Chanticleers Wrap Up VMI Winter Relays; Five Top Ten Finishes

Saturday, February 9

Lexington, VA

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Winter Relays

Chanticleers Wrap Up VMI Winter Relays; Five Top Ten Finishes

2/9/2019 11:43:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Quentin Reed

VMI Winter Relays Results Day Two (PDF)

LEXINGTON, VA. - On Saturday, the Coastal Carolina women's indoor track and field team wrapped up their final day of the VMI Winter Relays as the Chanticleers were able to pick up five top finishes.

Sammy Jo Layko picked up the best performance of the day as the senior thrower finished second in the weight throw when she finished with a personal-best throw of 16.59 meters.

Junior Alyssa LeClaire had her best finish of the season in the 800 meters when she finished the race with a time of 2:17.79. Freshman Rebecca Lehman (2:29.03) and Mya Ray (2:31.66) also competed in the event.

Hesmari Coetzee, Alyssa LeClaire, Mya Ray, and Erica Evans finished the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:55.18 good for seventh place

Junior Lisha van Onselen earned eighth place in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:26.89. Also in the 3000, junior Alexis Carpenter had time of 11:51.18.

After spending Friday competing in two rounds of the 60-meter hurdles, senior Anacia Hines competed in the finals of the aforementioned event and was able to finish eighth with a time of 9:35.

Freshman Heather Delaplaine finished the mile in a personal-best time of 5:21.16 good for 15^th.

Three Chanticleers, Kelsey Briggs (5:12 – 11^th), Kelsia Moore (5:02- 18^th)^,Joya Blackwell ( 4.97m - 22^nd) finished the long jump all in top 25.

The CCU women will be back in action on February 18 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.

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