Lady Buffs earn national marks at Virginia Tech
(Blacksburg, Va.) --- The Milligan College women's track team earned three NAIA national qualifiers on day one of the Virginia Tech Invitational Friday at the Hokies Rector Fieldhouse. The Buffs and Lady Buffs faced teams from the Univ. of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Mason, James Madison, UNC-Charlotte, Georgetown, Virginia, VMI, and Norfolk State.
Senior All-American Megan Lease again led the Lady Buffs with a third-place finish in the 5000 meter run with a national mark of 18:03, her fastest season opener to date.
"Megan is battling a little knee tendonitis, but she's shown a great deal of early season strength that should really have her ready once nationals rolls around in March," said head coach Chris Layne.
Freshman Jacklyn Talbert ran a qualifying time of 3:05.91 in the 1000 meter run, while teammate Kortney Goulds, competing in her first-ever indoor track meet, ran 3:08.25 to also get the indoor standard in the same event. Talbert and Goulds finished 13th and 16th, respectively, in the all NCAA D-I field of 33 athletes.
In other women's action, the women's distance medley team finished 10th overall, and sophomore Erika Fox ran an indoor best for the 5000 meter run with a time of 20:19.
"We're a young squad, and it showed in a few events, but I was proud of our overall effort," said Layne.
On the men's side, senior Brandon Talbert finished 26th overall in the men's 5000 meter run with a new lifetime best performance of 16:37.
Both squads will stay at home next weekend and compete in the ETSU Niswonger Invitational. The meet starts Friday Jan. 20 and runs through Jan. 21.
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