JMU Wraps Up Indoor Season at Winter Fiesta

Saturday, February 27

Fairfax, Va.

James Madison University

Mason Winter Fiesta

2/27/2021 5:19:00 PM | Track & Field

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FAIRFAX, Va. – James Madison track and field put on show at the George Mason Winter Fiesta on Saturday as multiple Dukes set personal records in the sole day of competition.

To kick off action, sophomores Bethany Biggi and Erin Babashak fought hard in the pentathlon as they finished second and fifth, respectively with 3,235 and 3,038 points. In the pentathlon 800m race, Biggi won the race as she tied her personal record in 2:28.30 while Babashak set her personal record in 2:37.38.

Additionally, Biggi set her personal best in the pentathlon high jump with a leap of 1.61m to win the event. Continuing the personal record trend in field events, freshman Paige Miller set her season-best mark in the high jump at 1.55 meters which landed her in second.

In the pole vault, sophomore Rachel Lloyd finished in fifth place in a personal-best mark of 3.56 meters. Rounding out the field event personal-record breakers is junior Jamie Richards who secured a personal-best mark in the weight throw at 13.22m.

Senior Sophie Bollinger led the way for the Dukes in the running events as she finished in second place in the 1,000m race in 3:03.96, just .53 seconds slower than first place. Classmate Maggie Linton also earned a second-place finish but in the 500m race with a personal record time of 1:16.79.

JMU's freshmen continued to show improvements as Rachel Mayberry and Mary Milby improved their 800m times in 2:23.52 and 2:26.43, respectively. Freshman Maya Gary recorded a personal record time of 27.60 in the 200m race.

Quoting Coach McCown
"Our highlight performances this meet were Maggie Linton's performance in the 500m, Bethany Biggi in the pentathlon and Rachel Lloyd's personal record in the pole vault," head coach Ron McCown said. "As a team, we see what we need to improve on going into the outdoor season and we will keep working hard to make those improvements."

Up Next
The Dukes will begin the 2021 outdoor season by traveling to High Point on March 19-20.