Lady Rams stand in sixth after day one of CAA Championships

Apr 22, 2005

FAIRFAX, Va. – After the first day of competition, the Virginia Commonwealth women's track and field team stands in sixth place with 25 points at the Colonial Athletic Association Track and Field Championships. Fourteen of those points were scored during the long jump competition, as freshman Sheemeca Berkley (Madison Heights, Va./Amherst County), pictured, took home the conference title and an automatic berth in NCAA Regionals with her season-best leap of 18-10.0.
Also scoring in the long jump for the Rams were junior Yvette Simmons (Newport News, Va./Denbigh), who placed sixth with a mark of 17-8.75, and freshman Christina Ford (Hampton, Va./Bethel), who placed eighth with a leap of 17-4.0.
Jennell Holmes (Yorktown, Va./York) scored three points in the hammer throw after her mark of 137-5, giving her sixth place in the event. The senior also earned one point as a result of her eight-place throw of 95-8 in the javelin.
Sophomore Lauren Stewart (Richmond, Va./Governor's School) earned five points in the pole vault with her fourth-place mark of 10-11.75. Junior Emily Thompson (Crozet, Va./Western Albemarle) turned in her best performance of the season in the 3000m steeplechase. Her seventh-place finish of 11:38.18 gave the team two points.
The College of William & Mary leads the competition with 94 points. The rest of the events will take place tomorrow and results will be made available upon completion of the meet.