Track & Field competes indoors for first time in two seasons at CNU Holiday Open

NEWPOERT NEWS, Va. – For the first time since March 2020, the Salisbury University men's and women's track and field teams competed indoors. The Sea Gulls opened the 2021-22 indoor season at the CNU Holiday Open at the Vince Brown Track; team scores were not tracked.

RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED

Men

Travis Zimmerman picked up where he left off during the 2021 outdoor season by winning both the shot put (13.39m, 43-11.25) and weight throw (16.49m, 54-1.25). His weight throw distance is currently the 10th-best mark in NCAA Division III. Zimmerman won Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) titles in the outdoor shot put and hammer throw last spring.
The Sea Gulls won the 4x400-meter relay behind the four-man team of Isaiah Myers, Nazaire Spencer, Mike Heinz and Ryan Temple in 3:33.22. Heinz was a late-addition substitute in the third leg of the race.
Sherrod Frye finished second in the triple jump at 13.78 meters (45-2.5), ranking him 10th nationally in the event.
Jacob Shelton and Rashawn Markman each qualified for the finals in the 60-meter dash, with Shelton taking third in the deciding race in a time of 7.08 seconds.
Spencer (52.75) and Myers (52.81) finished second and third, respectively, in the 400-meter dash.
Temple and Heinz each finished top-three in the 800-meter run. Temple took second in 2:03.29, while Heinz finished right behind him in third in 2:03.35.
Austin Foote earned a third-place finish in the mile run, crossing the finish line in 4:36.71.
Sam Bodmer and Ethan Gray finished top-two in the SU-dominated 3,000-meter run. Bodmer won the race in 9:31.89, while Gray took second in 9:33.64.
Andrew McGinley tied for first in the high jump by clearing 1.88 meters (6-2), while Dylan Haun took third place with a height of 1.83 meters (6-0). Markman earned a third-place finish in the long jump at 6.53 meters (21-5.25).
Luis Smith turned in solid performances behind Zimmerman in both the shot put (13.36m, 43-10) and weight throw (14.28m, 46-10.25), taking third place in both events.

Women

Heather Delaplaine broke the tape in the mile run with a time of 5:30.28. Salisbury dominated the event, with Erin Connelly (5:55.20), Maddie Rathmann (5:57.74) and Kate Yokay (6:00.55) finishing second, third and fourth, respectively.
Erin Gebhardt crossed third in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:08.37.
Destinee Ekanem earned a bronze in the 800-meter run in 2:31.22.
Danielle Jensen cleared 10.18 meters (33-4.75) in the triple jump, finishing third.

UP NEXT

The Sea Gulls will be off for a month and a half and return to action at the two-day Eastern Shore Invitational, hosted by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, on January 28-29, 2022.
Events on both days at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne will begin at 9 a.m.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 186 conference championships and 41 Academic All-Americans.

To learn more about the tradition of excellence with Sea Gull Athletics, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.

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