DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's track and field team had arguably its best outing of the 2015 outdoor season on the final day of competition at the ERAU Spikes Classic. The Eagles combined to hit eight total national qualifying standards on Saturday, including five "A" standards.
Kristen Metcalfe continued her stellar freshman campaign as she led the way for the Eagles with two individual automatic qualifying standards. The 2015 NAIA Indoor All-American posted her first "A" standard of the day in the 400m hurdles as she won the event with a time of 1:02.67. She then followed that up with a second place finish in the 400m dash, posting a "A" standard time of 56.35. Metcalfe has now posted six total national qualifying standards at the three meets in which she has competed this outdoor season.
In addition to Metcalfe, two other Eagles also hit qualifying standards in the 400m hurdles.
Martina Tafoya posted an "A" standard in the event with a time of 1:02.84, while
Halle Green-Anderson hit a "B" standard with a time of 1:04.02, missing out on the automatic qualifying time by just .02 seconds. Metcalfe, Tafoya, and Green-Anderson were the top three finishers in the 400m hurdles.
Green-Anderson, who is the reigning Sun Conference Track Athlete and Field Athlete of the Week, had even more success at the Spikes Classic as she hit two more qualifying standards. The Kingston, Jamaica native won the long jump with a "A" standard leap of 5.73m and was also a part of ERAU's 4x100m relay team, with
Alana Bell,
Kandice Dixon, and Daisha Brow, that hit a "B" standard with a time of 48.26
The Eagles final two qualifying standards of the day also came on the track.
Maite Moscoso posted an "A" standard in the 5000m Racewalk as she crossed the finish line in 23:27.00. Meanwhile,
Marina LeVine won the 800m with a personal record and "B" standard time of 2:15.25. LeVine was just .5 seconds shy of hitting national qualifying time in the same event at last week's UNF Spring Break Invitational.
Also noteworthy, ERAU freshman Cristina Isenard broke the school record in the shot put with a personal record throw of 11.82m.
The Eagles won the ERAU Spikes Classic as they sat atop the final team standings with 107 total points. The Blue and Gold beat out 24 other teams, including nine NCAA programs. This year's ERAU Spikes Classic was the largest track and field meet that Embry-Riddle has ever hosted as it featured nearly 1,800 athletes from 28 colleges and 38 high schools.
The Eagles will return to action next week on Friday, April 10, as the team will head to Jacksonville for the UNF Invitational.
Click HERE for complete results from the 2015 ERAU Spikes Classic.
