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HPU Wraps Up Two Day Meet With a Few Broken Records

Men's Track & Field Becca Ball

HPU Wraps Up Two Day Meet With a Few Broken Records

BLACKSBURG, Va. — High Point University's Cole Wilson and Brianna Malone broke a couple program records, while Reid Holloway tied a program best as the track and field team wrapped up another two-day indoor meet Saturday evening at Virginia Tech's Doc Hale Invitational. 

Wilson opened the meet in the pentathlon with a few PRs and a broken program record. Wilson PR'd in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.50 and the shot put with a mark of 13.31m for a record-breaking total of 5,419 points.

Competing on the women's side was Ava Bugenhagen who managed to secure several PRs in the Pentathlon as well. Bugenhagen PR'd in the 800m with a time of 2:31.17, the long jump with a mark of 4.43m, and shot put with a mark of 8.42m. All together, the freshman scored a career-high point total of 2,707 for a 6th place finish.

Andrew Taylor and Chris Van Niekerk represented High Point in field events. Taylor represented HPU in the high jump, where he secured a mark of 2.15m, while Van Niekerk competed in the shot put where he threw a mark of 18.46m. Both Taylor and Van Niekerk secured a second-place finish in their respective events. 

Aiden Soto kicked off the running events on Saturday in the 800m with a new PR time of 1:55.04 to place 9th overall. 

Malone represented the women in the 800m race. Malone posted a time of 2:07.97 to set a new program record and place fourth overall. Nikki Frail also competed in the 800m and finished seven seconds behind Malone to place in the top-10. Later in the day, both Malone and Frail, along with teammates Olive Allen and Joanna Poland, posted an 8th place finish in the 4x400m with a time of 3:57.65. 

Sydney Horn, Rachel Vesper, and Auriane Viola represented the Panthers in the pole vault. Horn posted a fourth-place finish with a mark of 4.39m, while Vesper and Viola placed eighth and ninth, respectively, both with a mark of 4.09m. 

For the men, Holloway secured a new PR in pole vault with a mark of 5.22m, which tied the program's previous best, to place in the top-5. 

Up Next: The Panthers travel to Nashville, Tenn., for another two-day meet at the Music City Invitational next weekend Feb. 9-10.

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Players Mentioned

Olive Allen

Olive Allen

Distance
5' 2"
Graduate Student
Nikki Frail

Nikki Frail

Distance
Junior
Sydney Horn

Sydney Horn

Pole Vault
Senior
Joanna Poland

Joanna Poland

Distance
Sophomore
Rachel Vesper

Rachel Vesper

Pole Vault
Senior
Ava Bugenhagen

Ava Bugenhagen

Combined Events
5' 4"
Freshman
Brianna Malone

Brianna Malone

Distance
Freshman
Auriane Viola

Auriane Viola

Pole Vault
Graduate Student
Reid Holloway

Reid Holloway

Pole Vault
5' 11"
Sophomore
Chris Van Niekerk

Chris Van Niekerk

Throws
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Olive Allen

Olive Allen

5' 2"
Graduate Student
Distance
Nikki Frail

Nikki Frail

Junior
Distance
Sydney Horn

Sydney Horn

Senior
Pole Vault
Joanna Poland

Joanna Poland

Sophomore
Distance
Rachel Vesper

Rachel Vesper

Senior
Pole Vault
Ava Bugenhagen

Ava Bugenhagen

5' 4"
Freshman
Combined Events
Brianna Malone

Brianna Malone

Freshman
Distance
Auriane Viola

Auriane Viola

Graduate Student
Pole Vault
Reid Holloway

Reid Holloway

5' 11"
Sophomore
Pole Vault
Chris Van Niekerk

Chris Van Niekerk

Graduate Student
Throws