GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Graduate thrower Sade Meeks (North Babylon, N.Y.) shattered her own school record in the hammer with a throw of 59.38 meters during competition in the Pepsi Florida Relays at James G. Pressly Stadium on Friday afternoon. Meeks set a new school record for the second straight week after initially breaking a mark which had stood for 21 years last week. She is now the Villanova record holder in the shot put, the weight throw and the hammer.
 
The first day of competition at the Florida Relays shifted to Friday as a result of several events being postponed or canceled due to severe weather on Thursday evening. The revised event schedule for the Wildcats on Friday featured four women's events with competition in the 1500 meters, pole vault, hammer and javelin.
 
Meeks posted a mark of 59.38 meters in the hammer which should rank in the top 30 on the East region qualifying list which will be used to determine selections for the NCAA East Preliminary meet later in the season. Her top throw of the day came on her first attempt and easily surpassed the mark of 55.60 meters she had recorded at the Texas Relays on March 24.
 
Junior middle distance runner Maggie Smith (Halifax, N.S.) recorded a personal best time of 4:20.07 in the 1500 meters to lead a trio of Villanova runners in the event. She came in ninth overall out of 43 competitors and lowered her previous top mark of 4:21.94 by nearly two full seconds. Junior Anna Helwigh (Soborg, Denmark) finished 11^th overall in Friday's race with a time of 4:23.47 while senior Lydia Olivere (Wilmington, Del.) was 14^th in 4:26.03.
 
In the college section of women's javelin graduate Taryn Ashby (Pittston, Pa.) threw for 46.76 meters and senior Liv Morgan (Bronx, N.Y.) registered a personal best mark of 45.46 meters. Ashby came in seventh overall and improved on her season-opening mark from the week before, while Morgan easily bested her previous best throw. A multi-event athlete who has had success in the pentathlon and heptathlon during her career, Morgan extended her personal best mark in the javelin by more than 3.6 meters with her result on Friday. She soared up the Wildcats all-time performance list in the javelin and now ranks fourth in school history with the current implement.
 
The final event for Villanova on Friday was the pole vault in which senior Ashley Preston (Franklinville, N.J.) tied for a 10^th place finish after successfully clearing the bar at a height of 3.76 meters.