BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field program opened competition at the Doc Hale Invitational at Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Va. on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 6-7) as four Cavaliers record program top 10 marks.
Force in the Field
- Bree Lumpkin won the women's weight throw, recording a new personal best of 18.48m/60-7.75 on her sixth-round throw. With her mark, Lumpkin bettered her Virginia No. 4 all-time mark.
- In the men's weight throw, Jeremiah Nubbe led the trio of Cavaliers with a season best mark of 23.80m/78-1 on his fifth appearance in the ring for the win.
- Nikolaos Polychroniou recorded a new personal best of 23.01m/75-6 on his third throw of the competition. Polychroniou moves up to No. 2 all-time in program history.
- Cale Ayers finished fourth throwing for a new personal best of 21.69m/71-2 on his fifth-round throw and moved up to No. 7 all-time.
- Cavaliers go 1-2-3 in the women's pole vault unseeded section led by freshman Hannah Byrd-Leitner.
- Byrd-Leitner cleared a new personal best of 4.04m/13-3. Her mark ranks No. 6 all-time and No. 2 among freshmen in program history
- Samantha Romano finished runner-up clearing 3.94m/12-11 on her second attempt at the height.
- Finishing in third place was freshman Madison Townsend clearing 3.94m/12-11 for a new personal best.
- In the men's shot put, Jakob Alperin threw for 15.37m/50-5.25 to finish seventh overall.
Up Next
The Cavaliers will continue the indoor season with four meets on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14 including the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C., Darius Dixon Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass. and the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.