The Emory University Women's Track and Field Team finished second at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Championships, hosted by Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, while the Emory men placed third in the finals team standings.
Emory's women finished with 103.5 points, edging out third-place Washington University (Mo.) by just half a point. The University of Chicago won the meet with a score of 140 points. On the men's side, Emory scored 70 points, finishing behind first-place Washington (160 points) and second-place Carnegie Mellon University (102 points).
Leading the way for the Emory women was junior Debora Adjibaba, who won both the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash on Saturday. Her 55-meter dash time of 7.16 seconds was good for both a school and conference-meet record, breaking the previous mark of 7.19 seconds, set by former Eagle Jami Edwards in 2008, and by Adjibaba at last year's meet.
Also winning UAA Championships on Saturday were senior Morgan Monroe and junior Electra Korn. Monroe won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.24 seconds, while also finishing second in the 55-meter dash (7.41 seconds) to earn all-UAA honors, and scoring in the 200-meter dash with a fifth-place finish (26.88 seconds). Korn won the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.21 seconds, the third-fastest mark in school history, while also claiming all-UAA honors in the 200-meter dash with a second-place finish in a time of 26.07 seconds.
Other individual all-UAA honors on Saturday came from junior Stephanie Crane and sophomore Julie Williamson in the 800-meter run. Crane claimed second with a time of 2:16.73, the fifth-fastest mark in program history, while Williamson took third with a time of 2:19.08. In the shot put, junior Josephine Akinwumiju claimed all-UAA honors with a third-place finish, registering a throw of 11.01 meters. Emory's 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Kellie Harunk, Williamson, Adjibaba and Korn added all-UAA honors with a second-place finish in a time of 3:58.86.
Adding scoring performances for the Emory women on the final day were senior Emily Caesar in both the mile run (fifth, 5:07.31 – the fourth-fastest time in Emory history) and the 800-meter run (fifth, 2:19.65), junior Katie Wilson in the high jump (fifth, 1.53 meters) and freshman Harley Barrera in the 55-meter dash (fifth, 7.54 seconds).
All together, the Emory women combined to win four events and claim 10 all-UAA honors during the two-day meet.
The Emory men were paced on the final day by a strong finish from their 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Maxwell Hoberman, sophomore Adam Rabushka, junior Zachary Rosenberg, and junior Gui Silva, which claimed second in a time of 3:22.86.
Three other Eagles recorded second-place finishes on Saturday, with Rabushka claiming the runner-up spot in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.00 seconds, senior Samuel Jean-Baptiste finished second in the 55-meter dash with a mark of 6.62 seconds, and Hoberman claiming second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.63 meters. Hoberman added all-UAA honors in the 200-meter dash, finishing third in a time of 23.05 seconds.
Other scorers on the final day for the Emory men included freshman Christian Johnson in the mile run (sixth, 4:23.13), senior Mike Moserowitz in the triple jump (fourth, 13.17 meters), freshman Dennis Kamara in the 55-meter dash (fourth, 6.67 seconds), Silva (fifth, 50.98 seconds) and Rabushka (sixth, 52.71 seconds) in the 400-meter dash, senior William Matheson in the 800-meter run (sixth, 1:57.44) and Silva in the 200-meter dash (sixth, 24.64 seconds).
Emory's men finished the meet with a total of seven all-UAA honors over the two-day stretch.
Emory will be back in action next weekend, as the Eagles aim to improve on their qualifying times for the NCAA Division III Championships in March. The Eagles are currently scheduled to take part in the Gill Athletics Final Qualifier on Friday, March 7th in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the NCAA National Qualifier on Saturday, March 8th in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.