The second day on the men's side was highlighted by junior Yavgeniy Olhovsky, who broke the school record while setting his personal best in the pole vault, clearing 18-02.50 and finishing second overall in the event.
The No. 7 Virginia Tech Track and Field team returned to Blacksburg on Friday and Saturday to reel off four victories in the VT Elite Meet at Rector Field House. This included Tech men and women's sweeps in the 3,000 meter run.Senior Natalie Sherbak improved her personal-best time by almost 20 seconds to capture the women's 3,000-meter race, running it in 9:18:02.
Devin Cornwall, a junior and standout in the fall on the Hokie Cross Country team, finished the men's 3,000-meter in first. Cornwall overtook Georgia runner Ryley Miller with only two laps to go and ended up finishing in 8:11.95.
The Hokies continued winning on the second day, claiming dominance in the women's pole vault and the 4x400-meter relay.
Junior Lisa Burnbaum got her first win of the season, taking a tiebreaker over fellow Hokie Abby Schaffer, a freshman. Both girls cleared 12-06.75, but Burnbaum had the fewest misses in the event and was awarded the victory.
The most dominating of all the wins came for the quartet of Queen Harrison, Asia Washington, Aunye Boone and Kristi Castlin. They ran the 4x400-meter in a provisional-qualifying time of 3:38.74 and bested the field by almost five seconds.
The Hokies are idle next week as they take a break from the previous two weekend's meets.
They return to action on Feb. 20 and 21 in Blacksburg for the VT Challenge. The meet will once again be held on campus in the Rector Field House.
-- Matt Collette
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