University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Travel To UMass For A-10 Championships
04/30/2014 | Women's Track & Field
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The Richmond women's track and field team travels to Amherst, Mass., this Friday for the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships. The two-day meet, hosted by the University of Massachusetts, is set to get underway on Saturday at 8:45 a.m.
The Spider women's team is sending 20 student-athletes, who look to capture a top-five finish this weekend following their ninth-place finish at last year's conference championships.
LAST TIME OUT
The 4x200m relay comprised of Mary Allen, Deborah Fajuyigbe, Amber Young, and Janel Francis broke the program record with a time of 1:38.87, marking the second time this group has set a new record in the 4x200m relay this season.
The 4x400m relay quartet of Mary Allen, Deborah Fajuyigbe, Amber Young and Jade Gregory ran a season best time of 3:50.27.
Janel Francis also secured a fourth-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 5.81m. This distance is also the second-best mark recorded in the A-10 this season.
2014 A-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION
The A-10 Championships Central page features links to live results, photo galleries, meet schedules, and all other meet information.
Alumni, family and Spider fans at large looking for up-to-the-minute results are encouraged to follow this week's action via live results with additional insight being offered via live in-meet tweets. A complete schedule of events for this weekend's meet can be found here.
A written recap and complete results will be posted on RichmondSpiders.com following each day of action.
Stay updated on all the latest Richmond Track and Field news on RichmondSpiders.com and by accessing Spider Athletics' mobile apps on your Smartphone or tablet. More in-depth coverage can be found by following Head Coach Steve Taylor on Twitter and by reading his blog. The Spiders also have their own Facebook page and have launched their own YouTube Channel as well.
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