Emory University senior Theresa Ford turned in an incredible two-day performance at the Bulldog Heptathlon in Athens, Georgia on Friday and Saturday, setting personal-best marks in six of the seven events to break the school heptathlon record.

Competing against a field of five NCAA Division I competitors, including three from Southeastern Conference (SEC) programs, Ford placed third in the heptathlon with a score of 4,729 points, besting the previous school record of 4,364 points, set by former Eagle Ashley Demarco during the 2006 season.  Ford's score also ranked as the second-best among Division III competitors this season.

Ford set the tone for the weekend with a strong first day, recording personal-best marks in each of the first four events.  She opened competition with a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.07 seconds, the 23^rd-best time in Division III this year, and third among University Athletic Association (UAA) competitors, good for 832 points.  She followed that by tying for first in the high jump and scoring 855 points.  Clearing the bar at 1.70 meters, short of the school record by a hundredth of a meter, Ford now ranks fourth in Division III and first in the UAA in the event.

Ford followed that with a personal-best in the shot put, finishing fourth and earning 542 points with a toss of 10.19 meters, a 2013 best by an Eagle and the seventh-best mark in the UAA.  Rounding out the first day, the senior set a personal-record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.26 seconds, finishing fifth and earning 775 points in the event.

Her success would continue into the second day, starting with a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.42 meters, earning 677 points.  Ford later finished second and earned 588 points in the javelin throw with a personal-best mark of 35.87 meters, the second-best throw in the UAA this year.  She finished off competition with a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:50.36, earning 460 points.

The rest of the Eagles will be in action on Saturday, with the squad split between the Furman Blue Shoes Invitational and the Johnson C. Smith Invitational.