The Emory University Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams combined for 11 conference championships and 23 all-conference honors, as each finished in third place in the team standings at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by the University of Chicago.
The Emory men finished the meet with 141.5 points, finishing behind Washington University (215 points) and Carnegie Mellon University (166 points). Claiming fourth-place was Chicago with 114.5 points, followed by New York University (88.5 points), Case Western Reserve University (63 points), and Brandeis University (27.5 points).
The Emory women totaled 155 points during the meet, to finish behind champions Washington (211 points) and second-place Chicago (201.5 points). Rounding out the standings were NYU (81 points), Case (76.5 points), Carnegie (58 points) and Brandeis (30 points). The third-place finish ended a streak of four-straight outdoor conference championships for the Eagles, but marked the 11th-straight top-three finish for Emory.
After junior Ulrica Tull claimed a championship in the hammer throw on Saturday, the Emory women added on four more individual titles and one relay championship on Sunday. Junior Electra Korn paced the Eagles with a pair of individual titles, winning both the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.97 seconds, and the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.76. Korn also teamed with freshman Harley Barrera, senior Morgan Monroe and junior Debora Adjibaba to win the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.99 seconds.
Monroe and Adjibaba each claimed individual titles of their own on Sunday. Adjibaba won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.43 seconds, in addition to finishing as the runner-up in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.35 seconds. Monroe added a victory in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.71 seconds.
Two other Eagles had runner-up finishes during the second day of competition, with junior Katie Wilson claiming second in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.58 meters, while senior Hope Olszewski finished second in the javelin throw with a distance of 33.27 meters. Claiming all-UAA honors with third-place finishes were sophomore Julie Williamson in the 800-meter run (2:18.14) and junior Pollara Cobb in the triple jump (10.88 meters).
The Emory men registered another four individual championships on Sunday, after senior Mike Moserowitz won the long jump on Saturday. The Eagles were particularly strong in the throwing events, where sophomore Jacob Seigel won the discus throw with a distance of 45.52 meters, and junior James Bassen won the javelin throw with a distance of 53.95 meters.
Sophomore Adam Rabushka claimed the UAA Title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.15 seconds, and was the runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles with a mark of 54.63 seconds. Junior Gui Silva rounded out the Eagle's list of conference champions with a victory in the 400-meter dash in a time of 48.46 seconds.
Emory had a pair of relays record second-place finishes on Sunday, with the 4x100-meter relay team of senior Samuel Jean-Baptiste, freshman Dennis Kamara, sophomore Spencer Koh and Silva claiming a runner-up finish in a time of 42.40 seconds, and the 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Maxwell Hoberman, junior Zachary Rosenberg, Rabushka and Silva finishing second in a time of 3:17.58. Hoberman was also the runner-up in the triple jump with a leap of 14.18 meters, while Moserowitz claimed third with a mark of 13.63 meters.
With the UAA Championships behind them, the Eagles will now turn their attention towards preparing for the NCAA Championships at the end of May. After a week off, the Eagles will begin that process at the Dr. Keeler Invitational in Naperville, Illinois on May 8th and 9th.
Emory Men & Women Each Finish 3rd at UAA Championships
Posted: Apr 27, 2014