Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 11 No. 6 | June 2019

inside.hokiesports.com 13 Kitty Newton Photo KitKatNewt1@gmail.com “The Farmhouse... Eating Great Food here for over 30 Years.” – Coach Frank Beamer thefarmhousechristiansburg.com 285 Ridinger Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073 • (540) 251-7600 Prime Rib • Steaks • Seafood • Outdoor Courtyard • Private Dining • Weekend Brunch Mosavel-Lo placed third in his heat with a time of 1:49.00 and wound up 12th overall. He was the top ACC finisher in the event and the lone sophomore nationally to finish in the top 12. Green came in fourth in his heat in the 400-meter hurdles and 16th overall with a time of 50.80 seconds. In other competition, Isaiah Rogers and Fitsum Seyoum competed in the shot put and the 3,000-meter steeplechase, respectively. Rogers’ top throw was 18.28 meters (59 feet, 11.75 inches), while Seyoum ran his event in a time of 9:10.96. Also, the men’s 4x100-meter relay team of Joseph Tay, Cole Beck, Derek Tay and Michael Davenport competed, running that event in a time of 40.70 seconds. On the women’s side, Pavla Kuklova led the way, earning second-teamAll-America honors in the hammer throw in her final collegiate meet. The Opava, Czech Republic native threw a season-best 65.99 meters (216 feet, 6 inches) to finish 10th overall, and she departed Tech as a three-time All-American in the event. In addition, distance runners Rachel Pocratsky and Sarah Edwards both earned second-team All-America recognition. Pocratsky led for much of her preliminary heat in the 1,500-meter race, but struggled down the stretch and placed eighth in her heat with a time of 4:15.72. She wound up 14th overall. The meet marked the end of a great career for Pocratsky, who departed Tech as a four-time All- American. She left with four individual school records, along with two school records as part of relay teams. Edwards, a junior, came in seventh in her heat with a time of 4:18.04. She finished 16th overall and earned All-America honors for the third time in her career. Eszter Bajnok was the lone other Tech female student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Championships. The Kethely, Hungary native placed 17th in the long jump with a top jump of 6.03 meters (19 feet, 9.5 inches) and just missed All-America honors by just two inches. She also competed in the triple jump, but fouled on all three of her attempts. A select group of the Hokies’ underclassmen now get ready to compete in the USATF U-20 Outdoor Championships held June 21-23 at Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida. Qualifiers for the USATF Outdoor Championships will compete July 25-28 at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Pavla Kuklova came in 10th in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships and was an All- American for the third time.