Emory University's Debora Adjibaba got the Eagles off to a strong start to the 2012-13 indoor track and field season, as the sophomore highlighted a group of strong Emory performances at the Panther Ice Breaker in Birmingham, Alabama with a school record in the 60-meter dash on Saturday.

Adjibaba set the school 60-meter dash record during the preliminaries of the event, running a time of 7.72 seconds to surpass the previous program-best mark of 7.78 seconds, set by former Eagle JamI Edwards during the 2008 season.  Adjibaba would finish 16^th in the finals with a time of 7.87 seconds.

Turning in a solid performance in the women's 800-meter run was freshman Julie Williamson, who finished 11^th in the event with a time of 2:20.51.  Junior Meredith Lorch was the Eagles' top performer in the 3,000-meter run with a  career-best time of 10:55.23 (good for a fifth-place finish), while junior Morgan Monroe finished 20^th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.32 seconds, just over a tenth of a second short of her personal best. 

Leading the way for the Eagles in the vertical jumps were sophomore Katie Wilson, who finished 15^th in the high jump by clearing a height of 1.55 meters, while in the pole vault, sophomore Elaina Kim finished 16^th by clearing a career-best height of 3.10 meters.  In the shot put, freshman Janay Harris made an impressive Emory debut with a throw of 10.74 meters to finish 21^st.

Other top performers at the meet for the Emory women included freshman Alyssa McCready in the 200-meter dash (54^th place, 28.36 seconds), sophomore Electra Korn in the 400-meter dash (18^th-place, 1:00.72), and junior Khadijah Ameen in both the long jump (41^st place, 4.45 meters) and the triple jump (22^nd place, 9.40 meters).  The Eagles' 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore June Ilowite, McCready, freshman Nicole Jablon and freshman Emily Mapelli finished 17^th with a time of 4:21.25.

A trio of Emory's top finishers on the men's side recorded career-best indoor marks at the Panther Ice Breaker.  Sophomore Kevin Delaney finished eighth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.25, breaking the two-minute mark in the event for the first time during his indoor career.  Sophomore Ankush Mohile improved on his 60-meter hurdle time by over a tenth of a second with a time of 8.98 seconds, good for an 18th-place finish.  In the weight throw, sophomore James Bassen topped his previous career best by nearly two meters with a distance of 12.26 meters, finishing 20^th.

A number of newcomers compiled some of the top performances on the day as well for the Emory men.  Freshman Paul Nguyen finished 40^th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.48 seconds, while freshman Joel Steinberg was 37^th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.93 seconds.  Max Hoberman claimed eighth place in the triple jump with a leap of 13.50 meters, junior Brandon Bassell cleared the high jump bar at 1.90 meters to finish seventh, and freshman Jacob Seigel was 20^th in the shot put with a throw of 11.51 meters.  Rounding out the group of top Eagle performers in their Emory debuts was freshman Young Jin Kim, who finished 19^th in the pole vault by clearing a height of 3.85 meters.

Other top finishers among the returning Eagles included sophomore Gui Silva in the 400-meter dash (20^th place, 50.73 seconds) and junior Mike Moserowitz in the long jump (19^th place, 6.17 meters).  In addition, freshman Adam Rabushka, Hoberman, Steinberg and Nico Vitela finished 12^th in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:27.82.

The Eagles will now take a six-week break from competition for finals and winter break.  Emory will resume its indoor track and field season on January 18^th at the Niswonger Invitational in Johnson City, Tennessee.