This weekend, a contingent of the Virginia track and field team traveled to Williamsburg for the Colonial Relays, hosted by William & Mary, for three days of competition. The women’s team placed second overall, while the men took fourth.
Virginia had a number of event wins, but the highlight of the meet by far was sophomore Tatum David’s win in the 800 meters, which granted her a new personal record and the Zable Stadium record.
David’s performance in the 800 meters is the fastest run for Virginia this season. She clocked in at 2:05.12 and took down the meet and stadium record. David also nabbed a PR, shaving down her high school record of 2:05.29 and previous college best time of 2:11.32.
Junior Sarah Akpan cleared the field in both the women’s 100 and 200 meter dash this weekend, taking first with times of 11.69 and 23.71, just behind some of her performances from earlier this season.
In the women’s 1,500 meter invite, senior Luci Ilnicki-Lambert capped another event win for the Cavaliers, running 4:29.78 and beating out the second place runner, Wagner junior Laura Trenado by around a second and a half.
Freshman Maya Rollins took home another event win in the 100 meter hurdles in 13.72 seconds, while in the women’s high jump, senior Carly Tarentino jumped 1.79 meters just below her own personal record of 1.80 meters from the Liberty Kickoff in the past indoor season.
Staying in the field, senior Trina Barcarola’s pole vault mark was 3.95 meters, granting her, too, an event win. Senior Mahkaia Lee had a season best in long jump, improving on her previous best outdoor performance by 0.35 meters, and graduate student Lily Hulland won the triple jump with her 12.67 mark, decisively ahead of the unattached runner up.
The women placed second with 124 points behind Bucknell and ahead of William & Mary.
Sophomore Jacob Garnett took second in the men’s 200 meter dash in 21.38, a mere 0.01 seconds behind the first place finisher.
In distance, sophomore Alex Leath and senior Myles Plummer grabbed a third and fourth place finish in the 800 with Leath running 1:50.96 and Plummer 1:51.50, an improvement from his earlier season time of 1:53.71. Leath currently has the No. 1 Virginia 800 time for this season. junior James Donahue ran his way into second, just barely out-kicked by a Stony Brook runner. Donahue’s time was 3:47.48.
Junior Jeremiah Wilson won the men’s 110 meter hurdles in 14.17, and the duo of senior Alex Sherman and sophomore Gage Gose took second and third in the 400 meter hurdles, running 51.32 and 51.97.
Junior Justin Rogers improved his season mark in pole vault, going 4.80 to 4.93 this weekend and cementing his No. 1 outdoor season best placement for the Cavaliers. Rogers placed first overall.
The men’s hammer throw also proved to be a strength for Virginia as freshman Mark Cyr won the event with his 58.97 meter throw. Overall, the men placed fourth with 80.5 points.
The Colonial Relays showed that Virginia’s season is on an upward trajectory with many season bests and event wins for the Cavaliers. They will resume their season Thursday, kicking off the Duke Invitation in Durham, N.C.
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