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Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
Roush Takes Javelin, Howard Wins Discus On Day One Of A-10 Championship
05/08/2011 | Women's Track & Field
May 7, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior Monica Howard broke the Atlantic 10 record in winning the discus and senior Heather Roush allowed the Spiders to win the javelin for the eighth year in a row as the first day of the A-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship concluded on Saturday.
Day 1 Results | Coach Taylor's Twitter
The Richmond women are in third-place after Day One with 62.5 points, just seven points shy of leader Charlotte. On the men's side, the Spiders are eighth with 13.5 points.
Howard shattered the meet record with her discus mark of 49.86m, while Roush was third in the discus with a throw of 46.07m.
Roush gave the Spiders another win on Saturday, taking the javelin for third-straight year with her mark of 44.91m. It's the eighth-consecutive year a Richmond woman has won the javelin at the A-10 Outdoor Championship.
Richmond continued its big day in the field events as Meaghan McGovern took second in the hammer throw (55.85m), while Howard finished eighth (46.95m). X'auntasia Johnson was fourth in long jump (5.57m) and Grace Gibson was sixth in pole vault (3.40m).
On the track, Nicol Traynor took the silver medal in the 3,000m steeplechase with her time of 10:11.20, while Jenn Ennis was sixth (10:42.10). In the 10,000m, Julie Rechel took third in a time of 35.31.55 and was followed by Beth Kelly in seventh (36:38.29).
For the men, senior Andrew Benford was second in a lightning-fast 3,000m steeplechase as he put down a meet record and personal-best time of 8:46.12, but was beaten by Temple's Travis Mahoney (8:37.23).
Senior Jon Wilson took home fourth-place in the 10,000m (30:28.78), while Devin Cassels finished eighth in the pole vault (4.35m).
Rounding out Saturday's action was Tremayne Graham, who qualifies for finals in 100m with his time of 10.62.
The final day of the A-10 Championship begins Sunday at 8:45 a.m. in Charlotte, N.C.
