Frenia's School Record, Fast 4x400m Highlight Friday at Penn Relays

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The William & Mary track and field teams continued action at the Penn Relays on Friday, once again out-performing expectations.  The Tribe picked up a school record and qualified its men's 4x400m relay for Saturday finals, while finishing an average of 18.25 places better than seed.Leading the way was redshirt-senior Taylor Frenia (Virginia Beach, Va.), who broke his seventh school record of the year, and fifth of the last five weeks, to finish fifth in the championship shot put at 18.35m (60-2.5).  That was one of four puts in the series over his previous record of 17.86m (58-7.25), including three over 18m.  It was also a lifetime-best for Frenia and all-time best at W&M, 1.5 inches better than his own indoor record (18.31m, 60-1) set at the IC4A indoor championships in March.  Junior Preston Richardson (Franktown, Va.) finished 15th in the college section, re-qualifying for the IC4A Championships at 16.20m (53-1.75).  That was 13 spots better than he was predicted.In the 4x400m relay, the team of Connor Atkinson (Ashburn, Va.), Troy Sevachko (Centreville, Va.), Dylan Anderson (Madison, N.J.), and Skander Ballard (Reston, Va.) ran W&M's fastest Penn Relays time ever.  The foursome carried the baton in 3:14.74, the fifth-fastest time ever and the fastest for W&M since 1998, and finished 25th overall after being predicted 52nd.  Among the teams that the Green and Gold finished ahead of were Oregon, Georgetown, Villanova, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.  That performance qualified the Tribe for Saturday's IC4A final at 5:55 p.m.  Rounding out W&M's performers on Friday was women's freshman Sam Moravsky (Sherman, Conn.), who finished 18th overall in the javelin at 37.02m (121-5), despite only being predicted to finish 44th.W&M's weekend wraps up on Saturday with the men's javelin, discus, and 4x400m finals at the Penn Relays; as well as the ...

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