Track and Field Wraps Second Hurricane Invite

3/25/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's XC/Track & Field

March 25, 2017

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University track and field team took part in Saturday's Hurricane Collegiate Invitational, which included over 10 top-10 showings in the meet and a handful of top all-time program finishes.

Notables:

Jamika Glades, in her debut meet with the Owls, had the squad's top finish: a 59.50 in the 400 meter hurdles, placing her third overall and second for NCAA runners. The time was fourth-fastest ever on the FAU women's outdoors list
Sherline Valentin posted a sixth-place showing in the 400 meters (56.65), with teammate Berneta Boldin 10th
Of the collegians in the 800 meter run, Mikaela Jonsson was eighth (2:14.24), just milliseconds ahead of Frida Thorsås (2:14.31). In the same race, Carydaliz Fontanez set a PR (2:17.49)
Thorsås was also seventh in the javelin, throwing to a distance of 41.73 meters
Liz Wellman ran a 4:44.42 in the 1,500 for ninth place Saturday, and Sophia Clark and Johanna Freeman set PR's
Crystal McDougle was ninth (11.89, a big-time PR and eight-fastest spot all-time), and Deja Jones 11th, in the 100 meter dash
In the 100 hurdles, McDougle got another huge PR, a time of 14.09, moving up to the fourth-fastest slot in FAU history
The 4x400 `A' squad of Glades, Anne-Catherine Wasser, Boldin and Valentin was eighth overall (3:46.07)
All four men competing in the 3,000 meters set new bests: Lachlan Shiver (9:04.04) and Ross Rabalais (9:05.99) were ninth and 10th in the race and eighth and are now 10th all-time in the event for FAU runners. Jonathan Werble (9:11.34) and John Marting (9:12.72) have the next fastest times on the program list

Quotable:

"We made some nice progress today, under tough windy conditions and against some very tough competition," said Head Coach Alex Smolka. "Florida, Virginia, Kansas State and UConn are all nationally-ranked programs. We will learn from the experience we gained today and use it in the weeks to come."

What's Next:

The team takes part in the three-day Florida Relays in Gaineville, running next Thursday, March 30 through Saturday, April 1. Concurrently, some members of the squad head to Daytona Beach on Friday only for the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic.