Richmond Opens Day One of Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship with Two Podium Finishes

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The University of Richmond's women's track and field team opened the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a gold and silver medal finish and nine Spiders advancing to the finals.

Capturing gold, junior Molly Wise won the long jump with a mark of 6.09 meters.

In the distance medley relay final, Richmond captured silver with a time of 11:38.63, achieving a new DI ranking of No. 61 for this event. Running the relay were Miller (3:36.92), Elliott (55.90), Lyons (2:12.96), and junior Brooke Reif (4:52.82).

In the 60-meter hurdles, graduate student Darya Mikusova finished with a personal best time of 8.83 and placed seventh.

Senior Elke Van der Westhuizen finished first in the 400 meters with a time of 55.80.

Richmond had two athletes advance to the finals in the 500 meters. Senior Virginia Beringer finished second in the preliminaries with a time of 1:13.45. Sophomore Morgan Elliott finished fourth with a personal best time of 1:15.80.

In the 800 meters, three Spiders advanced to the finals. Freshman Molly Flanagan finished second with a time of 2:14.03, senior Morgan Lyons finished third with a time of 2:15.95, and senior Allison Colflesh finished with a personal best time of 2:15.60 to place fifth.

Senior Dylan Miller finished fifth with a time of 2:53.52 in the 1,000 meters.

In the 200-meter dash, sophomore Gabrielle Cummings finished with a time of 24.67 to place fifth.

In the 5,000-meter final, junior Mollie Fenn and senior Laurel Kurtz collectively scored five points. Fenn finished sixth with a personal best time of 17:05.79, and Kurtz finished fifth with a personal best time of 17:08.02.

Richmond 2025 Atlantic 10 Medals:
Molly Wise (Long jump – 1^st – Gold)
Dylan Miller, Morgan Elliott, Morgan Lyons, Brooke Reif (Distance medley relay – 2^nd - Silver

Atlantic 10 Women's Championship Standings as of 2/28/25
Massachusetts (38 points)
George Mason (35.5 points)
VCU (30 points)
Richmond (23 points)
Fordham (19 points)
La Salle (16 points)
Dayton (15 points)
Duquesne (13 points)
Rhode Island (11 points)
Saint Louis (11 points)
Davidson (8.5 points)
George Washington (8 points)
Loyola Chicago (6 points)

Richmond is back in action tomorrow at 11:10 a.m. for the final day of the Atlantic 10 Championships.

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Richmond Opens Day One of Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship with Two Podium Finishes

Players Mentioned

Virginia Beringer

Allison Colflesh

Gabrielle Cummings

Morgan Elliott

Mollie Fenn

Molly Flanagan

Laurel Kurtz

Morgan Lyons

Darya Mikusova

Dylan Miller

Brooke Reif

Elke Van der Westhuizen

Molly Wise

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