Serratore Leads Dukes At Liberty Kickoff

Friday, January 26

Lynchburg, Va.

All Day

James Madison University

Liberty Kickoff

1/26/2018 9:06:00 PM | Track & Field

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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Led by junior Nicolette Serratore, James Madison track and field completes competition at the Liberty Kickoff in Lynchburg.

DAY ONE RECAP
Serratore finished third out of 16 competitors in the pentathlon with a total of 3,437 points. Serratore won the shot put with a distance of 10.86 meters. In the long jump, Serratore set her new personal best with a distance of 5.29 meters which gave her second place in the event.

Junior Sidra Morris placed 10^th out of 50 throwers in the weight throw with a throw of 16.21 meters.

DAY TWO RECAP | COMPLETE RESULTS
Morris converted another top-10 finish, as she threw a distance of 14.24 meters in the shot put which landed Morris in fifth place out of 58 throwers.

Senior Madeleine McCarty turned in a ninth place finish out of 28 runners in the 500-meter race with a new personal best of 1:19.44 seconds.

Freshman Brooke Manion legged out her season-best 3,000-meter time of 10:29.15 which landed her 10^th out of 37 runners.

QUOTING COACH FRIAS
"We had a few personal best this weekend and saw more competitive efforts across the board. We are looking forward to another great week of training and carrying the momentum into our next meet."

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