Members of the Emory University Track and Field team set four new school records while in action at meets in Naperville, Illinois, Clemson, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia during the weekend.

At the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday and Saturday, it was senior Alix Dyer who stole the show, setting a school record in the 400-meter dash, and as the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay, along with freshman Debora Adjibaba, senior Lauren Attiah, and junior Kaele Leonard.

In the individual event, Dyer ran a time of 56.34 seconds to finish 16^th at the meet, besting the previous school time of 56.54 seconds, set just a week earlier by Leonard.  Dyer's time ranks as the 11^th-best mark in Division III this season.  Leonard finished close behind, placing 21^st with a time of 57.00 seconds.

The Eagles' relay team finished eighth at the meet with a time of 3:48.96, besting their own school record time of 3:50.18 set earlier this season.  It was the sixth-fastest time by a Division III relay in the event this season.

Also at Georgia Tech, Attiah recorded the season-best mark by an Eagle in the high jump, finishing ninth by clearing a height of 1.66 meters, tying her for the third-best mark in school history and the 23^rd-best Division III mark this year.  In the 400-meter hurdles, senior Charlotte Diggs recorded the second-fastest time in the program's history, finishing 24^th in a time of 1:02.47, 15^th-fastest in Division III this year.  Emory's 4x100-meter relay team of senior Jasmine McCullough, Dyer, Attiah and Adjibaba finished 13^th with a mark of 47.43, the second-fastest mark for the squad this season.

Other top marks at the meet came from senior Ian Francis in the long jump (7.04 meters, 12^th place) and triple jump (14.27 meters, 11^th place), sophomore Morgan Monroe in the 100-meter hurdles (15.42 seconds, 35^th place), Adjibaba in the 100-meter dash (12.36 seconds, 42^nd place), and Attiah in the triple jump (11.63 meters, 19^th place).

Emory's distance runners highlighted their performances at the Dr. Keeler Invitational at North Central College in Naperville, IL on Thursday and Friday.  Senior Tess Gallegos set an Emory record in the 5,000-meter run, with a time of 17:15.26, breaking her own program best and finishing seventh overall in the event.  It was also the 26^th-fastest time in Division III this season.

Adding to the record-setting day was junior Stephen Ellwood turned in a school-record mark in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:52.39, good for an eighth-place finish and the 19^th-fastest time in Division III this year. 

Emory athletes also recorded season-best marks in both the men's and women's 800-meter run.  For the women, it was junior Emily Caesar, who finished 16^th with a time of 2:15.90, the 10^th-best mark in school history.  On the men's side, freshman Patrick Crews finished 42^nd with a mark of 1:55.63, while sophomore William Matheson followed shortly behind, claiming 58^th with a mark of 1:56.97.

Also at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, freshman Stephanie Crane finished 32^nd in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:50.34, and in the men's 5,000-meter run, sophomore Edward Mulder finished 37^th (15:15.12), while senior Geraint Davies claimed 45^th-place (15:25.06).

Meanwhile, at the Clemson Tiger Qualifier on Friday and Saturday, junior Theresa Ford finished eighth in the discus throw with a season-best toss of 40.03 meters.  She also claimed second-place in the high jump by clearing the bar at 1.65 meters, matching her best height of the year.  For the men, senior Xavier Fowler recorded a personal-best mark this season in the triple jump, finishing fifth with a distance of 14.16 meters.

Other top marks from the meet came from freshman Emily Mitchell in the long jump (4.80 meters, fourth place), Monroe in the 200-meter dash (26.53 seconds, sixth place), freshman Electra Korn in the 400-meter dash (1:02.37, third place), and freshman Gui Silva in both the 200-meter dash (23.01 seconds, ninth place) and the 400-meter dash (50.04 seconds, fifth place).

The Eagles will return to action at the Gregory Invitational in Naperville, Illinois next Thursday and Friday, the team's final meet before the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Claremont, California.