COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Anderson University women's track and field team completed day one of the South Carolina Invitational on Friday (Jan. 28) in Columbia, S.C.
In the 400 dash, Kamryn Osterbind set an Anderson school record with a time of 59.01. Brianna Quartararo finished in 25th with a time of 1:00.03, while Lacey Boozer was close behind at 1:00.83 to finish 33rd. Lauren Childers (1:01.54), Joeli Hayden (1:02.02), and Autumn Bladen (1:03.81) all ran well for the Trojans.
Olivia Rish recorded a top-10 finish in the 1 mile run with a time of 5:01.23. Whitney Hanson came in 21st at 5:14.61, with Rebecca Ward (5:28.22), Hagan Wilson (5:40.56), and Madison Crumley (5:41.32) being other notable finishers. In the shot put, Regan Appleby recorded a distance of 12.69m which was a personal best and ranks her second in the SAC.
"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.
