University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Kick-off Track & Field Season
12/05/2010 | Women's Track & Field
Dec. 5, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND - The University of Richmond's 2010-2011 indoor track and field season began this weekend at the Liberty Kick-Off in Lynchburg, Va.
Richmond placed sixth overall in the women's 4x400m relay with a time of 4:30.61. The team included freshman Molly Reilly, senior Amanda Caporelli, freshman Kelsey McKenna, and sophomore Meghan Hart.
Freshman Grace Gibson placed seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 3.00m.
Senior Amanda Caporelli came in fifth-place in the women's long jump (5.37m), accompanied by senior X'auntasia Johnson in 12th-place (5.04m).
Sophomore Kelsey McKenna came in 10th-place with a mark of 9.68m.
Both Meghan Hart and Ann O'Toole participated in the women's pentathlon competition. Hart finished fifth overall with a total of 2847 points; fourth in the 800m run, seventh in the 60m hurdles, second in the high jump, fifth in the long jump, and sixth in the shot put. O'Toole finished seventh with 2540 points; fifth in the 800m run, eighth in the 60m hurdles, eighth in the high jump, seventh in the long jump, and fifth in the shot put competition.
"It was good to get our first meet of the indoor season behind us," said women's head coach Lori Taylor. "The primary purpose was to provide an opportunity to see our athletes compete and for them and our staff to have an opportunity to gauge where they are following the fall preseason. There were some bright spots but we have a lot of work to do... Our athletes go into finals this week, so we'll have a little break on the training schedule. Next week we'll have them back to work building upon their efforts from this fall semester."
For the complete list of results, click here.
The Spiders will be back in action on Jan. 15, 2010 at the Maryland Invitational.
