RICHMOND, Va. – Longowod outdoor track put together a solid start to the outdoor season on Friday at the Fred Hardy Invitational in Richmond.
 
The Lancers saw a variety of runners finish inside the top 10 in multiple events, with freshman Sophie Farley again having a standout performance.
 
Farley finished fourth in the 800m, and she finished sixth in the 1,500m in an impressive double.
 
On the men's side, Saad Khan blazed his way to a fifth-place finish in the men's 5,000m unseeded race.
 
TOP RESULTS:
 
Among the 62 runners in the women's 800m, Farley ripped off a 2:13.05 that was only one second off the winning time to finish fourth. She shaved off 11 seconds of the team's 800m outdoor record in the process.
 
She then powered through a 4:33.43 in the women's 1,500 to finish sixth, with her time shattering the team's previous 1,500m outdoor record by 19 seconds.
 
Kirsten Morley also crushed the program's outdoor 5,000m record with an 18:10.40 in the women's seeded 5,000m race. She shattered the record by 29 seconds.
 
Keller and Pinder finished back-to-back in the women's 5,000m unseeded race, with Keller's time of 18:38.58 two seconds ahead of her teammate at 18:40.13. Keller's time also broke the old outdoor record by a second.
 
Khan, meanwhile, crushed it for a personal best in the men's 5,000m unseeded race with a 15:36.93 that was the sixth-fastest outdoor time in team history.
 
Chris Smith raced his way into the team's outdoor record books with a 1:56.28 in the men's 800m. He finished eighth, and he broke the program record by six-tenths of a second.
 
Tristan Duplissey finished 10^th, meanwhile, in the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.50.
 
In the men's triple jump, Matthew Fitzner finished fourth with a best jump of 13.70m, and he was ninth in the long jump with a 6.46m effort. Both marks broke the outdoor records he set last season.
 
The men's 4x100m relay team also broke the team record with a time of 42.02. Cullen Carter broke the men's 200m record as well with a 22.44, and Ayden Stewart was one-hundredth of a second from breaking the 400m record he set last year with a 49.53.
 
Liliana Arevalo broke her own program outdoor record in the women's 400m with a 1:00.06, shaving six-tenths of a second off. Mayson Jenkins' time of 1:00.41 would have broken the record as well.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"Today was a step forward for our program and how we wanted to start our outdoor campaign," said Longwood Head Cross Country & Track Coach Brooke Craig. "PRs, school records and best season openers across the board. We have a race heavy month ahead, and the team is up to the challenge to Raise the Standard."
 
"Overall this was a huge step forward for the program," said assistant coach—head of sprints, jumps and hurdles Rob Gritzer. "It's still early in the season, so to see marks like this from a young group already is a great sign. We've got some little things to clean up, but overall this is exactly where we need to be at this point if we want to accomplish the goals we set back in the fall."
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
Men's 100m
17. Cullen Carter: 11.42
18. Justin Goode: 11.49
 
Women's 100m
36. Taylor Samuels: 13.14
37. Trinity Smith: 13.17
46. Noelle England: 14.01
 
Women's 100m Hurdles
22. Nyomi Rhodes: 29.14
 
Men's 200m
14. Cullen Carter: 22.44
19. Ayden Stewart: 22.61
28. Justin Goode: 23.15
42. Jacob Childs: 24.58
45. Logan Macklin: 25.16
 
Women's 200m
35. Liliana Arevalo: 26.74
39. Mayson Jenkins: 26.99
44. Taylor Samuels: 27.11
65. Trinity Smith: 28.10
67. Jocelyn Zanca: 28.54
 
Men's 400m
11. Ayden Stewart: 49.53
 
Women's 400m
20. Liliana Arevalo: 1:00.06
22. Mayson Jenkins: 1:00.41
38. Kimmy Farrey: 1:07.87
 
Men's 400m Hurdles
10. Tristan Duplissey: 1:00.50
16. Jacob Childs: 1:05.44
 
Women's 400m Hurdles
19. Nyomi Rhodes: 1:13.43
22. Jocelyn Zanca: 1:16.74
23. Alyssa Pillow: 1:20.56
 
Men's 800m
8. Chris Smith: 1:56.28
20. Joshua Martin: 1:58.98
46. Elijah McGee: 2:04.22
47. Connor Williams: 2:04.31
49. Daniel Duarte: 2:07.48
51. Clinton Clancy: 2:09.14
53. Christian Reid: 2:11.92
 
Women's 800m
4. Sophie Farley: 2:13.05
43. Samantha Bolen: 2:27.15
48. Lanie Grogg: 2:29.42
60. Rachel Simmons: 2:48.98
62. Isabella Beasley: 2:54.17
 
Men's 1,500m
49. Clinton Clancy: 4:08.57
52. Christian Reid: 4:09.80
63. Andrew Hathaway: 4:18.94
65. Alec Daniel: 4:23.61
69. Kadin Nitsch: 4:26.46
71. Bryce Christian: 4:32.23
72. Nic Williams: 4:39.43
77. Andrew Bernhardt: 5:04.43
 
Women's 1,500m
6. Sophie Farley: 4:33.43
30. Sam Bolen: 4:47.31
55. Lanie Grogg: 4:58.49
78. Madison Davis: 5:18.31
85. Emily Johnston: 5:30.75
87. Kai Wheeler: 5:34.10
89. Cassandra Miller: 5:40.05
 
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase
11. Olivia Meier: 12:28.79
 
Men's 5,000m Seeded
20. Benjamin Goulet: 15:42.58
 
Men's 5,000m Unseeded
5. Saad Khan: 15:36.93
12. Ethan Pettyjohn: 16:03.59
14. Misha Wiley: 16:11.35
18. Jordyn Dillavou: 16:18.86
23. Andrew Schaefer: 17:05.56
 
Women's 5,000m Seeded
11. Kirsten Morley: 18:10.40
 
Women's 5,000m Unseeded
6. Priscilla Keller: 18:38.58
7. Nicole Pinder: 18:40.13
13. Haley Slattery: 19:06.80
18. Lauren Vick: 20:14.98
 
Men's Long Jump
9. Matthew Fitzner: 6.46m
 
Men's Triple Jump
4. Matthew Fitzner: 13.70m
 
Men's 4x100m Relay
3. Cullen Carter, Justin Goode, Tristan Duplissey, Ayden Stewart: 42.02
 
Men's 4x400m Relay
6. Logan Macklin, Elijah McGee, Joshua Martin, Chris Smith: 3:31.66
 
Women's 4x400m Relay
14. Nyomi Rhodes, Mayson Jenkins, Taylor Samuels, Liliana Arevalo: 4:16.79
16. Jocelyn Zanca, Alyssa Pillow, Olivia Meier, Sophie Farley: 4:37.49
 
UP NEXT:
 
The Lancers return to the track next weekend when they head to Dr. Jack Tom's Invitational in Lynchburg.
 
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