Coastal Carolina Invitational

The Washington and Lee Track & Field teams headed south to compete in the Coastal Carolina University Invitational.  2 first place performances, 12 Top 5 finishes and 1 School Record headlined the meet.

For the women, Elizabeth Webb won the 1,500m running 4:54.70 and came back to place 2^nd in the 3,000m running 10:50.11.  In the same 3,000m race Kat Telfeyan placed 5^th in 11:18.72.  Becca Taylor won the 3,000m Steeplechase running 12:25.75.  She was the first female in W&L history to compete in the event and established a new school record.   Dorothy Todd placed 4^th in the 1,500m running 5:10.19.  Sallie Armstrong was 7^th in the 400 hurdles finishing in 70.42.  The 4x400m relay team of Tara Hildenbrand, Sallie Armstrong, Stephanie Stelter and Stacy Doornbos finished 2^nd running 4:13.37

The men were led by Robbie Varipapa who placed 3^rd in the 1,500m running 4:09.41.  Vance Berry placed 4^th in the 1,500m (4:10.44) and came back to place 6^th in the 3,000m running 9:25.94.  Michael Keenan was 3^rd in the Javelin with a PR toss of 138-5.  Ben Goetsch was tied for 3^rd in the High Jump (6-0.75) and Alex Jackson was 4^th in the 3,000m running 9:15.07.

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