SEWANEE, Tenn. – Piedmont College's men's and women's track and field teams each defeated Sewanee and Covenant at yesterday's Mountain Laurel Invitational to earn both programs meet titles.
 
The Lion women dominated the meet and scored more than double the points than second place Sewanee, while the men manage to edge Covenant by seven team points. In the process, five school records were broken in Saturday's meet, four of which were on the women's side.
 
Three women's field athletes set new program records, including NAKIYAH WASHINGTON in the shot put. Washington's throw of 11.45 meters was the best of the four Lions in the event and eclipsed her previous school record mark by 0.22 meters.
 
Washington had set the school record just last week at the Berry Invitational.
 
ANN CROMER also outdid her own program record with a 37.59-meter mark in the discus. Cromer had previously set the record at 37.27 meters at the Susan Rouse Invite earlier this season.
 
The third Lady Lion to set a new record was CORTNEY BROWN with a 29.89-meter javelin throw. Brown entered the event at second place in the program record book for the javelin after recording a 28.08-meter mark earlier this year at Southern Wesleyan.
 
VAL ANGEL was the lone Piedmont runner to rewrite the record book on Saturday as she clocked a 11:23.47 in the 3000-meter run to overtake the old mark by precisely two and a half seconds.
 
On the men's side, KILLIAN MCCLAIN added on to another of his records as he broke his previous hammer throw record by nearly 0.3 meters with a 45.55-meter toss.
 
This weekend was the final regular season meet on the schedule for both programs as they now turn their attention to next week's USA South Championship meet. The meet will take place on Wednesday, April 28, and Thursday, April 29, in Berea, Kentucky.
 
 
RESULTS:
Field Events - Bold denotes school record (* = ties existing record)

W High Jump	CORTNEY BROWN (1.35m)
W Pole Vault	MADISON CASSIDY (2.90m) PERRYN MORGAN (2.75m) SAM SEYMOUR (NH)
W Long Jump	KAI DOYLE (4.40m) – 1st MIA MITCHELL (NM)
W Triple Jump	KAI DOYLE (9.66m) – 1st
W Shot Put	NAKIYAH WASHINGTON (11.45m) – 1st   BRITTANY DEVANE (10.44m) MADISON CARVER (9.51m) ABBEY ARNOLD (9.28m)
W Discus	ANN CROMER (37.59) – 1st NAKIYAH WASHINGTON (30.15m) MADISON CARVER (30.08m) BRITTANY DEVANE (29.03m)
W Hammer Throw	ANN CROMER (41.05m) – 1st ABBEY ARNOLD (39.21m) REAGHAN ANDERSON (31.04m) NAKIYAH WASHINGTON (30.93m)
W Javelin	CORTNEY BROWN (29.89m) – 1st   PERRYN MORGAN (28.19m) MADISON CARVER (NM) SAM SEYMOUR (NM)
M Pole Vault	WES ROGERS (3.20m) – 1st JEREMY HALBROOK (3.05m)
M Shot Put	KILLIAN MCCLAIN (11.60m) – 1st MITCH MERSHON (10.99m)
M Discus	KILLIAN MCCLAIN (36.50m) – 1st MITCH MERSHON (26.77m)
M Hammer Throw	KILLIAN MCCLAIN (45.55m) – 1st MITCH MERSHON (34.53m)
M Javelin	JEREMY HALBROOK (37.25m) GARRETT STADLER (34.65m)

 

Track Events – Bold Denotes school record (* = ties existing record)

W 100m	TECA HILL (13.03) – 2nd MIA MITCHELL (13.41) – 3rd JESSICA BEIL (NT)
W 800m	JAYCIE PONCE (2:26.76) – 2nd
W 1500m	JOSEY GEORGE (5:08.21) – 3rd ADDIE BOLTON (5:24.36) – 4th LEEANN LAWRENCE (5:35.71)
W 3000m	VAL ANGEL (11:23.47) – 1st
W 100m Hurdles	KARLA CANTRELL (16.93) – 1st CORTNEY BROWN (18.14)
W 400m Hurdles	KARLA CANTRELL (1:12.86) – 1st SAM SEYMOUR (1:19.22)
M 100m	BRANDON GREGORY (11.70) – 1st
M 800m	JACOB BALOT (1:59.42) – 1st TREY HUGULEY (2:16.54) KESHAWN MAXWELL (NT) CONNOR CREEDON (NT)
M 110m Hurdles	GARRETT STADLER (17.49)

 
 
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