Dukes Shine At David Hemery Invitational

Friday, February 9

Boston, MA

All Day

James Madison University

David Hemery Invite

2/10/2018 12:12:00 PM | Track & Field

Results @JMUTrackField

BOSTON, Mass. – James Madison track and field saw three top-eight program performances, five ECAC-qualifying marks and set five new personal records at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Friday.

PROGRAM MARKS
Freshman Tally Lott ran into seventh all-time in the indoor 200-meter dash with a time of 24.99 seconds, which gave her 20th place out of 207 runners and a new personal record.

Sophomore Jordan Bourgeois set her new personal record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.37 seconds. Bourgeois' 400-meter time lands her eighth all-time in JMU history.

Senior Nora Raher crossed the finish line in sixth place out of 50 runners in the 5,000-meter race with an ECAC-qualifying and new personal record time of 16:50.43. With that finish, Raher now sits in fifth in program history.

ECAC MARKS
Junior Meredith Willis notched ECAC-qualifying times in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes with respective times of 7.68 and 24.64 seconds. Willis' 7.68-second 60-meter time landed her sixth out of nine runners in the finals.

In the 1,000-meter race, junior Erica Jackson ran an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:50.91, crossing the finish line in 14th place out of 78 runners.

Freshman Skyla Davidson set her new personal record in the triple jump with an ECAC-qualifying mark of 12.09 meters, landing her in third place out of 35 jumpers.

PERSONAL RECORDS
Junior Erin Saunders set her personal best in the 5,000-meter race in 17:49.41 seconds.

FORBES' DOMINANCE
Senior De'Ana Forbes continued her great stretch of performances in the 60-meter hurdles, as she won the event with a time of 8.55 seconds.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back in action on Feb. 25, as they travel to Fairfax, Va., to compete in the GMU Last Chance at George Mason.