Just two weeks away from the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Emory University continued to turn in a number of impressive times during a pair of weekend meets – the Dr. Keeler Invitational in Naperville, IL and the Clemson Final Qualifier in Clemson, SC.

At the Dr. Keeler Invitational, junior Tess Gallegos opened competition for Emory on Thursday with a time of 18:45.36 in the 5,000-meter run, finishing 26^th.  On Friday, sophomore Melanie Frank set a career-best mark in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:42.97, finishing 19^th overall.  In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, senior Natalie Fenn claimed 15^th-place with a time of 11:11.43, while junior Sara Gelb finished 23^rd with a mark of 11:30.03.

Meanwhile, on the first day of competition at the Clemson Final Qualifier on Friday, the Emory men had two near misses of NCAA provisional qualifying times.  In the 110-meter hurdles, senior Everett Bryant ran a time of 14.94 seconds, just four hundredths of a second above the provisional time, finishing 20^th in the event.  Bryant added a time of 11.55 seconds in the 100-meter dash, claiming 31^st place. 

Senior Jason Campbell set a new career record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.07, .37 seconds slower than the provisional mark and good for a 15^th-place finish at the meet.  Freshman Mike Moserowitz added a leap of 6.50 meters to finish 18^th in the long jump, capping off the men’s first-day performances.

For the women on the first day, junior Jasmine McCullough recorded an NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles for the second-straight meet, running a time of 14.52 seconds and finishing 21^st.  Freshman Morgan Monroe took 27^th in the event with a time of 15.49 seconds.

The Eagles were also represented in the women’s 100-meter dash, where junior Alix Dyer finished 23^rd with a time of 12.43 seconds, McCullough finished 24^th with a time of 12.56 seconds, and Monroe claimed 26^th with a time of 12.69 seconds.

The Emory women added a pair of provisional qualifying marks on the second day at Clemson as well.  Junior Lauren Attiah reached 11.58 meters in the triple jump, good for a provisional mark and a 10^th-place finish.  She was also part of the Eagles’ 4x100-meter relay team, joining McCullough, senior Alycia Adams, and Dyer for a sixth-place finish in a provisional time of 48.25 seconds. 

In the women’s 200-meter dash, Dyer finished 22^nd with a time of 25.74 seconds, while Adams took 25^th in a mark of 25.98 seconds.  In the 400-meter dash, senior Alicia Reynolds led all Eagles with a time of 59.69 seconds, placing 23^rd, while sophomore Kaele Leonard finished right behind her in 24^th-place with a time of 1:01.14.  Reynolds, Adams, Leonard and Dyer also comprised Emory’s third-place 4x400-meter relay team, which recorded a time of 4:00.44.  Rounding out the meet for the women, junior Charlotte Diggs placed 12^th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.38, while junior Laura Lambie-Hanson was 13^th with a mark of 1:06.10.

For the men, the Eagles’ 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Isaac Chambers, junior Ian Francis, Moserowitz and Campbell claimed fourth with a time of 3:21.38.  Chambers also placed 16^th in the 400-meter dash in a time of 50.22 seconds.  In the triple jump, Francis finished seventh (14.04 meters), junior Xavier Fowler claimed ninth (13.85 meters) and Moserowitz took 12^th (13.08 meters).

Next up for the Eagles will be the Gregory Invitational in Naperville, IL from May 19^th – 20^th, the team’s final scheduled meet of the season before the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26^th and 27^th.