The Basics
Event: VertKlasse Meeting
Location: High Point, N.C. | Dick Vert Stadium
 
The Lead: Ophelia Ladner broke the program record in the 400m hurdles as the Roanoke women's track & field team competed at High Point University's annual VertKlasse Meeting.
 
Meet Highlights:

• Ladner established a new Roanoke standard in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.00. She placed fifth in her section of the event, and her time ranks second in the ODAC and eighth in NCAA Division III.
• Sarah Fuchs came in 12th in the hammer throw, recording a mark of 42.99m. That distance puts her in fourth place in the ODAC standings.
• The Maroons finished 14th in both relays. The 4x100 team of Kenna Fox, Eleanor Hinckley, Nalonda Henderson and Lindsey Hobin clocked in at 47.99 seconds, while the 4x400 quartet of Hobin, Ladner, Mae Kaufman and Maryrose Molina-Shuman registered a time of 3:57.41. The 4x400 squad now sits in 15th place in the nation.
• In the 5,000m, Savannah Reid placed 23rd in 20:16.92. Evie Magee (20:56.28) and Allie Gallaher (21:02.80) came in 28th and 29th overall.
• Hobin set a personal record in the 200m, crossing the tape with an ODAC-leading time of 25.10 seconds and placing 26th overall.
• Hobin also notched a 28th-place showing in the 400m, completing the race in 59.36 seconds, which ranks third in the conference. Molina-Shuman landed in 31st at 1:00.07.
• In the 100m hurdles, Olivia Viers finished 28th in 15.31 seconds, followed by Cammi Winston (15.67) in 33rd place and Rebecca Carr (15.87) in 35th.
• Henderson placed 28th in the 100m with a season-best time of 12.38 seconds, which is slotted at fourth in the ODAC table.
• Nadira Cantey placed 32nd in the 800m with a time of 2:28.67.
• Fuchs also finished 33rd in the shot put, launching a throw of 10.40m.

Up Next: The Maroons return to the University of Lynchburg for next weekend's Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic.