The Virginia track and field teams competed in their season-opening outdoor meet, the U.Va. Spring Swashbuckle, Saturday at Lannigan Field. Eighteen Cavaliers took victories in their respective events, including four who gave NCAA regional-qualifying performances.
Two of those four athletes were seniors Caitlin Kelly and Billie-Jo Grant, who finished first and second in the discus. Kelly took home the event with a throw of 163-8, and Grant finished right behind with a mark of 161-3.
Sophomore Emil Heineking and senior Kevin Tschirhart also came through with NCAA Regional times in the 1500-meter. Heineking won the event with a time of 3 minutes, 46.62 seconds, and Tschirhart placed second in 3:47.38. Five Cavaliers crossed the finish line before George Mason junior Sam Horn came in sixth in 3:56.34.
The men were not the only squad to excel at running the long 1500-meter race though, as junior Stephanie Garcia, a tableau editor for The Cavalier Daily, won with a time of 4:34.93. Both teams also dominated the 3000-meter races, as freshman Anna Corrigan finished in 10:13.78 and sophomore Andrew Mearns finished in 8:31.77.
Virginia succeeded in the shorter events as well. Senior Sara Casscells earned first place in the 800-meter in 2:15.26, and junior Ayla Smith claimed victories in both the 100-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash. She won the hurdles in 14.09 and the 200-meter in 25.05.
In the 100-meter dash, sophomore Adams Abdulrazaaq won in 10.96, and sophomore Lyndsay Harper finished first in the 400-meter in 58.31.
The men’s and women’s teams also took charge in the field events. Freshman Vincenzo Chiariello and senior Alexa Manning won in the hammer throw competition, sophomore Andrew Fahringer won the discus, sophomore Indira Morton and senior Stephen Thompson took top honors in the javelin, and junior Eric Pickle and freshman Sophia Coleburn won the shot put.
Rounding out Virginia’s stellar performance at the U.Va. Spring Swashbuckle were junior Kathleen Darraugh, who placed first in the pole vault, and sophomore Katie Trizna, who won the high jump.
—compiled by Nick Eilerson
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