Gary Martin runs the second best collegial mile in the history of NCAA – the University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily

This weekend was exciting for the Virginia Track and Field, as the bigger part of the team was competing on Invitational on the east coast in Virginia Beach – breaking down many meetings and recording of the facility. Meanwhile, Jr. Gary Martin is traveling to New York for The Millrose Games and had an incredible performance in the men’s mile. His individual efforts and men 4×4 led to two new school records for cavaliers.

“Another strong weekend for the team.” Coach Vin Lanana said. “We have seen numerous records for meetings and facilities and school records from the 4x400m men’s relay. At Millrose, Gary Martin was a phenomenal … It was really a clinic for how to run and Gary would be the one he should watch in the after -season. “

Martin arrived in Millrose Games, ready to make an impact, and he did just that. He shaved a few seconds of his personal record in the sweetheart in men, passing from a previous brand from 3: 54,73 to 3: 48.82. Martin’s time is now the second fastest collegial mile in NCAA history, only half a second behind the brand of Senior Ethan Strand of North Carolina on February 1st.

As for the greater part of the team south along the Invitational on the east coast, the events on Friday on Friday began with the men mile, in which the cavaliers took first to fourth place. The senior Andrew Jones first claims at 4: 01.21, a new personal best, then a graduate student will Daily in second place with a time of 4: 01.62.

Right on Daily’s heels was graduate Jack Ellison at 4: 01.70 and Senior Billy Atkinson, who ranked fourth, 4: 04.27. For the female mile, the freshman Tatum Olessen fights with North Carolina Reese Dalton freshman, ending just behind her at 4: 45.92. Sophomori Kate Desusa and Gylan Bushee took the fourth and fifth, and the senior Sophie Atkinson took sixth place.

Continuing a successful trend, junior Peter Gian is ranked fourth in men in a 60 -meter dash, and Sarah Akpan took fifth for women. Elder Emily Alexandru and sophomore Ariel Fletcher ranked fourth and fifth in women 400 meters, with Alexandru finishing only 0.06 seconds before Fletcher in 56.42.

However, the accent of the day, as usual, came in the form of electrical indicators by Senior Margo Appleton, it broke the record for meetings in running 800 meters and won a new personal record of 2: 06.27. High School Annie Jackson finished a second behind Appleton 2: 07.53, while freshmen Elah Woehckle and Stella Kermes took the fifth and sixth.

The team of men from the distance continued to have a strong day, taking the second and fourth to the sixth in the 800s. The graduate Wes Porter ranked second with a time of 1: 49.42, with freshman James Ford taking the fourth, graduate student Scott Sikorski, and freshman Alex Valencia Six. In long distances, junior Richard Moreno is ranked second in men 3000 in 8: 32.46.

Going to field events, Jr. Justin Rogers won the male pole arch, jumping at a height of 4.85 meters. In the women’s jump of long student Lauren Yboa-Kodi, he was a runner-up with a jump of 5.84 meters.

On the part of the men, Virginia took the first and second place with senior Haidi Valikay and freshman Kaleb Holman, with Valikay jumped 7.3 meters and Holman 7.29 meters.

Junior Jeremiah Nub had another strong meeting, breaking the record for meetings and a facility with a throw of 22.25 meters. The other two cavaliers, junior Kinder Davis and senior John Fay, finished close to third and fourth place.

For the 4×400 meter relay on Saturday, the women ranked first and the men fourth. The male relay, made up of Sherman, sophomore Gage, graduate Max Rousseau and Junior Evans White IV, set a new school record of 3: 10.56, breaking the previous record with 0.96 seconds.

Cavalier women dominated the shot when Senior Brooke Lumpkin won the event and set the new record for a meeting and facility to throw 16.74 meters. High School Estate Valeanu ranked second, and a senior profit from Janae third. For the women’s height jump, Jr. Celia Rifatera won the event and set a new record for a 1.83 -meter jump.

Nourished by the success of Martin and many of the top five graduates from all over the country, Virginia enjoyed a successful weekend. Cavaliers will return to action next week, where you are awaiting prominent competition. The next meetings for Virginia will be Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson – starring Acc Stars – and David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Friday and Saturday.