JMU Wraps Up Weekend At The Keydet Invitational

Friday, January 19

Lexington, Va.

James Madison University

Keydet Invitational

1/20/2018 8:53:00 PM | Track & Field

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LEXINGTON, Va. – A new personal record and three top-ten finishes highlight the James Madison track and field team's weekend at the Keydet Invitational at VMI.

DAY ONE RECAP
QUALIFIED FOR FINALS

Senior Aereale Scott ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.54 seconds which equals her personal record and gave her third place in the semifinals.
Senior De'Ana Forbes' 8.65-second 60-meter hurdle time landed her second in her heat and fifth overall.

OVERALL PLACING

Senior Gina Bischof ran her personal best in the 500-meter race with a time of 1:21.33 which gave her 16^th place out of 31 runners.
Sophomore Caitlin Swanson landed in third place in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:58.53.

DAY TWO RECAP
FINALS | COMPLETE RESULTS

Scott and Forbes finished fifth (8.79 seconds) and sixth (8.80 seconds), respectively in the 60-meter hurdles.
Junior Meredith Willis finished ninth out of 58 runners in the 200-meter dash.
Sophomore Jordan Bourgeois ran a 58.54-second 400-meter dash time which landed her in eighth place out of 43 runners.
Freshman Tally Lott, senior Charlie Bell, Bourgeois and Willis represented the James Madison 'A' team in the 4x400-meter relay and crossed the finish line in 6^th place out of 20 teams with a time of 3:53.56.

PERSONAL RECORD

Lott bested her 200-meter dash time from the Navy Lid Lifter (26.39 seconds) with a 25.78-second mark on Saturday.

QUOTING COACH FRIAS
"This weekend was a good benchmark of where we are in our training. We had a few personal bests and close to record breaking races. The plan is to continue to develop over the next few weeks and prepare for the championship season."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will travel to State College, Pa., to compete in the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Feb. 2-3.