The Emory & Henry College Track & Field Teams continued the 2021 outdoor season on Friday competing at the EMU Legacy Meet. The Wasps won four events and picked up 14 top-five finishes on the day. Additionally, one E&H record was broken on both the men’s and women’s side of the meet.
Top Men’s Performances
– Junior Edward Rajner won all three of the events in which he competed, highlighted by a school-record performance in the discus at 45.95 meters. He threw the javelin 21.99 meters and the shot 13.35 meters to win those events as well.
– Senior Conor White took runner-up honors in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:19.40 while freshman Orryn McGlone was second in the 400 meters at :59.08. Freshman Kesean Goins, a Marion Senior High School grad from Sugar Grove, was third in the 400 and led E&H with a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters.
– Sophomore Dillon Bradley took fifth in the 400 meters.
Women’s Top Performances
– Junior Lorin Zehr won the discus with a mark of 28.96 meters. She was second in the shot put (9.30m) and third in the javelin, breaking her own school record with a performance of 21.59 meters.
– Freshman Annalyse McHone took second in the 5,000 meters, stopping the watches in 20:30.49.
– Junior Yasmin Thorpe turned in a pair of fourth-place finishes, going 1:14.39 in the 400 meters and :31.98 in the 200 meters.
