BOSTON, Mass. – The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams capped off a weekend of competition at the ACC Indoor Championships on Saturday (Feb. 24) where Margot Appleton, Samantha Romano, Anna Workman and Conor Murphy earn spots on the podium. The Virginia men finished fifth overall while the women placed seventh.
The Virginia men’s team finished fifth with a total of 64 points and the women finished seventh with 50.5 points. Both teams scored more than ten points higher at this year’s championships than last year.
In the first track event of the day, the Cavaliers tallied 23 total points (13 for the men, 10 for the women) in the one mile final. Gary Martin stormed to the finish in 3:56.15 to secure the silver medal. Not far behind were teammates Nate Mountain (4:00.21) and Wes Porter (4:00.88) in sixth and seventh respectively. In the women’s mile, Anna Workman posted a time of 4:39.37 to finish third earning the bronze medal. Caroline Timm finished fifth in a time of 4:40.84. Both women raced in their first indoor conference final with Workman earning her first indoor ACC medal.
Later in the day, Martin went on to finish third in the 3000m clocking 7:54.59. Doubling in the mile and 3000m at the conference championships displays the Warminster, Pa. native’s depth in the distance events. Also standing atop the podium after 3000 meters was junior Margot Appleton. Appleton ran a seven second indoor personal-best crossing the line in 8:57.53 to finish second and break her own Virginia school record set at this meet one year ago. Appleton continues her record setting weekend as the Mattapoisett, Mass. native was part of the record setting distance medley relay (DMR) team Thursday night.
In the women’s pole vault, Samantha Romano cleared 4.23m (13’ 10.5”) to finish third. Her mark is just off her personal-best of 4.24m (14’ 0.5”). All four of Romano’s clearances came on her third attempt at each height. The sophomore improves upon her finish at the conference championships after finishing fifth in the event a year ago.
In the men’s triple jump, Heldi Valikaj cleared a distance of 15.34 meters (50’4”) for a new personal-best mark. Picking up a point for the Cavaliers was Alex Sherman in the 400m dash finishing sixth in 47.25 and Peter Djan in the 60m hurdles clocking 8.01 for a sixth-place finish.
The quartet of Evans White IV, Alex Sherman, Gage Gose and Jayden Lyons ran a solo 4x400m relay after Boston…