Highlanders Post Three Firsts and Nine School Records at Shamrock Invitational

Conway, S.C. -- Radford’s Track and Field squads recently participated at Coastal Carolina’s Shamrock Invitational on Saturday where nine school records, eight of which were at least four years old, were broken. Freshman Tiffany Evans (Dumfries, Va.) paced the Highlanders with a pair of school record firsts in the shot put and hammer throw, while senior Goran Nava (Castello di Brianza, Italy) notched a first as well, breaking a six-year old school in the 5,000.

Evans recorded distances of 46-04.00 in the shot put and 165-07.00 in the hammer throw, breaking Lisa Dalton's marks set in 2000 and 1999 respectively. She also tossed 124-04 feet in the discus for fifth. Nava posted a 14:48.30 in the 5,000, 11 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor and 18.72 seconds faster than Sean O'Flaherty's school record of 15:07.12 (1998).

Also taking in top five finishes on the women's side were Patricia Coughlin (Penacook, N.H.) in the 100 hurdles (5th/15.80) and pole vault (5th/9-06.25), Kwadena Caple (Richmond, Va.) in the long jump (5th/16-01.75), Ashley Camden (Corunna, Ontario, Canada) in the shot put (5th/37-11.25) and the 4x400 relay team with a time of 4:06.68 (3rd). Coughlin's height in the pole vault improved on her own school record set last season.

On the men's side, five other Highlanders joined Nava in setting new school records. All five of these records had not been broken in five years. Dilyn Gerber's (Camden, Mich.) and Ben Ralls' (Franklin, Tenn.) fourth place finishes in the shot put (49-05.50) and pole vault (13-00.00) respectively set new school marks. T.J. Stahl's (Vienna, Va.) fifth in the hammer (174-10.00), along with Jeremiah Spence's (Riner, Va.) sixth in the discus (139-02.00) and Giancarlo Maragni (Irwin, Pa.) eighth in the 110 hurdles (15.74) were school record performances as well.

Also, the men's 4x400 finished third at 3:21.79, Irvin White (Christiansburg, Va.) placed third in the long jump (21-06.75) while Andre McMillan (Newark, Del.) was fourth in the 200 (22.66).

Radford will head to Charlotte, N.C. to participate in the 49ers Classic from March 18-20.

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