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Peighton Simmons captured the triple jump title to lead App State women’s track & field on the final day of the Sun Belt Championships on Tuesday.
The Mountaineers finished ninth of 12 teams with 29 points. Arkansas State repeated as team champions with 145 points, Texas State was second with 94.5 points and Troy finished third with 90 points.
Simmons title marks App State’s 16th triple jump conference championship in program history and first since 2010, when Danielle Thorpe captured the crown.
After fouling on her first two attempts, Simmons posted a leap of 41-5.00 (12.62m) on her final jump to move into first place and advance to the finals. On her last attempt in the finals, Simmons expanded her distance to 41-7.00 (12.67m) to capture the title. The mark represents a new season best and is the first conference championship of her career.
App State women's track & field sits in a tie for fifth place after the first day of the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham C
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App State Track and Field Competes at Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
LaBria King finished fifth in the 60-meter dash.
photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics
App State Track and Field Competes at Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
February 14, 2021
The meet was unscored.
In the 60-meter dash, LaBria King qualified for the finals of the event, finishing eighth of 28 runners in 7.71 seconds. In the final, she shaved .01 seconds off her time to finish fifth in 7.70 seconds.
Angelina DiBlasi finished fifth in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:11.84, while Jasmine Donohue placed sixth in the one-mile run in a PR time of 5:12.64.