NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Junior Keirstin Tawney captured the hammer throw title as the Frostburg women's track & field team sits in eighth place following the first night of the 2019 CAC Outdoor Championships at Christopher Newport University.
 
FSU totaled 16 points through the first five scoring events backed by Tawney's win, which earned the Bobcats 10 points.
 
On her second throw of the event, Tawney launched the hammer 46.17 meters (151ft. 6in.) breaking her own school record she set two weeks ago while landing All-CAC First Team honors. It's her second win in the hammer in the last three meets.
 
Senior Holly Van Wie finished two spots behind Tawney with third place in the hammer (44.72 meters/146ft. 9in.), just one place outside All-CAC honors. Van Wie's third-place showing earned the team's other six points on the night. She also finished in 14^th in the shot put in 9.83 meters (32ft. 3in.).
 
First-year Amy Trembly posted a top-10 finish in the pole vault when she vaulted her way to ninth at 2.52 meters (8ft. 3.25in.).
 
On the track, junior Keileen Estrada and junior Gabbriell Reason both earned spots in the final tomorrow.
 
Estrada posted eighth place in the 200-meter dash prelims in 26.24 and will compete in the finals tomorrow at 1:30 pm. Meanwhile, Reason advanced to the finals in the 100-meter dash (11:50 am) after cruising to fifth in the prelims in 12.92.
 
Estrada added ninth place in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries in 16.49 and didn't advance to the finals, while sophomore Maddison Watson took ninth in the 200-meter dash in 26.35 and just missed tomorrow's finals.
 
First-year Timara Wright took 14^th in the 100-meter dash (15.13), while sophomore Ashleigh Myers ran to 18^th in the 200-meter dash in 30.54.
 
The second and final day of the 2019 Championships gets under way tomorrow at 10:00 am.
 
Fans can follow of the action via Live Results.