Golden Eagle track team fourth at Sewanee Invitational
SEWANEE, Tenn. – Tennessee had two first-place finishes,
three seconds and two thirds, and posted five personal best marks
Saturday on the way to claiming fourth place among the 13 teams
competing at the Sewanee Invitational Indoor Track & Field
Meet.
Troy won the day with 135 points, followed by Samford (94), South
Alabama (76) and Tech 67). Trailing Tech was Emory (39.5), followed
by Bethel (18), Mississippi College (16.5), Berry (8) and Sewanee
(1). Four other teams had entries but failed to score any team
points.
Freshman Emily Weinzetl captured the first win of the day for coach
Tony Cox’ team, winning the 400-meter dash in 1:03.07. The
other first place effort came in the day’s longest individual
race, the 3,000-meter run, where senior Stephanie Place won with a
time of 10:19.46.
Senior Keri Light claimed a second place finish in the 800-meter
run, crossing the line in 2:22.79. A short time later, Light earned
third place in the mile run in 5:18.68.
In the shot put, sophomore Ashley Mayhew earned second place with a
toss of 40-feet, 8.25 inches.
Tech’s other high finishes came in the two relay events. The
distance medley relay foursome placed second in 13:03.71, while the
4x400 relay squad took third place in 4:20.48.
Freshmen Rebecca Forbes and Traci Jones each established two new
personal-best marks, while Carter had one personal-best. Jones
recorded her new best marks in the 800m and mile, while Forbes had
her new bests in the shot put and weight throw. Carter set a new
personal mark in the triple jump.
Tech had a handful of other top 10 finishes. Among them: Ifeyinwa
Eguzo placed eight in the 200-meter dash; Leayn Carter was sixth
and Danielle Catlett seventh in the 400-meter dash; Traci Jones was
10th in the 800-meter run; Tiffany Palmer was eighth in the mile;
Jenna Philpott was ninth and Leayn Carter 10th in the long jump;
Carter was fourth and Philpott fifth in the triple jump; Mayhew was
sixth in the weight throw; Sarah Smith was sixth and Sarah Kmet
seventh in the high jump; and Rachel Forbes finished eighth in the
pole vault.
The meet at Sewanee was the team’s final action until the OVC
Indoor Championships, Feb. 27-28.
