In the team's first meet of the 2009-10 indoor track and field
season, a number of Emory University Eagles turned in solid
performances at the Roaring Tiger Invitational, while facing mostly
Division I competition.
The Emory men recorded four top-10 finishes in the track events and
four in the field events during the meet. The Eagles'
strongest showing came in the 300-meter dash, where senior
Alex Greenhouse finished third with a time of
35.45, and senior Tyler Faits followed right
behind with a fourth-place finish in a time of 36.10. In the
500-meter dash, freshman Isaac Chambers finished
eighth with a mark of 1:08.54. The Eagles' 4x400-meter relay
team of senior Chike Brennen, Chambers, Greenhouse
and Faits recorded a time of 3:27.02, good for a third-place
finish.
In the field, freshman jumper Nelson Nwannunu
recorded a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a distance of
6.81 meters, .11 meters shy of the provisional mark, while
sophomore Ian Francis finished ninth with a
distance of 6.32 meters. In the throws, junior Thomas
Bright claimed sixth in the weight throw with a mark of
11.30 meters, and junior Brad Pruente took eighth
in the shot put with a distance of 11.35 meters.
On the women's side, three individuals and one relay team turned in
top-10 finishes for the Eagles. Emory junior Alisha
Reynolds finished seventh in the 500-meter dash with a
time of 1:19.63, while the Eagles' 4x400-meter relay team of
sophomore Alix Dyer, Reynolds, junior
Melanie Levy and sophomore Hadiza
Sa-Aadu finished fourth in a mark of 4:02.36. In the
field events, senior Leah Lomotey-Nakon finished
sixth in the weight throw with a career-best distance of 13.13
meters, while sophomore Lauren Attiah finished
seventh in the long jump with a distance of 5.31 meters.
In addition, Dyer finished just six-hundredths of a second shy of
an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 60-meter dash, setting a
mark of 7.91 seconds, matching the sixth-fastest time in the
program's history.
Following Friday's meet, the Eagles will not return to action until
after the start of the New Year, as Emory will head to the
Appalachian Open on January 15th.
Emory Starts the Season Strong at the Roaring Tiger Invitational
Posted: Dec 05, 2009