Highlanders Set Eight More Records at Appalachian State Indoor Meet

LEXINGTON, Va. -- After setting six school records last weekend, the Highlanders improved on that number this week as eight individual records were set, including the first ever women’s pole vault in school history. Along with the records, Radford University recorded 20 top-10 finishes, including seven top-fives as they competed at the Fifth Appalachian Indoor Track Meet from the Homes Center.

On the women’s side, the Highlanders had four top-five finishes and a pair of records set. Natasha Tyler (Columbia, Md.) paced the women’s sprinting corps with second and fourth place finishes in the 400 (57.58) and 200 (26.05) respectively. Latesha Coulter (Woodbridge, Va.) finished .14 seconds behind Tyler, placing fifth in the 200 (26.29). Tricia Coughlin (Penacook, N.H.) was fourth in the high jump with a leap of 5’01.75”.

Amanda Webber (Woodbridge, Va.) recorded the first ever height for Radford in the indoor pole vault (7’06.00), good for 10th. Coming of a school record performance in the 800 last week, Amy Gediman (Midlothian, Va.) set the mile record with a time of 5:34.00.

On the men’s side, six more records were set to go along with four top-five finishes. With fifth place finishes, Irvin White (Christiansburg, Va.) and Charles Musindu (Falls Church, Va.) improved on their own records in the long jump (22’06.25”) and weight throw (51’09.00”) respectively. Goran Nava (Castello Brianza, Italy), who set the one mile record last week, broke the 800 meter record with a third place finish time of 1:53.85.

Also posting school records were Antoine Woods (Woodbridge, Va.) improving on his 55 meter hurdle time (7.87, 6th), Andre McMillan (Newark, Del.) in the 400 meter (50.07, 10th) and Brandon Huntley (Lakewood, Wash.) in the prelims of the 55 meter dash (6.53).

The Highlanders will participate at the Christopher Newport Invitational on Jan. 24 and 25 in Newport News, Va.

Radford University Results

Overall (vs. Collegiate Only)

Women’s 55 Meter Dash (Prelims)
Latesha Coulter 7.38

Women’s 55 Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
Tricia Coughlin 8.75
Latoya Noel 9.82
Amber Godsey 10.20

Women’s 200 Meter
4 – Natasha Tyler 26.05
5 – Latesha Coulter 26.29
17 (16) – Kwadena Caple 27.15
20 (19) – Michelle Ayler 27.62

Women’s 400 Meter
2 – Natasha Tyler 57.58
17 (15) – Kwadena Caple 61.42
20 (18) – Latoya Noel 63.12

Women’s 800 Meter
9 – Tara Stirewalt 2:29.52
14 (13) – Danielle Tyler 2:30.54
22 (21) – Mandy Maben 2:39.44

Women’s 1 Mile
T10 – Amy Gediman 5:34.00* school record
34 (31) – Jessica Roche 6:47.00

Women’s 3,000 Meter
24 – Tricia Benson 11:45.58
30 (29) – Beth Hayward 12:03.72

Women’s 4x400 Relay
7 (16) – RU ‘A’ 4:03.74
Tyler, Coulter, Gediman, Caple

Women’s High Jump
4 (3) – Tricia Couglin 5’01.75, 1.57m
10 (9) – Jean Tarascio 4’11.75, 1.52m

Women’s Pole Vault
10 – Amanda Webber 7’06.00* school record

Women’s Long Jump
27 – Kwadena Caple 16’01.00, 4.90m
31 – Latoya Noel 13’11.00, 4.24m

Women’s Shot Put
26 – Angela Amiss 29’02.50, 8.90m
27 – Mandy Maben 27’11.00, 8.51m

Women’s Weight Throw
16 (15) – Courtney Hendricks 37’08.50, 11.49m
19 (18) – Tricia Benson 35’05.25, 10.80m

Men’s 55 Meter Dash (Prelims)
Brandon Huntley 6.53* school record
Dominic Williams 6.56
Irvin White 6.65
Shawn McGuire 6.71

Men’s 55 Meter Hurdles
6 (4)- Antoine Woods 7.87* school record
7 (5) – Rochelle Black 8.01

Men’s 200 Meter
7 (6) – Andre McMillan 22.77
16 (15) – Larry Battle 23.23
18 (17) – Robert Knight 23.34

Men’s 400 Meter
10 (9) – Andre McMillan 50.07* school record
12 (11) – Jay Moore 50.75
18 (17) – James Hobson 51.46
19 (18) – Chris Reiser 51.47

Men’s 800 Meter
3 – Goran Nava 1:53.85* school record
12 (10) – Tony Zanca 2:03.00

Men’s 1 Mile
6 (5) – Tim Dutton 4:30.55
9 (6) – Abdi Dubed 4:33.92

Men’s 3,000 Meter
9 (7) – Goran Nava 9:04.47

Men’s 4x400 Relay
5 - Radford ‘A’ 3:22.90
Black, Reiser, McMillan, Jay Moore
8 - Radford ‘B’ 3:24.34
Williams, Woods, Knight, Battle

Men’s Long Jump
5 (4) – Irvin White 22’06.25”, 6.86m* school record
8 (7) – Jared Saunders 21’10.75, 6.67m
20 (18) – Brandon Huntley 20’10.50”

Men’s Triple Jump
11 (10) – Jared Saunders 44’05.25, 13.54m
14 (13) – Irvin White 43’10.00”, 13.36m
T16 (T15) – Brandon Huntley 42’11.75”, 13.10m

Men’s Shot Put
17 - Charles Musindu 41’02.25”, 12.55m

Men’s Weight Throw
5 – Charles Musindu 51’09.00” 15.77* school record