App State women’s track and field closed out the first day of competition at the Doc Hale VT Meet at Virginia Tech and Camel City Invite at the JDL Fast Track on Friday. The Mountaineers collected a total of nine top-10 finishes on the first day of competition.

Doc Hale VT Meet | Blacksburg, Va.
Senior Mariah Atwater finished fifth overall in the women’s 400 meters with a personal best time of 55.98. Atwater remains third in the App State all-time list for the women’s 400 meters, improving from her previous PR of 56.02. In the women’s long jump, junior Siby Yao and senior Taylor Smith took sixth and eighth, respectively. Yao recorded a personal best leap of 5.90m (19′ 4.25″) and Smith recorded a leap of 5.76m (18′ 10.75″). Freshman Addison Ollendick-Smith placed eighth in the women’s 800 meters, stopping the clock at 2:14.45 for a personal best of her own. Ollendick-Smith remains 10th in the App State all-time list for the women’s 800 meters, improving from her previous PR of 2:15.13.

Camel City Invite | Winston-Salem, N.C.
In the women’s pole vault, senior Celia Agee landed fourth with a clearance of 3.50m (11′ 5.75″) and freshman Ava Studney took fifth, also with a clearance of 3.50m (11′ 5.75″). Freshman Daye Talley took sixth in the women’s 200 meters with a personal best time of 25.95, while sophomore Regan Hodge placed eighth in the women’s 600 meters, stopping the clock at 1:43.66 for a personal best. Hodge’s time places her fifth in the program’s all-time list for the event. Sophomore Graysen Arnold placed eighth with a toss of 16.45m (53′ 11.75″) in the women’s weight throw.