COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Anderson University men's and women's track and field teams are headed to next week's South Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships on a high note after 19 Black and Gold clad athletes posted personal-best marks, Saturday at South Carolina's Indoor Open.
"This was by far one of the best days we have ever had here at AU as a track and field program overall as a team," said Anderson head coach Kevin Eagle. "The men and women combined for a total of 19 PR's. Our top two finishers in the women's 800m race broke the indoor school record with [Olivia] Rish edging out [Brianna] Quartararo on the last lap for her name in the record book. Obviously, just about everyone on the team performed great today.
Eagle went on "to highlight a few: Connor Wheatley had a huge PR in the weight throw which moves him up inside the top-10 in the SAC. Our milers showed out today with Sutcliffe, Similton, and Rish all dropping huge PR's and putting them all inside the SAC top-5. Our entire 800m group ran their tails off and put themselves in a great position to score maximum points next weekend at the SAC championships. Hannah Beach ran a 14-second PR in the 3,000m and ran with a lot of heart from the gun. Lauren Pernell was another who ran her best race of the year in the 60H with a new PR. I could keep going on and on. I am extremely proud of how hard the team is working and looking heading into the SAC Championships next weekend. Now it's time to rest and recover while we put all of our attention into the next week. Go Trojans!"
Women's 400m
Lydia Johnson 61st 1:08.75
Women's 800m
Olivia Rish 12th 2:20.10
Brianna Quartararo 14th 2:21.60
Aubrey Stoddard 19th 2:23.49
Rebecca Ward 21st 2:25.19
Autumn Bladen 28th 2:28.29
Lydia Gambrell 43rd 2:38.12
Natalie Ardis 54th 2:51.19
Women's 1 Mile
Olivia Rish 10th 5:07.24
Women's 3,000m
Hannah Beach 8th 10:35.10
Emily Olson 29th 11:54.44
Women's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
Lauren Pernell 23rd 9.48
Katie Landry 29th 10.14
Women's Shot Put
Katharine Landry 17th 11.02m
Lauren Pernell 33rd 8.27m
Women's Weight Throw
Regan Appleby 21st 12.07m
Avonlea Smith 23rd 8.51m
Men's 60m Dash (Prelims)
Damion Williams 56th 7.74
Men's 400m
Cole Silvester 70th 53.74
Robert Jones 80th 80th 54.84
Men's 800m
Cameron Owens-Hunter 13th 1:58.80
Matthew Burgess 14th 1:59.04
Men's 1 Mile
Thomas Sutcliffe 14th 4:19.18
Daniel Similton 17th 4:20.44
Philip Quillen 27th 4:28.59
Joey Teachout 35th 4:33.57
Noah Brock 40th 4:39.65
Men's 3,000m
Daniel Similton 3rd 8:45.67
Michael Burgess 14th 9:13.15
Noah McLain 20th 9:25.39
Brandon Wilson 26th 9:42.92
Hayden Tuten 28th 9:51.34
Men's Weight Throw
Connor Wheatley 7th 14.08m
Evan Francis 10th 12.84m
Anderson will get back in action, Saturday at the South Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships, Saturday, Feb. 29
