team notched a sixth-place finish.

The team of senior Annie Johnson, freshman Alexys Taylor, junior Tyrah Burrow and sophomore Meredith Willis that had set the 4x400 relay school record in the prelims, notched a sixth-place finish at the Texas Relays final. Its mark of 3:41.68 was two tenths of a second slower than the school record.

Sophomore Sidra Morris led the Dukes with six points on Saturday, taking fourth in the shot put with a mark of 13.16 meters (43'2.25").

Two relay teams rounded out the rest of the Dukes' scoring. The distance medley relay team of senior Carol Strock, junior Charlie Bell, senior Tessa Mundell and sophomore Olivia Viparina took fifth place with a time of 11:46.63 to tally four points.

The 4x800 relay squad of juniors Erica Gray, Madeleine McCarty, and sophomores Micaela Poggi and Elise Rasmussen collected one point for its eighth place finish with a mark of 9:27.16.

JMU's 11 points on Saturday brought its total to 30. Bucknell captured the women's championship with a total of 65 points.

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The Dukes will split their squad again next weekend, competing at both the Liberty Collegiate Invite in Lynchburg, Va. on April 7-8 and the Mason Spring Invitational in Fairfax, Va. on April 8.