runners in the 500 meters at Liberty University. PHOTO BY BARRY COX.
The Roanoke College indoor track & field team hit the road for the first time this season when they traveled to Wittenberg for the 2023 Steamer Showcase. In the 400m, Haylee Gamble lowered her ODAC leading time and set a new PR crossing the finish line in 59.26, finishing fourth in the event. Mikayla Hefferon finished sixth in the event with a time of 1:00.06. Gamble also finished second in the 200m with a 25.89 for a new PR and putting her second in ODAC times this season. Grace Fowler finished second in the weight throw (14.68m) and third in the shot put (11.52m). Both marks put her second in the ODAC standings in their respective events. In the men’s mile, Cooper Neeble finished 2nd with a time of 4:18.08. Samuel Crawford broke the Roanoke indoor record in the 400m with a time of 49.49, finishing third at the event, and Crawford also finished third in the 200m with a time of 22.29. In the men’s 4x200m Relay the Roanoke team of Evyn Hughes, a Salem High grad, Jonah Hamman, Dylan Knick and Lorenzo Camobreco finished fifth with a time of 1:35.82.