JMU In Sixth Following Day One of CAA Championship

BURLINGTON, N.C. – James Madison track & field sits in sixth through the first day of the CAA Track & Field Championship. The Dukes are sending seven from the first day prelims to the finals on Saturday.

HEPTATHLON
Nicolette Serratore came out strong in the heptathlon winning her 100m hurdles heat and finishing just shy of her personal best time. She earned 802 points and started off in third.

Moving onto the high jump, Serratore looked strong and poised clearing a new personal best 1.62m (5'3.75"). She stayed in third through the high jump.

She then battled in the shot putting up a mark that that finished sixth in the event and kept her in third. Finally, wrapping up the first day of the heptathlon, Serratore competed in the 200m dash. The senior pushed with every ounce she had left and heads into day two in fourth place.

FIELD EVENTS
In the javelin, both Megan Fry and Nicolette Serratore moved onto the finals throwing further than 37m during the opening throws. The freshman earned her first point as a Duke finishing eighth in the javelin with a 39.46m (129'5") throw. Serratore took fourth earning JMU five points with a 41.85m (137'4") mark.

Matasha Martin earned the Dukes points as she finished eighth in the long jump with a personal best mark of 5.76m (18'10.75"). Her distance is also an ECAC qualifying mark.

Senior Sidra Morris took on the hammer throw to wrap up the field events for the opening day. She finished seventh overall with a throw of 52.35m (171'9").

TRACK
Erica Jackson looked strong in the first heat of the 1500m holding the pace for the group. On the final straight away, Jackson and the group all battled but she would come away as the automatic qualifier for the finals finishing first with a 4:42.06 time. Averi Witt also qualified for the finals with her time coming from the first heat.

Olivia Viparina sat comfortably in the pack throughout the 1500m. The senior saw her opening and became the second heat automatic qualifier finishing first in the heat in 4:43.84. The trio will compete in the finals tomorrow.

Anoush Stamm ran a strong 400m dash with a new personal best time of 55.98. She just made the cut for the finals. Tess Lee just missed the cut with a new personal record finishing ninth overall in the prelims.

Senior Meredith Willis came up big in the 100m dash prelims finishing second in her heat but having the third fastest time overall to qualify for the finals tomorrow.

Just like she had done in the 1500m, Jackson was holding pace in the middle of the pack during the 800m prelims. As she rounded the corner for the final 100m, Jackson pushed past and won the heat to be the automatic qualifier for the finals.

Willis continued strong in the sprints by winning her heat in the 200m dash prelims to automatically qualify for the finals. Her 23.84 time was the fastest prelim time going into tomorrow. The senior's time also now stands at the JMU record in the event, she bested Tanique Carter's 23.87 which was set in 2008.

Wrapping up the day, senior Erin Saunders took on the 10000m. From start to finish Saunders looked poised under the stadium lights. She finished seventh overall picking up two points for JMU.

QUOTING COACH MCCOWN
So proud of the efforts put forth by these ladies today. Congratulations to Meredith on her school record in the 200. She qualified for the finals in the 100 also. We had personal bests today by Meredith, Matasha, Anoush and Nicolette. Erica Jackson had a good day qualifying for the finals in the 1500 and the 800. Averi and Olivia both ran well today. Sidra, Megan and Erin competed well today and scored points for us. Tomorrow we have a great chance to put up a good amount of points. This group is extremely competitive and I believe we will see some impressive performances on the final day of this championship. Go Dukes!

UP NEXT
The Dukes wrap up the CAA Track & Field Championship on Saturday with events beginning at 10 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Megan Fry

Erica Jackson

Tess Lee

Matasha Martin

Sidra Morris

Erin Saunders

Nicolette Serratore

Anoush Stamm

Olivia Viparina

Meredith Willis

Averi Witt

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