Women’s track and field

厂辞辫丑辞尘辞谤别听聽(Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) highlighted the 草莓社区 track & field women at the ODAC Championships as she won two individual titles and broke a record.聽 Roanoke College hosted the conference’s title meet in Salem, Va.

Chappell-Dick claimed a pair of gold medals with the resulting All-ODAC First Team status.聽 In the 1500m, Chappell-Dick had a huge PR to break the ODAC Championships record.聽 The sophomore crossed in 4:38.61, out-pacing rival Annalise Madison of Washington and Lee by a full second.聽 Both runners broke the meet record of 4:43.08, set by All-American Carmen Graves in 2012.聽 It was also an EMU record for Chappell-Dick, who easily broke her own mark of 4:47.12 from last spring.

Chappell-Dick and Madison went head-to-head again in the 800m, with Chappell-Dick again coming out on top.聽 She ran off her EMU record time, but still cleared the field by three seconds with a time of 2:18.31.聽 Teammate聽聽(Goshen, Ind./Goshen) had a great race and PRed in 2:25.23.聽 She finished eighth and just missed pointing by a mere nine-tenths of a second.

In the javelin,聽聽(Gig Harbor, Wash./Peninsula) just missed All-ODAC honors with a fourth-place finish.聽 Borg’s best spear landed at 29.32m to just edge out W&L’s Leigh Dannhauser on her final effort.

The 4x400m relay team grabbed sixth, as聽聽(Puyallup, Wash./Mountainview International), Schirch,聽聽(Harrisonburg, Va./Broadway) and Chappell-Dick combined to time at 4:27.36.

聽(Strasburg, Va./Strasburg) snuck a point in the discus, finishing sixth at 31.45m.

厂别苍颈辞谤听聽(Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant Area) finished her career well, setting her PR in the 5000m with a time of 19:29.20.聽 Similar to Schirch, Rittenhouse finished eighth, with the top six in each event earning points to the team total.

The Royals totaled 26 points to finished seventh out of nine teams at the meet.聽 Roanoke won the team title with 150.33 points.

Men’s track and field

It was almost expected, but the 草莓社区 men’s track & field team made a clean sweep of the high jump medals at the 2014 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship meet.聽 Roanoke hosted the two-day event in Salem, Va., on Friday and Saturday.

EMU entered the ODAC Championships with three of the top four heights in the high jump during the season.聽 They made it a top-three sweep.聽聽聽(Dalton, Ohio/Central Christian) earned his fourth consecutive indoor and outdoor title, as the senior had no problem in clearing 2.04m (6-8.25ft) to win the meet and set a new EMU record.聽聽聽(Richmond, Va./Highland Springs) had the most surprising finish, claiming the silver at 2.02m (6-7.5ft).聽 Moore recently joined the team after the completion of the men’s volleyball season a few weeks ago.聽 厂辞辫丑辞尘辞谤别听聽(Harrisonburg, Va./Eastern Mennonite) was third at 1.91m (6-3.25ft).聽 All three claim All-ODAC status, and each also have a shot at qualifying for the national meet.

聽(Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) just claimed a spot in the finals of the 400m dash, standing sixth after the preliminaries with a time of :50.41.聽 The freshman then set his PR in the finals, finishing fourth with a time of :50.20.

聽(Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) took points in the 3000m steeplechase, earning fifth with a time of 10:19.7.

The 4x400m relay team of聽聽(Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts), Winters,聽聽(Staunton, Va./Fort Defiance) and聽(Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle) was fifth as well, combining for a time of 3:25.08 and a photo finish ahead of Roanoke’s time of 3:25.13.

Thibodeaux and聽聽(Perkasie, Pa./ Christopher Dock) continued their season-long efforts at pushing each other in the 800m.聽 Thibodeaux crossed sixth to grab the final point toward the team total, timing at 1:57.88.聽 He was just three-tenths of a second from jumping into fourth place.聽 Denlinger then took seventh place in 1:58.33.

聽(Millersville, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) set his PR by more than seven seconds in the 5000m run, crossing in 15:26.11 to take sixth place.聽 Classmate聽聽(Sterling, Ill./Sterling) was one position behind him with a time of 15:37.21.

聽(Lynchburg, Va./Heritage) and聽聽(Broadway, Va./Broadway) each qualified for the finals of 110m hurdles, with Cox grabbing sixth place in :16.07.

聽(Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg) was one spot from pointing in the 10,000m run, crossing seventh in 34:22.97.

聽(Staunton, Va./Riverheads) topped his PR on three different efforts in the shot put, and finished eighth with his best heave at 12.38m (40-7.4ft).聽 He also destroyed his PR in the discus, landing at 34.12m (111-11.3ft).

Eastern Mennonite finished seventh in a very tight grouping in the men’s team standings.聽 EMU had 35 points, but was within three points of fourth-place Roanoke at 38.聽 Virginia Wesleyan was fifth with 37 while Shenandoah was sixth at 36.

This was the final meet of the year for most of the Royals, although a few athletes will stick around in efforts to prepare for a potential trip to the NCAA National Championships, which are May 22-24 in Delaware, Ohio.聽 The first meet scheduled as part of that stretch run is the Liberty Twilight Qualifier on Wednesday, April 30.

Chappell-Dick聽 took second place in the 800m, and was easily the top D-III finisher, as she broke her own school record with a time of 2:12.95.聽 Her record from last spring was 2:13.19.聽 The next D-III runner was more than seven seconds behind Chappell-Dick.聽聽聽(Goshen, Ind./Goshen) also had a solid finish in the event, crossing 13th in 2:26.95.聽 She was third among runners from EMU’s level.

Bane also broke her own school mark in the hammer throw, landing at 39.28m (128-10ft).聽 Her previous best was 38.43m (126-1ft), also set in 2013.

聽(Mt. Pleasant, Pa./Mt. Pleasant Area) moved into EMU’s top 10 in the 5000m, setting her PR at 19:37.29.

On the men’s side, the Royals had eight top-10 finishes and three new ODAC qualifiers.

The highest finish went to聽聽(Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite), who ran the 3000m steeplechase and took fourth with a final time of 10:21.78.聽 The finish pits him fifth in EMU history.

Meanwhile the 4x100m relay team crossed in fifth with a time of 43.69.聽聽聽(Freeman, S.D./Freeman Academy),聽聽(Virginia Beach, Va./Bayside),聽聽(Nelson, Va./Nelson County) and聽聽(Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) combined for the No. 5 time in the program’s books.

聽(Millersville, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) and聽聽(Sterling, Ill./Sterling) looked good in the 5000m, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively.聽 Gehman was the top D-III finisher in 15:45.92, while Landis was right behind in 15:48.88.聽聽聽(Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg) tallied 13th and was the fourth D-III runner with a time of 16:28.89.

In the 400m, Winters was seventh and the top D-III male with his time of 50.41.聽 He earns a trip to the ODAC Championships with his finish and is sixth in program history.聽聽聽(Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle) was three spots behind Winters in tenth with a time of 51.74.

聽(Perkasie, Pa./Christopher Dock) had an eighth-place finish in the 800m, timing at 1:57.54.聽聽聽(Staunton, Va./Fort Defiance) was just outside of the top 10 in 11th, with his finish of 1:59.31.聽 He was also 11th in the 1500m in 4:07.30, qualifying for ODACs in the process.

聽(Richmond, Va./Highland Springs), who joined the team with the recent completion of the men’s volleyball season, finished tenth with his first efforts in the long jump.聽 He also earned a trip to the ODAC meet with a landing at 6.37m (20-10.75ft).聽 Moore was also the top D-III finisher.

The Eastern Mennonite track teams are back in action next Saturday at the Mason Spring Invitational, hosted by D-I George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

EMU 3, Coker 2
The first match was a back-and-forth thriller, with the men winning in five. They broke open a close game one when freshman (Chester, Va./Thomas Dale) landed five aces within six serves to build a 19-10 lead.聽 Coker wouldn’t recover in a 25-17 decision.

The Cobras built a small lead in game two, and withstood a late EMU run for a 25-21 win.聽 Eastern Mennonite broke off a 24-24 tie in game three for a 26-24 win, but gave up the final two to Coker in game four to lose 25-23.

The teams were locked up at 10-10 apiece in game five, but the Royals got back-to-back kills to turn momentum into a 15-12 clincher.

EMU hit .242 as a team and landed 10 service aces, headed by Dolan. EMU’s freshman setter lofted 50 assists in his first collegiate effort and had six aces.

(Richmond, Va./Highland Springs) had 21 kills, while (Montpelier, Va./Patrick Henry) had 19 kills.聽 Brigham also had 11 digs. Libero (Creighton, Pa./Deer Lakes) also had 11 good passes. Garret Delph (Berryville, Va./.Leesburg Christian) contributed to six blocks, while (Columbus, Oh./Bishop Watterson) had five stuffs.

Coker 3, EMU 1
The Cobras regrouped by the time the two teams met again Saturday night. They led much of game one, but had to score the final four to steal a 25-23 decision.

EMU played from behind in game two, and forced a number of late ties, but fell 25-22. A big 9-3 run in the middle of the third game gave the Royals the legs for a 25-21 win. But Coker jumped to a 9-2 lead in game four and ran away with a 25-14 win.

Brigham had another double double, notching 13 kills with just three errors while adding 11 digs. Moore led all players with 16 kills. (Lancaster, Pa./J.P. McCaskey) added eight kills. Dolan had another 39 assists.

Guiciardi had a match high 12 digs. Storc was again a force at the net with six blocks.

The Royals are now 1-1 as they prepare for a Monday exhibition against a club team from Liberty University. Start time in Yoder Arena is 7 p.m. No stats will be kept for the exhibition, although there will be a live video webcast.