COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Anderson University men's track and field team completed day one of the South Carolina Invitational on Friday (Jan. 28) in Columbia, S.C.
Freshman Spain Vaughan paced the Trojans by completing the mile run in 4:13.38, finishing in ninth place and setting a new school record. Daniel Similton (4:21.22), Thomas Sutcliffe (4:23.24), and Philip Quillen 4:24.84) all finished within the top-29 for Anderson.
Jonathan Roberts impressed in the 3000m with a time of 8:50.93 to come in 23rd, while Bryson Mace finished within the top-50 in a time of 9:31.04. Ben Molitor (52.37) and Hunter Norman (54.88) ran the 400 dash.
In the field, freshman Simeon Respress continued the great start to his freshman season with a distance of 6.76m in the long jump. Grayson Smith finished with a distance of 9.76m in the shot put.
"Day one of our meet went pretty well overall," said coach Kevin Eagle. "After breaking two school records in the women's 400m and the men's mile, we knew it was going to be a great day. We had quite a few all time personal bests to go along with the two records. We are looking forward to a great day tomorrow as we continue to see big time performances each time we step onto the track!"
The Trojans will continue the South Carolina Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 29) as the action begins at 10:00 a.m., with live results available at www.autrojans.com.
