Mary Baldwin recorded a handful of Top 10 performances and eight personal bests Friday at the Rockingham Collegiate Classic, hosted by Bridgewater, in the teams' final training meet for the 2025 USA South Indoor Track & Field championship, which will be held Friday, Feb. 28, at the JDL FastTrack.
Lepatrick Bridges crossed the finish line in sixth place in the 400-meter dash in a personal record of 53.18, and also ran the third leg of the 4,000-meter distance medley relay with
Brendan Plogger,
Tristen Bannasch and
Caleb Smith that finished in fifth place in 11:57.2. Bridges was also 22nd in the 200-meter dash in a personal best time of 23.95.
Lamiyah Martinez was strong in the women's throwing events, placing eighth in both the weight throw (personal record 11.12m) and the shot put (8.87m). Also for the women's team,
Caroline Motley ran to fifth place in the 3,000-meter run in 11:39.65.
Anna Brude also had a pair of personal best outings, finishing 12th in the 400 (1:12.30) and 18th in the long jump (3.95m). Also strong in the women's competition was
Kaitlin Bower, who was 16th in the 60-meter dash (8.69) and 13th in the long nump (4.44m)
Other person best performances were turned in by
David Shultz, who was 35th in the mile run (5:34.06),
Brandon Jones, 14th in the shot put (11.56m) and
Alma Gonzalez-Hayes in the shot put (7.17m)
Feb. 21, 2025 – Rockingham Collegiate Classic (hosted by Bridgewater College)
Men
60 – 28.
Brandon Jones 8.13; 29.
Tristen Bannasch 8.29; 31.
Otto Escobedo-Delgado 8.60
200 – 22. Lepatrick Bridges 23.95 (PR)
400 – 6. Lepatrick Bridges 53.18 (PR); 15.
Brendan Plogger 59.12
800 – 20.
Caleb Smith 2:12.76 (PR)
Mile – 35.
David Shultz, 5:34.06 (PR); 37.
Daniel Diaczyszyn 5:41.57
4,000 DMR – 5. Mary Baldwin (
Brendan Plogger,
Tristen Bannasch, Lepatrick Bridges,
Caleb Smith) 11:57.2
Shot put – 14.
Brandon Jones 11.56m (PR); 17.
Omarion Lacroix 10.84mÂ
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Women
60 – 16.
Kaitlin Bower 8.69
200 – 23.
Anna Bruce 31.45; 25. Tiffany Wise 38.45
400 – 12.
Anna Bruce 1:12.30 (PR)
3,000 – 5.
Caroline Motley 11:39.65
Long jump – 13.
Kaitlin Bower 4.44m; 17.
Imari Knight 4.04m; 18.
Anna Bruce 3.95m (PR)
Weight Throw – 8.
Lamiyah Martinez 11.12m (PR)
Shot put – 8.
Lamiyah Martinez 8.87m; 15.
Alma Gonzalez-Hayes 7.17m (PR)
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