University of Richmond Athletics
Track & Field Readies For A-10 Championship This Weekend At UMass
04/29/2010 | Women's Track & Field
April 29, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - The Richmond track & field team heads to Massachusetts this weekend for the 14th annual Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship hosted by the Minutemen at the UMass Track & Field Complex in Amherst.
The Championship commences Saturday at 8:45 a.m. with the women's heptathlon. On Sunday, the men's decathlon kicks off the final day of competition at 8:45am.
Live audio and video streaming of the two-day Championship is available for $7.95. Click the links below for live video coverage of the Championship.
Meet Information:
• Schedule of Events
• Watch Day 1 Live!
• Watch Day 2 Live!
• Richmond 2010 Performance Lists
• Richmond School Records
Redshirt junior Matt Llano, who did not compete during th 2009 Outdoor season due to injury, has raced once in 2010 as he prepares for the championship portion of the Spiders' schedule. The Broadneck, N.J. native posted the A-10's fastest of the season in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational (28:51.69).
Also among the conference leaders on the men's side is senior Chris Eccleston, who set a school record in the modern javelin with his toss of 198'10" at the George Mason Invitational in March. He ranks second in the A-10 heading into the weekend.
Junior Tim Quinn brings the league's fourth-fastest 5,000m time to Massachusetts after running a 14:36.60 at William & Mary in early April. Senior Garrett Graham was clocked with the league's fourth-fastest 3,000m steeplechase of the season (9:16.34 at Virginia).
The men's sprinters will be aided by five members of the football team set to compete this weekend - Justin Rogers, Seth Williams and Jordan Mitchell crushed the school record in the 4x100m relay (41.20).
On the women's side, a number of Spiders rank among the A-10 leaders this season including overall top marks by senior Megan Ney (long jump) and senior Heather Roush (javelin).
Ney posted her A-10-leading long jump mark of 5.84m at William & Mary, and also ranks high with the league's third-best high jump (1.65m) and third-best triple jump (12.02m - which also stands as a school record). She ranks 11th-fastest in the 200m dash (25.63).
Roush owns the league's best javelin mark thanks to her toss of 43.39m at VCU. She also ranks eighth in the discus (42.04m) heading into the Championship.
Senior Amy Van Alstine recorded the league's second-fastest 5,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays in mid-April (16:38.58), while freshman Dana Guglielmo brings the conference's third-fastest 3,000m steeplechase time to UMass (10:44.72).
Stay tuned to RichmondSpiders.com for complete coverage of the A-10 Championship.
