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Men's Track and Field

Keydets Sharp on Day One of SoCon Indoor Championships

Day One Results

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI track and field teams showed well on Day One of the 2022 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by VMI Saturday at the Corps Physical Training Facility.
 
The VMI men's team currently stands in sixth place overall with 13 points while the VMI women are presently in seventh overall with eight team points.
 
Senior sprinter Jordin Poindexter highlighted the opening day for the men's team with a first-place finish in the 60-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 6.79 seconds. He will compete in Sunday's final round looking for an individual title for the event. Freshman Jeremiah Wilks also competed in the prelims and finished in 10th in 7.05 seconds. Poindexter later competed in the 200 meter and came in fifth overall in 22.09 seconds. Wilks trailed closely in sixth in 22.11 seconds.
 
In the mile run, senior Gavin Jenkins arrived in third place in 4:17.61, and junior Trent Whittaker placed fourth in the 800 meter in 1:53.75 ahead of Andre Jordan (9th, 1:55.12) and Zach Lauster (10th, 1:55.41).
 
Senior Johnnie Walker came in fifth place in the 400 meter in 49.57 seconds
 
The men's DMR team consisting of Jordan, Rafael Mas, Whittaker and Jenkins came in third place overall in 10:07.81 for All-Conference accolades.
 
Solomon Ghosh showed well in the shot put with a fifth-place distance of 14.82 meters. Freshman Charles Male finished sixth in the long jump at 6.89 meters ahead of Keyandre Midgett's 11th-place mark of 6.56 meters.
 
After four events, freshman Isaiah Blount sits in seventh place in the heptathlon with 2525 points.
 
Day Two of the SoCon Indoor Championships will start with the men's heptathlon at 9 a.m., the women's triple jump at 10 a.m. and the men's weight throw 10:30 a.m.
 
VMI Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Zack Scott:
"The women and men had personal bests while the VMI track and field alumni from '66-'20 cheered them on. After Day 1, Class of '83 David Neville offered  words of wisdom to prepare our team for Day 2: "Today - good or bad - is the past. What are you going to do next?"
 
 Men's Results - Day 1
1. Samford – 57 points
2. Western Carolina – 49
3. Furman – 34
4. The Citadel – 21
5. ETSU – 18
6. VMI – 13
7. Wofford – 2
8. UNCG – 0
 
Women's results – Day 1
1. Samford – 80.5 points
2. Furman – 35
T3. Wofford – 33
T3. ETSU – 33
5. Western Carolina – 24.5
6. The Citadel – 15
7. VMI – 8
8. Chattanooga – 5
9. UNCG – 0
 
Day 1 champions
Men: Long jump Javell Brown, Western Carolina (7.32 meters); shot put Seth Wolfe, Samford (15.62 meters); high jump Justin Stuckey, Samford (2.10 meters); 3,000-meter run Carson Williams, Furman (8:02.87*); distance medley relay Evan Guzman, Miguel Parrilla, Phelani Maduwa, Matt Scarr, ETSU (9:51.15).
 
Women: Pentathlon Netanya Linares, Wofford (3,673 points); shot put Carisma Holland, The Citadel (14.23 meters); long jump Makaila McIntyre, Western Carolina (5.88 meters); pole vault Brittany Bishop, Samford (4.06m*); 3,000-meter run Madelynne Cadeau (9:36.26); distance medley relay Megan Marvin, Monica Seitz, Nicole Matysik, Bethany Graham, Furman, (11:31.56*).
 
* meet record

 Men's All-Freshman - Day 1
Men's long jump
Charles Male, VMI
Damian Hines, Samford
Owen Barr, Western Carolina
 
Men's shot put
Hunter Davis, VMI
 
Men's high jump
Edric Wendhold, Samford
Joshua Tuell, VMI
Ben Kendall, Wofford
 
Men's 3,000-meter run
Justin Hayes, Western Carolina
Foster Wilfong, Furman
Will Mitchell, Western Carolina
 
Women's All-Freshman – Day 1
Pentathlon
Marga Van Der Linde, Wofford
Ant'wonike Jennings, ETSU
Yvonnia Perrello, VMI
 
Women's shot put
Alex Webb, Samford
Taniyah Thomas, Western Carolina
Yanna Cuesta, The Citadel
 
Women's long jump
Eleyah Armstrong, VMI
Tya Blake, ETSU
 
Women's pole vault
Diana Romero-Barba, ETSU
 
Women's 3,000-meter run
Sierra Bower, Furman
Meghan Ford, Furman
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Solomon Ghosh

Solomon Ghosh

Throws
Freshman
Gavin Jenkins

Gavin Jenkins

Mid-Dist./SC/HJ
Sophomore
Andre Jordan

Andre Jordan

Distance
Freshman
Zach Lauster

Zach Lauster

Distance
Freshman
Rafael Mas

Rafael Mas

Sprints/Relays
Freshman
Jordin Poindexter

Jordin Poindexter

Sprints
Freshman
Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker

Sprints/Relays
Freshman
Keyandre Midgett

Keyandre Midgett

Hurdles-Jumps-Sprints
Sophomore
Trent Whittaker

Trent Whittaker

Mid-Distance
Junior
Isaiah Blount

Isaiah Blount

Multi
Freshman
Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis

Throws
Freshman
Charles Male

Charles Male

Jumps
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Solomon Ghosh

Solomon Ghosh

Freshman
Throws
Gavin Jenkins

Gavin Jenkins

Sophomore
Mid-Dist./SC/HJ
Andre Jordan

Andre Jordan

Freshman
Distance
Zach Lauster

Zach Lauster

Freshman
Distance
Rafael Mas

Rafael Mas

Freshman
Sprints/Relays
Jordin Poindexter

Jordin Poindexter

Freshman
Sprints
Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker

Freshman
Sprints/Relays
Keyandre Midgett

Keyandre Midgett

Sophomore
Hurdles-Jumps-Sprints
Trent Whittaker

Trent Whittaker

Junior
Mid-Distance
Isaiah Blount

Isaiah Blount

Freshman
Multi
Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis

Freshman
Throws
Charles Male

Charles Male

Freshman
Jumps