Thibodeaux then came in fourth in the 1500m with a PR time of 4:02.38, putting him fourth in the EMU history books as well.\u00a0\u00a0Jared Nisly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Lancaster, Pa.\/Lancaster Mennonite) destroyed his PR and won his heat by six seconds to take sixth place in the event in 4:08.29.<\/p>\n Freshman\u00a0Austin Hart<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Manheim, Pa.\/Manheim Central) made a dazzling debut in the javelin, coming from the fourth seed to win gold with a PR throw of 50.10m (164-4ft).\u00a0 He moves to No. 5 all-time at EMU.<\/p>\n The men also had some great finishes in the hurdles.\u00a0 The Royals went 1-and-3 in the 400m hurdles, as freshman\u00a0Connor Faint<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Winchester, Va.\/Millbrook) claimed the gold.\u00a0 Faint’s winning time was 54.23, a PR for him and fifth in EMU history.\u00a0 Junior\u00a0Jonathan Bush<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Pottstown, Pa.\/Owen J. Roberts) also staked his PR, taking third place in the race in 57.04 and putting him at No. 10 in the EMU books.<\/p>\n Richard Robinson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Broadway, Va.\/Broadway) pulled away at the finish of the 110m hurdles, grabbing gold and All-ODAC First Team with a time of 15.30.\u00a0 His PR moved him to No. 3 all-time at EMU in the event.\u00a0\u00a0Azariah Cox<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Lynchburg, Va.\/Heritage) had a gritty effort to claim fourth in the race in 16.25.<\/p>\n Jeremy Heizer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Staunton, Va.\/Riverheads) earned a silver in the shot put.\u00a0 The big man landed at 14.39m (47-2.5ft), crushing his outdoor PR and moving to No. 2 in EMU history.\u00a0 He earned All-ODAC Second Team honors with the throw and was just six inches short of first place at 14.54m (47-8.5ft).<\/p>\n The Royals had two point-takers in the high jump.\u00a0\u00a0Drew Vrolijk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Harrisonburg, Va.\/Eastern Mennonite), who entered as the favorite in the event, settled for a bronze finish.\u00a0 He took third based on jumps, tying his season best at 1.91m (6-3.25ft).\u00a0 Faint was sixth at 1.73m (5-8.0ft), setting his PR.<\/p>\n Faint also took a point in the triple jump, earning sixth by a single millimeter with his PR at 13.07m (42-10.75ft).\u00a0 He moves in ninth all-time at EMU as well.<\/p>\n Freshman\u00a0Devantae Dews<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Lynchburg, Va.\/E.C. Glass) took fifth in a tight finals of the 200m dash.\u00a0 After standing in eighth after the prelims, Dews clocked a 22.55 PR in the finals, with all of the top six finished within 0.47 seconds of each other.<\/p>\n Nisly grabbed the final point in the 3000m steeplechase, leading a group of four EMU runners in sixth place with a tie of 10:19.04.<\/p>\n In the relays, the 4x100m squad of\u00a0Chris Miller<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Freeman, S.D.\/Freeman Academy), Dews,\u00a0Justin Bradley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Ashburn, Va.\/Briar Woods) and\u00a0Terry Dotson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Appomattox, Va.\/Appomattox) earned fourth place with a time of 44.05.\u00a0 The 4x400m foursome of Dews, Faint, Bush and Denlinger came in fifth in 3:22.50.<\/p>\n The men racked up 86 points to comfortably finish in third place for their highest outdoor finish since 2006.\u00a0 Bridgewater won the men’s title with 154 points while Lynchburg was second with 132.\u00a0 Washington and Lee was behind the Royals with 66 tallies.<\/p>\n Highlighted by four gold medals, the EMU track and field women earned their highest finish at the ODAC Outdoor Championships in nine year.\u00a0 The meet was hosted by Bridgewater College Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n To no one’s surprise,\u00a0Hannah Chappell-Dick<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bluffton, Ohio\/Bluffton) and\u00a0Kat Lehman<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Dover, Ohio\/Dover) led the charge for the women, with each winning two gold medals with their All-ODAC First Team status.<\/p>\n Chappell-Dick won the 800m and 1500m, breaking the ODAC Championships record in the 800m.\u00a0 In the two-lap race she had a pair of Bridgewater runners hanging near her, but not enough to challenge for top honors.\u00a0 Chappell-Dick won in a time of 2:13.64, breaking the meet record of 2:13.91 set by Roanoke’s Carmen Graves two years ago.<\/p>\n In the 1500m, the All-American was her usual self, leading the pack in 4:46.81.\u00a0 While a comfortable pace off her PR, it was still good enough to give Chappell-Dick the win by more than three seconds.\u00a0 Lehman actually crossed fourth in the race in 4:53.38.<\/p>\n Lehman was then dominant in the two distance events.\u00a0 In the 5000m she broke away from the pack early and strided her way to a facility record time of 18:03.55, breaking the old mark by more than 37 seconds.\u00a0 Teammate\u00a0Jolee Paden<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(St. Joseph, Ill.\/St. Joseph-Ogden) claimed the silver with a second place finish at the ODAC meet, timing at 19:02.62.<\/p>\n Lehman ran a great race to win the 10,000m Friday night.\u00a0 The freshman ran with the pack for most of the race, before making her move with two laps to go.\u00a0 Lehman made a quick pass of Roanoke’s Kerri Dalton to take over the lead, and then bolted away with more than a 19-second margin over the final 800m.\u00a0 Lehman’s winning time was another facility-record 39:01.45, a comfortable win over Dalton’s 39:20.83.\u00a0 Paden stayed with the lead group most of that race as well and came in fifth with a time of 40:03.77.<\/p>\n Oksana Kittrell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bedford, Va.\/Liberty) completed a great first season in the jumping events.\u00a0 She took fourth in the long jump, landing a PR jump at 5.27m (17-3.5ft), less than an inch behind the All-ODAC status of third place at 5.29m (17-4.25ft).\u00a0 The distance also bumped her up to No. 3 in EMU history.\u00a0 In the triple jump, Kittrell grabbed another fourth place finish, totaling 10.72m (35-2ft).<\/p>\n Senior\u00a0Alyssa Bane<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Strasburg, Va.\/Strasburg) was one of four women to break the facility record in the hammer throw.\u00a0 She claimed fourth with a landing at 44.10m (144-5ft), within sight of Bridgewater’ Katelyn Senger in third with 44.18m (144-11ft).\u00a0 It was a huge PR for Bane, upping her own school record, which had been 39.28m (128-10ft).\u00a0 Bane added a point to the team total in the discus, taking sixth with a season best of 31.00m (101-8ft).<\/p>\n Chappell-Dick also earned some points in this high jump.\u00a0 In just her second-ever effort in the event, the junior tied for fourth by clearing 1.51m (4-11.5ft).<\/p>\n Becca Borg<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Peninsula, Wash.\/Gig Harbor) was sixth in the javelin, as the junior landed at 30.97m (101-7ft) and inched up her PR and No. 2 spot in the EMU history books.<\/p>\n Freshman\u00a0Mary Eldridge<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Gig Harbor, Wash.\/Peninsula) grabbed a point in the 3000m steeplechase.\u00a0 She earned sixth place with a time of 13:07.23.<\/p>\n The 4x400m relay team of\u00a0Brittany Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(King George, Va.\/King George), Chappell-Dick,\u00a0Maya McKinsey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Virginia Beach, Va.\/Tallwood) and\u00a0Juni Schirch<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Goshen, Ind.\/Goshen) claimed fourth, just missing All-ODAC status, with a time of 4:04.41.\u00a0 The 4x100m group of\u00a0Makora Nyagwegwe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(East Norriton, Pa.\/Christopher Dock), Chappell-Dick, Kittrell, and McKinsey was sixth with a time of 52.16.<\/p>\n The Royals had 77 points as a team, earning fourth place overall for their highest team finish since 2006.\u00a0 Roanoke won the women’s side with 156 points, followed by Bridgewater at 105 and Washington and Lee at 91.\u00a0 Lynchburg and Virginia Wesleyan were tied for fifth behind EMU with 63.<\/p>\n The ODAC Championships meet completes the main season for the Eastern Mennonite track teams.\u00a0 Now the focus turns to twilight meets and preparing for hopeful runs at the NCAA National Championships in late May.\u00a0 The next meet scheduled for the Royals is the Liberty Twilight Qualifier on April 29.<\/p>\nWomen Stand Fourth At ODACs And Win Individual Honors<\/h1>\n
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