STORY UPDATED 4/14/25

Sprinter Lapatrick Bridges won one event and scored in another while Nicole Black finished second twice to lead Mary Baldwin's contingent at the 2025 Eastern Mennonite University Heritage Invitational track & field meet Friday.

Bridges took top honors in the 400-meter dash (51.20), fourth in the 200 (23.04) and competed on the fourth-place 4x100 relay team (49.99).  Averi Harrod, also crossed the finish line just behind Bridges in both the 200 (5th, 23.29) and 400 (52.06) races and anchored the 4x100 relay team. 

Black led the MBU women's team with second-place finishes in the 1,500-meter run (5:06.05) and the 5,000-meter run (19:17.30).  In the throws, Alma Gonzalez-Hayes finished fifth in the javelin with a personal best toss of 23.00m.

The Fighting Squirrels have one more meet - Saturday, April 19 at Randolph College - to prepare for the 2025 USA South Athletic Conference championship on April 25-26 in Charlotte, N.C.

April 4, 2025 – Eastern Mennonite Heritage University
Men
200 – 4. Lapatrick Bridges 23.04 (PR); 5. Averi Harrod 23.29
400 – 1. Lapatrick Bridges 51.20; 3. Averi Harrod 52.06
800 – 10. Brendan Plogger 2:18.52
1,500 – 10. David Schultz 5:10.69
4x100 relay – 4. Mary Baldwin (Otto Escobedo-Delgado, Lapatrick Bridges, Averi Harrod, Omarion Lacroix) 49.99
Shot put – 11. Brandon Jones 10.70m; 14. Omarion Lacroix 10.29m
Discus – 20. Brandon Jones 24.32m
Javelin – 6. Brandon Jones 34.49m (PR) ; 8. David Schultz 33.68; 10. Tristan Bannasch 33.19m; 12. Omarion Lacroix 31.73m
 
Women
100 – 13. Alecia Oliver 15.33
200 – 14. Anna Bruce 30.12; 15. Alecia Oliver 31.42
800 – 8. Rowan Downer 2:56.05
1,500 – 2. Nicole Black 5:06.24; 9. Rowan Downer 5:53.60 (PR)
5,000 – 2. Nicole Black 19:17.30
Discus – 11. Lamiyah Martinez 20.18m
Hammer – 17. Lamiyah Martinez 22.72m
Javelin – 5. Alma Gonzalez-Hayes 23.00m (PR)