W&M sets 3 records, 1 frosh mark; men 3rd, women T-4th at CAAs

William & Mary track and field athletes set three school records at the CAA outdoor championships May 14-15 in Greensboro.
The men’s team finished third and the women’s team tied for fourth at the conference meet.
School records broken at the meet were the men’s 4×400 relay (3:09.63), Jackie Jones in the women’s 100 meters (11.62), and Emily Ervin in the women’s 400 meters (54.07).
Freshman Summer Mellow set a new W&M freshman record in the women’s 100 meters (12.03).
W&M won three events at the CAA championships: Collin Walsh (men’s steeplechase), Catherine Garrison (women’s steeplechase), and Brian Walsh (men’s decathlon, setting a CAA meet record).
Other school records were set earlier in the season by Lauren Jones (women’s long jump), Elizabeth Strobach (women’s pole vault), Avery Glidden (women’s 400 hurdles), Austin Rice (men’s 400 meters), and Catherine Garrison (women’s steeplechase).
The men’s 4×800 relay team ran the third-fastest time in W&M history at the Penn Relays.
The Tribe next competes at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Florida beginning May 28.

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