LEXINGTON, Va. – The UNC Pembroke men's track & field team had four tickets punched to the finals tomorrow, while Comfort Agwu took sixth in the women's shot put to highlight Friday's Day 1 action at the VMI Winter Relays.

Calen McKinney (6.85), Jacobe Jones (personal-best 6.91), and Shamar Fields (6.94) finished third, sixth, and eighth, respectively, to qualify for Saturday's 60m finals. Justin Battle crossed in a personal-best time of 8.30 to take fifth in the prelims and punch his ticket to Saturday's 60m hurdles finals. The 4000m DMR team of Jacob Jones, Sean Todd, Charlie Miller, and Conrad Robertson finished third with a time of 10:30.58, while Ed Carney ran a 15:37.43 to take fifth in the 5000m.

Agwu posted a mark of 11.17m in the women's shot put to log the women's best finish on the day.

Both squads will be back in action February 7 to wrap up the two-day event.

 

VMI WINTER RELAYS (FEBRUARY 6-7)
Women's 60m (Prelims)
9	! Janaya Davis-Gainer		7.74
21	Ta'Niyah Glaspie		8.01
27	Amaya Spence		8.09
Women's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
32	McKylee Mosby	10.08
Women's 200m *SATURDAY*
Women's 400m *SATURDAY*
Women's 800m *SATURDAY*
Women's 1 Mile *SATURDAY*
Women's 3000m *SATURDAY*
Women's High Jump
9	Dakota Jernigan	1.55m
Women's Long Jump
12	Kyleigh Pollock		5.11m
18	Naomi Ward		4.41m
--	Nylah Feathers		ND
Women's Shot Put
6	! Comfort Agwu	11.17m
8	Yanelli Dawkins	10.63m
Women's Triple Jump *SATURDAY*
Women's Weight Throw *SATURDAY*
Women's 4x400m Relay *SATURDAY*
Women's 4000m DMR
7	UNC Pembroke (Sofia Skidmore, Devyn Soles, Malea Bennewitz, Sophia Olszak)	12:52.00
Men's 60m (Prelims)
3	Calen McKinney		6.85q
6	! Jacobe Jones		6.91q
8	Shamar Fields		6.94q
22	Mekhi Hayes		7.11
Men's 60m (Finals) *SATURDAY*
Men's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
5	Justin Battle	8.30q
9	! Eli Pineda	8.49
16	Cameron Sessoms	8.83
Men's 60m Hurdles (Finals) *SATURDAY*
Men's 200m *SATURDAY*
Men's 400m *SATURDAY*
Men's 800m *SATURDAY*
Men's 1 Mile *SATURDAY*
Men's 3000m *SATURDAY*
Men's 5000m
5	Ed Carney		15:37.43
Men's High Jump *SATURDAY*
Men's Long Jump
13	! DeQuavious Mosley	6.55m
20	Lamont Duncan	6.24m
--	Quincy Davis	ND
--	Caleb Mason	ND
Men's Pole Vault *SATURDAY*
Men's Shot Put
22	! Gary Parker	12.19m
24	Urijah McDonald	11.90m
31	Abdul Cisse	10.97m
Men's Triple Jump *SATURDAY*
Men's Weight Throw *SATURDAY*
Men's 4x400m Relay *SATURDAY*
Men's 4000m DMR
3	UNC Pembroke 'A' (Jacob Jones, Sean Todd, Charlie Miller, Conrad Robertson)	10:30.58
! = Indoor Personal Best $ = School Record % = Meet Record @ = NCAA Provisional Mark