Raleigh Relays
When:
Friday-Saturday, March 30-31
Where:
N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C.
The George Mason track & field team returns to action this
weekend, competing at the Raleigh Relays on the campus of N.C. State.
Junior
Mandissa Marshall and sophomore Amanda Denger are the reigning female CAA Track
& Field Athletes of the week after their performances at the W&L/VMI
Track Carnival.
At
the meet, Marshall shattered her school record set the previous week with a
vault of 4.30m. In addition to being a school record, her height was also a
meet record and is currently the second-best mark in the country.
Denger
set a meet record and personal best with 4,674 points in the heptathlon,
besting the previous meet mark of 3,728 points. Denger won six of the seven
events comprising the heptathlon, including the 200m dash (25.33), 800m run
(2:28.30), 100m hurdles (15.80), long jump (4.96m), shot put (11.09m) and
javelin (33.79m). The only event she did not win was the high jump, where she
finished in second place (1.54m). Her point total is the ninth-best nationally.
The
Patriots also received a top national time from Everett Hackett last week at
the W&M Tribe Invitational. Competing in the 10,000m run, Hackett finished
in a time of 29:43.17, which is currently the second-best time in the country.
