The Emory University indoor track & field team returned to Columbia, SC for the second time in three weekends, this time for the South Carolina Invitational as a trio of Eagles continues to establish new program records.
In the first day of the two day meet, senior Annika Urban was back to her usual ways as she established a new program record in the one mile run with a time of 4:50.74. Urban's time bested the five year old record of former Eagle Gabrielle Stravach who held a program best time of 4:52.76. With her time of 4:50.74, Urban now sits with the fastest time in Division III this season according to TFRRS.
For the men, senior Spencer Moore has been on fire lately breaking his own program record in the one mile run as he crossed the finish line in 4:09.07. Moore, who now holds the top two times in the mile in Emory indoor history, also sits with the seventh fastest time in Division III this season. Finishing just behind Moore was junior Spencer Watry whose time of 4:10.41 is the third fastest time in program history and sees him 12th in the nation this season.
On the field for the men, freshman Henry Brandstadter continues to dominate his inaugural season as he registered a distance of 7.40m in the long jump to place first at the meet. Brandstadter's distance of 7.40m bests his own program record by 0.19m and is the farthest distance jumped in Division III this season. Senior Michael Tiffin and junior Kenya Sei finished back-to-back in the weight throw competition as they recorded distances of 12.63m and 12.60m, respectively.
Elsewhere on the track, the trio of juniors Clementine Bodus, Ella Lavelle and Amaya Martin finished with the fourth through sixth best times in program history, respectively in the 300m dash as each of them completed the race in just over 43 seconds. Junior Libby Ranocha had a solid day as she placed 14th in the 400m dash crossing the finish line in 58.67 seconds.
Also competing on the track for the men, junior Tristan Olpin had a standout day in the 3,000m run where he completed the race in a time of 8:31.48 which marks a new personal record and the seventh fastest time in program history.
On the field for the women, graduate student Nyjah Willis placed first in the weight throw as she registered a distance of 16.00m marking her second best distance of the season. Willis also competed in the shot put where she notched a distance of 9.92m. Freshman Selah Eum continues to impress in her debut season this time logging a personal best distance of 10.07m in the triple jump.
The Eagles are back in action tomorrow starting at 10:00 AM for the second and final day of the South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, SC.