{"id":12004,"date":"2012-03-26T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=12004"},"modified":"2012-03-30T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T21:49:14","slug":"royals-grab-handful-of-high-finishes-at-jopson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/royals-grab-handful-of-high-finishes-at-jopson\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Grab Handful Of High Finishes At Jopson"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 91短视频 track & field teams completed a busy weekend Saturday at the Jopson Invitational in Bridgewater.\u00a0 A few runners also participated the day before at the VMI\/W&L Carnival in Lexington.<\/p>\n
On Friday a trio of Royals ran in packed fields of the 5000m.\u00a0 For the women, Alli Eanes<\/strong> (Harrisonburg, VA\/Westmont Hilltop) and Lanae Kreider<\/strong> (Harrisonburg, VA\/Broadway) took 19th and 20th, respectively, out of 39 D-I, D-II and D-III runners.\u00a0 Eanes crossed in 19:46.72, with Kreider just a couple of steps behind in 19:53.70.<\/p>\n Dan Nafziger<\/a><\/strong> (Harrisonburg, VA\/Harrisonburg) was one of 50 runners on the men’s side, taking 30th with a time of 16:10.33.<\/p>\n The rest of the 91短视频 track team took part in Saturday’s smaller Jopson Invitational on a day mixed with sprinkles and sun.\u00a0\u00a0Freshman Hilton Morgan<\/a><\/strong> (Boyce, VA\/Clarke County) made a splash in his first outdoor meet, grabbing second in the shot put.\u00a0 He was also the top school-affiliated participant with a heave of 13.82m (45-04.25ft) and firmly planted himself third on the 91短视频 All-Time list.\u00a0 Aaron Sloan<\/a><\/strong> (Ooltewah, TN\/McCallie School) was 13th with a top put of 10.40m (34-01.50ft).<\/p>\n Deverin Pate<\/a><\/strong> (Baltimore, MD\/Paul Lawrence Dunbar) nearly won the hammer throw, taking second at 34.03m (111-08ft).\u00a0 Roanoke’s Paul LaPradd won with 34.96m (114-08ft).<\/p>\n Morgan was seventh in the discus, landing at 33.50m (109-11ft).\u00a0 Sloan took sixth in the javelin, with a best throw of 39.14m (128-05ft).<\/p>\n In the 1500m run, David Hooley<\/a><\/strong> (Bluffton, OH\/Bluffton) crossed in 4:30.87, less than a second behind 11th place.\u00a0 Thomas Millary<\/a><\/strong> (Dillsburg, PA\/Homeschool) was fifth in the small field of the 5000m with a time of 18:44.02.<\/p>\n Junior Sophia Holmes<\/strong> (Berryville, VA\/Clarke County) highlighted the day by taking third in the 800m run, crossing in 2:26.56 and also moving into third on the 91短视频 All-Time list.\u00a0 Malika Davis was 15th in 2:42.24 with Hannah Patterson (Puyallup, WA\/Mountainview International) 16th in 2:44.95.<\/p>\n Naomi Good<\/strong> (Columbia, PA\/Lancaster Mennonite) ran in the 400m and took third in 1:05.98.<\/p>\n In the field events, Jenni Beck<\/strong> (Archbold, OH\/Archbold) finished in the middle of the pack in the shot put, taking seventh with a distance of 8.76m (28-09.00ft).\u00a0 Alyssa Bane<\/strong> (Strasburg, VA\/Strasburg) came in ninth in the discus at 27.18m (89-02ft).<\/p>\n Beck and Bethany Hench<\/strong> (Carlisle, PA\/Carlisle) also participated in the javelin.\u00a0 Beck had a best throw of 19.05m (62-06ft) while Hench was just short of her with 18.77m (61-07ft).\u00a0 Bane was fifth out of nine participants in the hammer throw at 31.40m (103-00ft), with Hench landing at 24.76m (81-03ft).<\/p>\n Next up for the Eastern Mennonite athletes is the Towson Invitational in Towson, MD, next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 91短视频 track & field teams completed a busy weekend Saturday at the Jopson Invitational in Bridgewater.\u00a0 A few runners also participated the day before at the VMI\/W&L ... read more about Royals Grab Handful Of High Finishes At Jopson<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":12005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5733],"tags":[14207,13845,14209,14208,14206,13982,7739],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-12004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-outdoor-track","tag-aaron-sloan","tag-dan-nafziger","tag-david-hooley","tag-deverin-pate","tag-hilton-morgan","tag-thomas-millary","tag-track-and-field"],"yoast_head":"\n