LYNCHBURG, Va. – Indoor track season has officially begun for Longwood, as the Lancer men and women made their official debut at the Liberty Kick Off today.
 
The team announced it will begin competing at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championship this academic year for the first time after adding outdoor track two seasons ago.
 
NOTABLE RESULTS:
 
AJ Koval, Benjamin Goulet, Clinton Clancy, and Alec Daniel all made big strides in the 5,000m run with Koval finishing second overall with a time of 15:24.03. His time set the men's indoor record, bettering Matt Kroetch's time set in 2007 by nine seconds.
 
Sophie Farley did what she does best and set a program record in the women's 3,000m run. She finished second with a 9:42.34. She led a strong women's effort in that event with six Lancer women finishing under 11 minutes to rewrite the team records.
 
Andrew Hathaway recorded a time of 4:27.91 in the men's mile to finish 13^th in the field. He beat his personal best by one second and was only one second off the team indoor record.
 
In the men's 1,000m run, the team had a pair of top 10 finishes. Louis Semtner was seventh with a 2:33.27, and Andrew Rutherford was right behind him in ninth with a 2:33.77. The duo both posted the top times in the team's indoor record book.
 
Ayden Stewart finished sixth in the finals of the men's 400m dash, posting a time of 48.98, and Liliana Arevalo placed ninth in the women's 400m dash with a 59.94. She broke her own program record by two seconds to break a minute for the first time in indoor.
 
Stewart also finished sixth in the men's 200m dash with a 22.14, and Jaidyn Foddrell was eighth with a 22.16 in his Longwood debut. Both topped the old program indoor record by half a second, held by Stewart.
 
Chris Smith was eighth in the men's 500m dash with a 1:07.91.
 
Nyomi Rhodes set a personal best, and lowered the team record in the process, in the women's 60m hurdles with a 9.26. She also set a personal best in the 200m with a 25.94 that lowered the program record by more than half a second.
 
The men's 4x400m relay team of Jaidyn Foddrell, Josh Martin, Chris Smith and Ayden Stewart posted a 3:25.07 to lower the team record by two seconds while finishing sixth.
 
The Lancer women's 4x400 relay of Nyomi Rhodes, Riley Humphries, Rachael Zimmer and Liliana Arevalo also lowered the team record with a 4:04.58 while finishing sixth.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"Today was the start for the next step for Longwood Track & Field, and I couldn't be more proud of what the team did over the last two days," said Longwood Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Brooke Craig. "December meets are just a check-in to see where you're at before winter break, and the team is looking better than they ever have. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season."
 
"Also, I wanted to give a shout out to my assistant coach, Jacob Torres, who has raised the bar for Longwood sprints, jumps and hurdles in just his first meet," Craig added about her first-year assistant coach who joined the program this summer.
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
Men's 60m Hurdles
12. Zach Seidel: 8.36
 
Men's 60m Dash
18. Jaidyn Foddrell: 7.05
33. Quinn Marcinek: 7.15
40. Justin Goode: 7.20
44. Kris Mickens: 7.25 (7.241)
46. Cullen Carter: 7.25 (7.248)
47. Jack Morris: 7.30
 
Men's 5,000m Run
2. AJ Koval: 15:24.03
6. Benjamin Goulet: 15:36.60
8. Clinton Clancy: 15:47.95
13. Alec Daniel: 16:38.07
 
Women's 60m Hurdles
17. Nyomi Rhodes: 9.26
28. Alyssa Pillow: 10.25
 
Women's 60m Dash
33. Rachel Zimmer: 8.00
45. Rickyah Mitchell-Hairston: 8.20
52. Kaylen Hill: 8.33
54. Jada Fyffe: 8.56
 
Men's 1 Mile
13. Andrew Hathaway: 14:27.91
 
Men's 1,000m Run
7. Louis Semtner: 2:33.27
9. Andrew Rutherford: 2:33.77
11. Josh Martin: 2:38.52
13. Daniel Duarte: 2:46.78
 
Women's 1,000m Run
15. Riley Humphries: 3:08.96
 
Men's 400m Dash Finals
6. Ayden Stewart: 48.98
 
Women's 400m Dash Finals
9. Liliana Arevalo: 59.94
 
Men's 500m Dash Finals
8. Chris Smith: 1:07.91
 
Men's 800m Run
7. Sean Jaqua: 2:04.24
 
Men's 200m Dash
6. Ayden Stewart: 22.14
8. Jaidyn Foddrell: 22.16
24. Justin Goode: 22.68
28. Zach Seidel: 22.89
40. Quinn Marcinek: 23.46
42. Jackson Morris: 23.52
 
Women's 200m Dash
28. Nyomi Rhodes: 25.94
35. Rachel Zimmer: 26.79
36. Liliana Arevalo: 26.88
39. Taylor Samuels: 27.13
44. Rickyah Mitchell-Hairston: 27.94
51. Alyssa Pillow: 30.09
 
Men's 3,000m Run
21. Andrew Hathaway: 9:18.46
22. Sean Arjona: 9:19.13
23. Christian Reid: 9:21.78
26. Javier Roldan: 9:32.09
30. Bryce Christian: 9:56.06
31. Kadin Nitsch: 10:04.20
 
Women's 3,000m Run
2. Sophie Farley: 9:42.34
18. Kirsten Morley: 10:25.27
24. Sam Bolen: 10:30.38
29. Sydney O'Hara-Wood: 10:39.88
31. Madison Davis: 10:53.02
33. Lanie Grogg: 10:56.24
36. Ysabel Wells: 11:26.32
 
Men's 4x400m Relay
6. Longwood A: 3:25.07
11. Longwood B: 3:35.50
 
Women's 4x400m Relay
6. Longwood A: 4:05.58
14. Longwood B: 4:16.07
 
Men's Triple Jump
9. Matthew Fitzner: 43' 4 ¾"
 
Women's Triple Jump
11. Taylor Samuels: 33' 3 ¾"
 
Men's Long Jump Invite
10. Matthew Fitzner: 20' 2 ¾"
 
Women's Long Jump
41. Kaylen Hill: 13' 3 ¾"
 
Men's Long Jump
15. Kris Mickens: 20' ½"
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood returns to Lynchburg for the Liberty Open on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23-24.
 
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