CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. & LYNCHBURG, Va. – Longwood track wrapped up its regular season over the weekend.
 
Sophie Farley, Chris Smith and Joshua Martin all ran at the Virginia Challenge, and broke some program records in the process, and the rest of the Lancer track team was in Lynchburg at the WildCat Challenge, where a variety of runners won their heats and/or set personal bests.
 
NOTABLE RESULTS:
 
Farley was excellent in both the 800m and 5,000m races. In the 800, Farley knocked another two seconds off of her personal best, which is also the program record, and she finished 12^th in the field with a 2:11.18.
 
Meanwhile, she finished fifth in the women's 5,000m with a 16:48.07, with her time crushing the program record, which was also her personal best, by 22 seconds
 
Smith broke his own program record and personal best in the men's 800m with a 1:54.15.
 
At the WildCat Invitational, both Cullen Carter and Ayden Stewart lowered the program's top 200m time. Carter finished second with a 22.02, and Stewart clocked a 22.14, with both times beating the program record set earlier this year by Stewart. Stewart also won the 400m.
 
Liliana Arevalo became the first Lancer to break 26 seconds on the women's side with a 25.99, and she also broke her own record in the 400m with a program-best 57.60. She finished third in the 200 and second in the 400m. Plush, she also had a personal best in the 100m with a 12.98.
 
Nyomi Rhodes added a program best 1:08.18 to win the 400m hurdles that was also her fastest time at the collegiate level, and she had a personal best of 12.90 in the 100m.
 
Saad Khan broke a decades-old record in the men's 3,000m steeplechase with a 9:52.55 on his way to winning the race.
 
Kris Mickens won the men's long jump, in his second-ever track meet to boot, with a best jump of 6.50m, and Matthew Fitzner was second with a 6.48m effort.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"This was a great weekend to wrap up our second regular season," said Longwood Head Track Coach Brooke Craig. "The program bought into our mission of raising the standard and are ready to prove that in a few weeks at the Big South Championship."

"This was a fun meet for the group with minimal pressure, and it gave the team a chance to execute their race models heading into the Big South Championships," said Longwood Assistant Coach-Head of Sprints, Jumps and Hurdles Rob Gritzer. "They responded well with several lifetime personal bests and a lot of lessons learned. For a young group, I couldn't ask for more from them, and they are ready to really elevate this program to another level in Asheville."
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
 
Women's 800m
12. Sophie Farley: 2:11.18
 
Women's 5,000m
5. Sophie Farley: 16:48.07
 
Men's 800m
40. Chris Smith: 1:54.15
70. Joshua Martin: 1:59.32
 
WILDCAT INVITATIONAL
 
Men's 100m
2. Cullen Carter: 11.14
5. Justin Goode: 11.38
 
Women's 100m
6. Nyomi Rhodes: 12.90
7. Liliana Arevalo: 12.98
8. Mayson Jenkins: 13.14
19. Jada Fyffe: 14.51
 
Women's 100m Hurdles
5. Nyomi Rhodes: 15.97
 
Men's 200m
2. Cullen Carter: 22.02
3. Ayden Stewart: 22.14
7. Justin Goode: 22.73
21. John Louden: 24.22
 
Women's 200m
3. Liliana Arevalo: 25.99
10. Mayson Jenkins: 27.01
11. Taylor Samuels: 27.18
 
Men's 400m
1. Ayden Stewart: 49.16
 
Women's 400m
2. Liliana Arevalo: 57.60
 
Men's 400m Hurdles
7. Jacob Childs: 1:05.01
 
Women's 400m Hurdles
1. Nyomi Rhodes: 1:08.18
7. Jocelyn Zanca: 1:15.22
8. Alyssa Pillow: 1:17.62
 
Men's 800m
12. Elijah McGee: 2:00.81
14. Daniel Duarte: 2:04.04
 
Women's 800m
3. Sam Bolen: 2:23.28
20. Bella Beasley: 2:51.73
 
Men's 1,500m
11. Andrew Schaefer: 4:17.93
16. Alec Daniel: 4:22.65
30. Nicolas Williams: 4:32.76
42. Andrew Bernhardt: 4:50.01
 
Women's 1,500m
5. Lanie Grogg: 4:52.57
6. Nicole Pinder: 4:54.04
23. Lauren Vick: 5:31.30
24. Emily Johnston: 5:32.82
26. Jensen Auman: 5:39.32
28. Kai Wheeler: 5:41.90
29. Olivia Meier: 5:41.94
30. Cassandra Miller: 5:47.74
35. Rachel Simmons: 6:10.12
36. Bella Beasley: 6:20.19
 
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
1. Saad Khan: 9:52.55
4. Kadin Nitsch: 10:52.00
 
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase
3. Olivia Meier: 12:56.90
5. Lauren Vick: 13:00.76
 
Men's 5,000m
1. Clinton Clancy: 15:52.77
2. Jordyn Dillavou: 16:16.89
3. Ethan Pettyjohn: 16:23.71
5. Andrew Schaefer: 17:00.46
6. Misha Wiley: 17:11.37
8. Bryce Christian: 17:28.22
9. Connor Williams: 17:51.30
 
Women's 5,000m
1. Kirsten Morley: 19:19.68
2. Madison Davis: 19:53.93
 
Men's Long Jump
1. Kris Mickens: 6.50m (21' 4")
2. Matthew Fitzner: 6.48m (21' 3 ¼")
 
Men's Triple Jump
2. Matthew Fitzner: 13.26m (43' 6")
 
Women's Triple Jump
10. Taylor Samuels: 10.05m (32' 11 ¾")
 
Women's 4x100m Relay
3. Longwood: 51.61 (Jada Fyffe, Mayson Jenkins, Alyssa Pillow, Taylor Samuels)
 
Men's 4x400m Relay
2. Longwood: 3:33.18 (Jacob Childs, Elijah McGee, Daniel Duarte, Justin Goode)
 
Women's 4x400m Relay
1. Longwood: 4:14.26 (Mayson Jenkins, Alyssa Pillow, Jocelyn Zanca, Nyomi Rhodes)
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood is heading to the Big South Championship next, which runs from May 12-14 in Asheville, North Carolina.
 
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