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RUFFIN, RAMS BREAK RECORDS EN ROUTE TO FIFTH-PLACE SHOWING AT ATLANTIC 10 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet: Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
Location: Mackal Field House – Kingston, R.I.

How It Happened

Ruffin took home the Field Performer of the Meet award after earning 18 points for the Black & Gold. He won the shot put with a record-breaking toss of 58' 5 ¼". She followed that up with a heave of 61' 10 ½" in the weight throw, good for second place and eight more points.
Coles was right behind his classmate in the shot put with a toss of 54' 1" and finished fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 50'11".
Waller set a school record and earned a third-place finish in the heptathlon with point total of 4812. He also scored in the high jump, finishing seventh by clearing 6' 2 ¼".
Junior George Moore had a great performance in the 500-meter, coming in second by just .01 seconds with a time of 1:04.12.
Moore teamed up with Tehquin Warrick, Andrew Shipp and Jacob Garcia for a third-place finish in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:20.78.
Sophomore Kyle Martin medaled in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.16, good for third place. He tied the school record earlier in the day during the prelims with a time of 8.15.
Warrick also scored in the 200m with a time of 22.53 (7th) and 400m with a time fo 50.42 (5th).
Shipp also scored in the triple jump (45' – 5th) and long jump (21' 9 ¾" – 8th).
Sophomore Desmond Smallwood scored in both the 60m with a time of 7.07 (6th) and 200m with a time of 22.75 (8th).

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PORTER, RAMS SET ATLANTIC 10 HISTORY EN ROUTE TO FOURTH-PLACE FINISH
Meet: Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
Location: Mackal Field House – Kingston, R.I.

The Short Story: Juniors Kiara Porter and Alexis Stroman made Atlantic 10 history with record breaking times to lead the VCU women's track & field team to a fourth-place overall finish at the A-10 Indoor Championships. Porter won the 60m, 200m and 400m at the meet, including a school record and A-10 record time in the 60. Stroman blistered the track en route to a win and meet record in the 60-meter hurdles. Senior Jalessa Williams scored the most points of any field athlete at the meet with a victory in the shot put and second-place finish in the weight throw.

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Day One Results

AMHERST, Mass. – The VCU women's track & field squad got points from five different student-athletes on the first day of the 2014 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships and sit in seventh place with plenty of plenty of scoring still left on the board.

VCU finished the first day with 19 points, just 39 points away from first-place Dayton. The Rams had qualifiers in the finals in every event that had preliminaries on Saturday, including several events with multiple finalists.

Senior Jaleesa Williams had the Rams' top performance on Friday with a school-record breaking performance in the hammer throw. Her throw of 173' 8" broke Ruth Conlon's 18 year old school record and earned her a second place finish in the event. Williams now owns every women's throwing record at VCU.

Sophomore Briana Ratchford and freshman De'Nisha Smith both posted fifth place finishes on Friday for the Black & Gold. Ratchford unleashed a throw of 137' 4" in the javelin to score four points, while Smith cleared 18' 3 ¼" in the long jump to tally points for the Rams.

Senior Megan Simpson and junior Sarah Fulgham combined for three points in the high jump, both clearing 5' 3" to tie for seventh place.

Entering Sunday's final day, the Rams have multiple finalists in the 100-meter, 200-meter, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.

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