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Men's Track & Field

West Liberty Tim Weaver Invitation Recap

The West Virginia Wesleyan Track team was back in action this weekend at the West Liberty Tim Weaver Invitational. Events were won and School Records were broken. 

Two throwers broke the school record in the hammer throw at this event. Jacqualin Leanman threw a distance of 43.01 meters placing her 8th in the event, while Jack Ingram threw a distance of 49.27 meters and a finish of 5th place. Royell Salmon also broke the school record in the long jump event with a distance of 7.39 meters winning the event. The men's 4x100 team of Gavin McKnight, Lucas Anderson, Royell Salmon, and Taiwo Babawale-Thropp broke the school record with a time of 40.87 seconds, which won the event. 

The men's 1500 Dec had two Wesleyan athletes at the top of the leaderboard, Cole Bracken and Peyton Slider. The men, Jonathan Norton, Kent Niland, and Evan Pyles, also had a clean sweep of the top three positions in the 5K event. 

Both Dakota Johnson and Lindsey Dillon had a top five finish in the 800m. Samantha Cash won the women's 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.34.

The track team is back in action April 4th weekend at the Dave Labor Invitational.

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Players Mentioned

Cole Bracken

Cole Bracken

DMR
Senior
Evan Pyles

Evan Pyles

5k
Senior
Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Sophomore
Kent Niland

Kent Niland

Sophomore
Royell Salmon

Royell Salmon

200, LJ, TJ, HJ
Sophomore
Taiwo Babawale-Thropp

Taiwo Babawale-Thropp

200,400, 4x400
Sophomore
Dakota  Johnson

Dakota Johnson

800, DMR, 4x400
Junior
Samantha Cash

Samantha Cash

Pent, 60h, 800, HJ, LJ, TJ
Senior
Gavin McKnight

Gavin McKnight

Freshman
Jonathan  Norton

Jonathan Norton

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Cole Bracken

Cole Bracken

Senior
DMR
Evan Pyles

Evan Pyles

Senior
5k
Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Sophomore
Kent Niland

Kent Niland

Sophomore
Royell Salmon

Royell Salmon

Sophomore
200, LJ, TJ, HJ
Taiwo Babawale-Thropp

Taiwo Babawale-Thropp

Sophomore
200,400, 4x400
Dakota  Johnson

Dakota Johnson

Junior
800, DMR, 4x400
Samantha Cash

Samantha Cash

Senior
Pent, 60h, 800, HJ, LJ, TJ
Gavin McKnight

Gavin McKnight

Freshman
Jonathan  Norton

Jonathan Norton

Freshman
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