In the second-to-last weekend of the season, the Emory University track & field team sent seven athletes to two meets across the southeast as the team gears up for nationals at the end of the month.
Senior Bella Racette and junior Annika Urban represented the Eagles Friday at Montreat College in North Carolina as the duo established personal bests in two different events. Racette took to the 3000m steeplechase for the first time in her career and finished with a time of 11:29.52 while Urban competed in the 1500m Run, recording a time of 4:35.38 which moved her into 23rd nationally in the event.
Saturday afternoon saw five Eagles in action across four events at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville. Junior Claire Evans was the lone member of the women's squad in competition, posting a season-best time of 1:04.16 in the 400m Hurdles to move to 27th nationally.
For the men, graduate student Liam Fost and sophomore Dawit Dean finished back-to-back in the 400m Dash at 48.60 and 48.67 with Dean's mark representing a new personal best for the second year. In the 800m Run, freshman Chris Belz clocked in at 2:00.71 and over in the pole vault graduate student Maxwell Prizant registered a height of 4.42m.
Next up for the Eagles will be the Lee Last Chance meet next Saturday, May 14th before hosting the Emory Final Qualifier on Wednesday, May 18th.