Lowery tops school mark in pole vault, four career-bests beaten at APSU
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Seniors Katie Lowery and Madison Borden put up the highlight performances for the Tennessee Tech track & field team Tuesday at the Battle on the Cumberland meet, hosted by Austin Peay.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Seniors Katie Lowery and Madison
Borden put up the highlight performances for the Tennessee Tech
track & field team Tuesday afternoon at the Battle on the
Cumberland meet, hosted by Austin Peay. Lowery cleared a school
record in the pole vault and Borden had a personal-best in the
discus, one of four PR marks by the Golden Eagles.
Lowery managed a vault of 10 feet, seven inches to shatter her own
school record in the pole vault, beating the standard by three
inches to finish second in the event.
In the discus, Borden had a toss of 138 feet, six inches to beat
her previous best mark by five inches, placing her third in the
event. Lasy Yslas was fourth with a throw of 128 feet, four
inches.
Borden also had Tech's top effort in the shot put at 38 feet, five
inches, to place thid. Margarett
Holder was sixth with a best of 34 feet, nine inches.
Kelli Keck
also managed a career-best effort Tuesday, leaping 16 feet, 11
inches in the long jump to place fifth. Chelsea Mills was
sixth with a mark of 16 feet, four inches.
The other personal-best came in the 1,500-meter run where Rebecca Cline
finished in 4:56.7 to place fifth. It beat her previous best by
seven seconds. Landry Loving was
10th in the time of 5:19.4, while Kendale
Caldwell (right in photo) placed 13th in 5:32.7.
Dalis Connell (left in photo) placed ninth in the 800-meter run in
the time of 2:31.6, while Caldwell was 13th in 2:49.5. The
300-meter run, an event never run by the Golden Eagles, saw
freshman Tiara Hymon finish highest among three Tech runners
entered. She was sixth in 41.6 seconds. Brittany Cotto
placed 12th in 43.8 seconds, while Brooklyn
Kimball finished 17th in 45.1 seconds.
In the 200-meter dash, Mills placed sixth in 27 seconds. Keck was
ninth in 27.2 seconds. Cotto 12th in 27.6, Kimball 13th in 27.8,
and Hymon 14th in 28.6 seconds.
The APSU meet was the team's final outing before the OVC Outdoor
Championships, May 3-4, at Eastern Illinois.
