Dukes Rewrite Record Book at JMU Invitational

Saturday, April 17

Harrisonburg, Va.

James Madison University

JMU Invitational

4/17/2021 10:48:00 PM | Track & Field

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Multiple James Madison track & field athletes either moved up or placed their names in the all-time record book at the JMU Invitational on Senior Day at Sentara Park.

During the meet, the Dukes honored nine seniors – Sierra Butler, Kayla Connelly, Katie Fox, Dominique Johnson, Madelynn Knight, Tally Lott, Matasha Martin, Jordan Otto and Alexys Taylor.

Rachel Lloyd competed in the pole vault and finished fourth in a personal-best leap of 3.55 meters. With that mark, she improved to second all-time in program history, passing classmate Erica Moolman (3.52m).

Joining Lloyd in moving up the record book is Skyla Davidson as she won the triple jump in a season best distance of 12.27 meters, marking the only competitor to reach the 12-meter mark. Her leap catapulted her into fifth all-time. Danielle Little shot up to fourth in program history in the hammer throw as she launched a distance of 49.49m.

Maggie Linton earned a silver medal as she crossed the finish line in second in the 800m in a personal record time of 2:10.33, landing her fifth in program history. Maddy Hesler had herself a nice outing in the 3000m steeplechase as she finished third in a season best 11:21.90, which places her ninth in program history.

On her Senior Day, Johnson won the discus throw with a comfortable mark of 48.82 meters as she threw 3.81 meters further than second place. Shelby Staib continued her dominance in the javelin as she notched a second-place finish at 43.60 meters.

Rounding out the field events were Paige Miller and Otto who finished in second and third, respectively in the high jump as the both cleared 1.60 meters. Miranda Stanhope started the trend of good finishes on the track as she placed second in her first career 3,000m race in a time of 9:52.87.

In the final race of the night, Caitlin Swanson placed third in the 5,000m race with a season best time of 17:40.26.

Quoting Coach McCown
"Congratulations are in order for our event champions – Dominique and Skyla," head coach Ron McCown said. "Maggie, Skyla, Maddy, Danielle and Rachel all moved up on our top-10 lists with their performances. They should be proud of this accomplishment. In addition to the above success, we continue to see several personal records from each event group. We have two weeks to be firing on all cylinders and that's what we plan to do. We look forward to being back in action at home for the CAA Championships. Go Dukes!"

Up Next
JMU will have next weekend off as it prepares to host the Colonial Athletic Championships on April 30-May 1 at Sentara Park.