The Basics  
Event: 2025 Joe LaRocco Invitational
Location: Salem, Va. (Roanoke College)

The Lead: The Hollins track & field returned to Salem to compete at the , one-day, Joe LaRocco Invitational hosted by Roanoke College. The Green and Gold would record five Personal Best and one Season Best performance while registering four top 10 and five top 20 efforts.
 
Highlights & Notes   
Track Events:

• Jazmine Patterson finished the 60m Dash in a time of 8.40. She was joined by teammates Izzy Workman (9.35) and Jadyn Rhodes, who posted a Personal Best time of 9.68.
• Patterson was 18^th in the 200m at 28.33 while Workman finished in a time of 32.81.
• In the 400m, Patterson once again finished in the top 20 with an 18^th place finish in 1:04.40. Ashlyne Golston posted a collegiate best time of 1:10.79.

Field Events:

• Madison Freideman was 4^th in the High Jump with a height of 1.48m and returned to finish at 4.37m in the Long Jump.
• Arianna Gomez was 16^th in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.69m and was followed by Autumn Dale at 4.42m.
• Gomez was 4^th in the Triple Jump with a final distance of 10.66m.
• In the Shot Put, Sanaa Belton posted a Season Best of 10.34m to claim the 17^th spot and she was followed closely by a Personal Best from Ava Kegler (9.89m) in 20^th. Lilly Phillips rounded out the Hollins throwers with an effort of 8.21m.
• Belton and Kegler each record Career Best throws in the Women's Weight Throw. Belton was 6^th overall with a distance of 14.51m while Kegler finished with her Personal Best throw of 10.27m. Phillips recorded a throw of 8.79m with Tenley Reck finishing at 8.42m.

Up Next: Hollins is back in action with their final regular season meet of the Indoor season next Friday when they travel to Harrisonburg to compete at the Rockingham Collegiate Open hosted by Bridgewater College.