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    Program-Best 4 Lady Flames Earn VaSID 1st Team All-State Outdoor Track Honors

    Jul 7, 2023 | Lynchburg Va | Track & Field

    A program-best four members of the ASUN champion Liberty squad have earned Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) University Division Women’s Outdoor Track & Field first team all-state honors, it was announced on Friday.

    Liberty’s quartet of first-team honorees includes Adelyn Ackley-Fairley (distance), Isis Brooks (sprints), Calli Doan (distance) and Jasmine Williams (hurdles). Ackley-Fairley is part of this squad for the third season in a row, while Brooks is a repeat performer from 2022.

    The Lady Flames also put Patasha Bryan (multis), Taylen Langin (jumps) and Megan Mann (throws) on the second team all-state squad.

    Capsules of each Liberty honoree are found below.

    Adelyn Ackley-Fairley (1st Team – Distance) – Ackley-Fairley competed in the 10K at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the second consecutive season after capturing her first ASUN title at that distance. She also earned All-ASUN honors with a third-place 5K finish. Ackley-Fairley clocked a season-best 34:02.76 10K at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

    Isis Brooks (1st Team – Sprints) – Brooks punctuated her collegiate career with the finest season by a sprinter in program history. She swept the ASUN 100 and 200 titles before coming within a thousandth of a second of advancing to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 100. The ASUN Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on May 10 lowered the program records to 11.23 in the 100 and 23.09 in the 200.

    Calli Doan (1st Team – Distance) – The ASUN Female Student-Athlete of the Year, Doan earned second team All-America honors with an 11th-place showing in the NCAA steeplechase final. The ASUN steeplechase champion clocked a program-record 9:52.15 for the event in the NCAA semifinals and lowered the ASUN all-time 5K record to 15:51.38 at the Wake Forest Invitational. The two-time ASUN Women’s Track Athlete of the Week (March 29 and April 5) also posted the No. 2 1,500 clocking in program history with her 4:15.34 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

    Jasmine Williams (1st Team – Hurdles) – Williams finished her lone season as a Lady Flame by earning runner-up finishes in the ASUN 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles finals and helping Liberty place third in the 4 x 400 relay. Her hurdles times at the ASUN meet (13.69 and 59.72) each rank No. 2 in program history.

    Patasha Bryan (2nd Team – Multis) – Bryan was voted the ASUN Women’s Most Outstanding Freshman after placing second in the ASUN heptathlon with a Liberty freshman-record score of 5,378. She also came in third in the 4 x 400 relay and fifth in the javelin at the ASUN Championship.

    Taylen Langin (2nd Team – Jumps) – Langin just missed a trip to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in her final collegiate campaign, taking 16th place in the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round pole vault competition. The ASUN pole vault champion set the all-time conference record in the event with a personal-best 13-9.25 clearance at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She was also a two-time ASUN Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (March 29 and April 19).

    Megan Mann (2nd Team – Throws) – Mann was tabbed the ASUN Women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer after racking up 23 points at the conference meet. She captured the ASUN discus title, placed second in the shot put and came in fourth in the hammer. Mann posted personal-best marks in all three of her events during the year, including a 48-10.25 shot put (ASUN Championship, No. 4 in program history), a 163-1 discus (Virginia Quadrangular, No. 7 in program history) and a 185-4 hammer (Duke Invitational, No. 8 in program history).