Trice, a sophomore from Glen Allen, Va., was the top NCAA Division III finisher in two events, setting new ODAC seasonal top times in both at the Liberty Open over the weekend. Trice placed third overall in both the high jump and triple jump, tying for the league lead in the former by clearing a height of 5-feet 3-inches, the best mark for a Bridgewater jumper in seven years. In the triple, she leapt 36-feet 7.5-inches to sit atop the conference by more than a foot. The jump also ranks as the second-best in BC history. Trice also competed in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes, posting times of 8.70 and 30.27 seconds.
Women's Indoor Track Honor Roll
Alyssa Bane, Eastern Mennonite
(Jr - Strasburg, Va.)
Bane placed eighth among D-III competitors in both the shot put
and weight throw at the Liberty Open. He toss of 39-feet
8.75-inches in the weight throw set a new EMU record. She
heaved the shot 30-feet 5.75-inches.
Becca Benfield, Guilford (Fr. - Lawndale, N.C.)
Benfield tied for 14th in the shot put at the
Winston-Salem State Open, tossing the apparatus 32-feet 1-inch to
set a new Guilford record by over a meter. She was the top
D-III finisher in the field.
Aleshia Washington, Lynchburg (Jr. - Virginia Beach,
Va.)
Washington placed second overall and first versus
D-III competition in the long jump and helped LC to a seventh place
finish (second in D-III) in the 4x400-meter relay at the Liberty
Open. Her leap of 17-feet 4.75-inches set a new ODAC top mark
by a little more than half a foot. The Hornets' time of
4:31.57 in the 4x400 relay sits third in the ODAC this season.
Jessica Mejia, Roanoke (Jr. - Centerville, Va.)
Mejia competed in three events at the Liberty open,
finishing tops among D-III competitors in the 200-meter dash in
27.45 and the 60-meter dash in 8.24. She and her teammates
placed fourth overall and first among D-III competitors in the
4x400-meter relay in 4:14.44, which sits atop the ODAC top times so
far this season.
Jaclyn Mohlmann, Shenandoah (Jr. -
Annandale, Va.)
Mohlmann competed in two meets over the past two weeks, placing
fifth and seventh among D-III competitors in the 800-meter run
(2:29.34) and 60-meter hurldes (10.09), respectively, at the Gotham
Cup. She followed that with the top D-III point total (fourth
overall) in the pentathlon at the Liberty Open with 2,841 points.
She also competed in the 60-meter hurdles (9.93), 200-meter
dash (29.98) and 500-meter run (1:25.54). She was the second
D-III finisher in the hurldes, missing the top spot by 0.01
seconds.
Courtney Mebane, Virginia Wesleyan (Sr. - Virginia
Beach, Va.)
Mebane competed in five events at the Hampton
University Indoor Invitational, a meet in which VWC was the lone
D-III competitor, but still placed second in the team standings.
Mebane set a new Marlins record and tied atop the ODAC lists
by clearing 5-feet 3-inches in the high jump, placing second
overall. She was eighth overall in both the long jump (15'
075") and shot put (24' 11.25") and 13th in the 60-meter hurdles
(9.65). She led VWC in each of those events, except the shot
put. Mebane also participated in the 4x400-meter relay, which
placed sixth overall in 4:16.61.