Clemson, S.C. –The Anderson men's and women's track and field teams opened their indoor seasons at the Clemson Opener on Saturday.
Freshman Aubrey Stoddard finished first in the 1000 meter with a time of 3:13.62 with freshman Autumn Bladen claiming second in a time of 3:23.64. Bladen also finished third in the 800 meter with a time of 235.36.
Freshman Lauren Pernell finished second in the 400 meter with a time of 102.91.
Freshman Brianna Quartararo placed second in the 800 meter with a time of 2:24.11
Junior Olivia Rish crossed the finish line in the One mile in second place with a time of 527.48, while junior Hannah Beach placed fifth in the 3000 meter in a time of 10.4975.
Stoddard, Quartararo, Rish and Pernell teamed up for a third place finish in the Distance Medley 13:17.43.
Junior Matthew Burgess finished first in the One Mile run in a time of 4:35.10 with Noah Brock placing second with a time of 4:40.35.
Sophomore Matt Hobbs finished fourth in a time of 54.71.
Freshman Daniel Similton finished fifth in the 3000 meter with a time of 8:43.03.
"The meet overall was a success," said head coach Kevin Eagle. "It was a nice opener to our track season and gives us a starting point for several of the athletes. We had several PRs in events such as Hannah Beach and Philip Quillen dropping big personal bests in the 3,000m races. That's a great sign of things to come this year. We had a few event winners as well, which shows the desire to be good within our program. We are excited to get back after it at USC in January!"
Anderson will not compete again until it travel to University of South Carolina for the Gamecock Opener the weekend of January 17th.
