Virginia Closes Out Regular Season with High Performance Meet

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded the regular season on Sunday (April 28) at Lannigan Field with the Virginia High Performance where Maggie Hock added her name to the record books as Jacob Lemmon and Justin Rogers solidified themselves as some of Virginia’s best.

Hock, Lemmon and Rogers Top-10

• Maggie Hock recorded a new outdoor personal-best in a Virginia uniform in the women’s 800m crossing the line in 2:05.40 to finish third and become sixth all-time in Virginia history.
• Jacob Lemmon finished runner-up in the men’s discus with a new personal-best. On his fourth throw of the competition, Lemmon launched one out 60.50m/198-6 and remains ranked fifth all-time in Virginia history.
• Justin Rogers cleared a new personal-best 5.17m/16-11.50 in the men’s pole vault to finish second, first among collegiate athletes and move up to fourth all-time in Virginia history. Rogers cleared the first three bars on his first attempt at each height before knocking the bar down at 5.27m/17-3.75. Tyler Lynch and Sebastian Phillips also had solid outings in the men’s pole vault clearing a season-best for Lynch (4.77m/15-7.75) and personal-best for Phillips (4.47m/14-8).

Cavalier Distance Continues to Impress

• Jack Eliason and Jacob Hunter recorded top-10 finishes in the men’s 1500m. Eliason crossed the line in sixth place clocking 3:44.62 ahead of Hunter in eighth place with a season-best time of 3:45.49.
• The men’s 1500m also saw four personal bests for the Cavaliers with Justin Wachtel (3:47.44), Scott Sikorski (3:49.22), Billy Atkinson (3:50.38) and Aiden Cox (4:04.07).
• The men’s 1500m invitational section saw a facility record by Cooper Teare of the USA. Teare ran 3:32.16 to shatter Henry Waynne of Virginia’s record of 3:38.05 from 2016. Teare also achieved the Olympic…