Page Takes First in Hammer Throw

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Citadel track and field teams competed in the first day of the Weems Baskin Invitational on Friday.

Freshman Jessy Page took first place in the women's hammer throw final with a toss of 160 feet, 7 inches. Junior Mady Riegel and sophomore Kameron Cass both competed in the javelin and placed second with a toss of 141-11 and fifth with a toss of 124-4, respectively.

Junior Grace Jenkins took eighth place in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 19 minutes, 55.15 seconds.

For the men's team, sophomore Charlie Halter finished fourth in the javelin with a throw of 173-10, and senior Jackson Butkus took third place in Group B with a throw of 148-6.

Sophomore Stephen Kulick, freshman Mustapha Elgarzar, freshman Trey McClary and junior Jamie Cunningham placed third in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 7:55.85. Junior Michael Lantz took sixth place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:41.28.

Day two of the invitational is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Live stats and full meet results will be available at CitadelSports.com.

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Schedule

Players Mentioned

Jackson Butkus

Kameron Cass

Jamie Cunningham

Grace Jenkins

Michael Lantz

Trey McClary

Jessy Page

Mady Riegel

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