LYNCHBURG, Va. – Shenandoah University posted four championships Friday on day one of the 2021 ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Emily Miller and Kaitlin Measell won the steeplechase and the long jump, respectively, for the women with John Kindig taking both the hammer and shot put for the men.

IN BRIEF

The two championships for each gender place both teams in second place after day one of the two-day event.
 
Tournament host Lynchburg leads both the men's and women's events.
 
On the men's side, Shenandoah has 48 points to 79 for Lynchburg. SU is 20 points clear of third place Bridgewater.
 
For the women, Shenandoah's 53 points is 11 better than third place Roanoke and 23 back of Lynchburg.
 
The SU women went 1-2-3-4 in the steeplechase with Miller's 11:36.35 besting Erin Atkinson by just over a minute. Atkinson and third place finisher Samantha Chambers both earn All-ODAC accolades for their performances.
 
Jennifer Macias was fourth for the Hornets.
 
On the men's side in the steeple, Tyler McCarthy earned All-ODAC honors with a third place showing. Jeremy Allinger backed him up by finishing eighth.
 
The shot put was the strongest showing for the SU men as Kindig won it with a 14.26 meter toss and Wyatt Schannauer second at 13.56 meters. James Knave gave Shenandoah a third scoring thrower with a 12.74 throw on his final attempt to finish fifth.
 
Kindig's 51.06 hammer throw gave him a second championship of the day with Matthew Smith fifth and Knave seventh in that same event.
 
In the women's hammer, Jamie Ryan was fourth.
 
Measell had the squad's final win of the day with a 5.51 leap in the long jump. That mark came on her third of six attempts.
 
She will have a chance at a second ODAC title after posting a third place showing in the 100-meter preliminary.
 
Elsewhere in the preliminaries, Miles Moore was second and Andre Jackson fourth in the 100 meters. Moore had a 10.88 and he also finished sixth in the 200 prelim.
 
Elias McGhie qualified for the 400-meter hurdle finals with a third place showing while Matthew Klocke qualified in both the 400 hurdles and the 110-meter high hurdles. He was fifth in the 400 and sixth in the 110 HH.
 
The final scoring came in the men's long jump and the women's 10000. In the long jump, Jason White was seventh and Aymar Bisseck eighth. In the 10K, Miller was fourth and Rebecca Doran fifth.

SU MEN'S TOP EIGHT FINISHERS

Student-Athlete	Event	Time/Distance	Place
Miles Moore	100-meter prelim	10.88 seconds	1st
Andre Jackson	100-meter prelim	10.99 seconds	4th
Miles Moore	200-meter prelim	22.37 seconds	6th
Matthew Klocke	110 HH prelim	16.07 seconds	6th
Elias McGhie	400-meter hurdles	57.01 seconds	3rd
Matthew Klocke	400-meter hurdles	57.84 seconds	5th
Tyler McCarthy	steeplechase	9.45.02	3rd
Jeremy Allinger	steeplechase	10:11.43	8th
Jason White	Long jump	6.46 meters	7th
Aymar Bisseck	Long jump	5.88 meters	8th
John Kindig	Hammer	51.06 meters	1st
Matthew Smith	Hammer	41.47 meters	5th
James Knave	Hammer	38.38 meters	7th
John Kindig	Shot Put	14.26 meters	1st
Wyatt Schannauer	Shot Put	13.56 meters	2nd
James Knave	Shot Put	12.74 meters	5th

 

SU WOMEN'S TOP EIGHT FINISHERS

Student-Athlete	Event	Time/Distance	Place
Kaitlin Measell	100-meter prelim	12.70 seconds	3rd
Emily Miller	10000 meters	40:03.77	4th
Rebecca Doran	10000 meters	40:24.77	5th
Emily Miller	Steeplechase	11:36.35	1st
Erin Atkinson	Steeplechase	12:45.44	2nd
Samantha Chambers	Steeplechase	12:51.24	3rd
Jennifer Macias	Steeplechase	13:21.03	4th
Kaitlin Measell	Long Jump	5.51 meters	1st
Jamie Ryan	Hammer	37.96 meters	4th

 

QUOTABLE

"The men and women looked strong by walking away with two wins on both sides," head coach Andy Marrocco said. "We had our first-ever event sweep in program history, three school records, and a Kaitlin (Measell's) long jump is good for 25^th in the nation."
 

UP NEXT

Following an off-day Saturday, the championships conclude Sunday.
 
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