DEMOREST, Ga. - The Piedmont University Track and Field program had a fantastic showing at the Samford Bulldog Open, with the meet highlighted by
JAYCIE PONCE shattering two school records individually and the program seeing 35 different personal bests on the day.
Ponce broke her first school record in the women's mile, running a 5:19.37. She refused to settle for just one record on the day as she also broke the previous record set in the women's 3k, running a 10:42.82. Ponce finished 7th in the event with this time as well.
In the longest event of the day, the men's 5k,
LAYTON BRADFORD was able to grab 9th place in the event with a 15:53.49.
Chirs Donsereaux continued his stellar start to the indoor season, jumping 6.42m in the men's long jump for an 8th place finish in the event. The jump is a PB for Donseraeux which adds yet another to his season and career total.
In the men's 400 meter dash, the Lions saw two top 10 finishes, with
CONNOR CREEDON coming in 4th (1:56.32) followed shortly after by teammate
DARIUS SMITH (1:57.02).
The team of
MICHELLE CATES,
MADALYN WILLIAMS,
BELLA CACCAMO and
CORTNEY BROWN ran a 4:27.58 in the womens 4x400 relay and finished in 9th place during the event.
On the men's side of the 4x400 relay,
EDWIN ELLIS,
CONNOR CREEDON,
JACOB BALOT and
DARIUS SMITH ran a combined 3:31.20. This time earned them 7th place in the event.
Field Events - Bold denotes school record
| W High Jump |
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| M High Jump |
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| M Long Jump |
CHRIS DONSEREAUX (6.42m) - 8th |
| W Long Jump |
CORTNEY BROWN (4.47m)
RINDY GRUBB (4.39m)
ILEYNA BROOKS (4.20m) |
| W Triple Jump |
KAI DOYLE (10.23m)
SAMANTHA SEYMOUR (9.80m) |
| M Triple Jump |
JAZIAH UPSHAW (11.92m) |
| W Pole Vault |
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| M Pole Vault |
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| W Shot Put |
ABBY MAULDIN (8.79m) |
| M Shot Put |
KERRIGAN MCCLAIN (9.95m)
ETHAN JACKSON (9.75m)
DAVID ANDERSON (8.99m) |
| W Weight Throw |
ALLIE FELTUS (12.59m)
REAGHAN ANDERSON (9.81m)
WHITNEY DARSEY (8.39m) |
| M Weight Throw |
ETHAN JACKSON (13.70m)
KERRIGAN MCCLAIN (10.08m)
DAVID ANDERSON (9.52m) |
Track Events - Bold denotes school record
| W 60m |
ILEYNA BROOKS (8.75)
NATALIE-EDITH GONZALEZ (9.68) |
| M 60m |
CHRIS DONSEREAUX (7.15)
KAYLN HALL (7.55)
ISAAC THACKER (8.37) |
| M 60m Hurdles |
SILAS GOOLSBY (8.80)
GARRETT STADLER (8.97) |
| W 60m Hurdles |
COURTNEY BROWN (10:73)
MICHELLE CATES (10.76)
BELLA CACCAMO (11.35) |
| W 200m |
ILEYNA BROOKS (28.62)
BELLA CACCAMO (29.52)
MICHELLE CATES (29.69) |
| M 200m |
SILAS GOOLSBY (22.73) |
| W 400m |
SAMANTHA SEYMOUR (1:09.22) |
| M 400m |
GARRETT STADLER (52.19)
EDWIN ELLIS (53.65) |
| W 500m |
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| M 500m |
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| W 800m |
MADALYN WILLIAMS (2:37.55)
VICTORIA DROUIN (3:19.99) |
| M 800m |
CONNOR CREEDON (1:56.32) - 4th
DARIUS SMITH (1:57:02) - 8th
JACOB BALOT (1:58.81) |
| M Mile |
GARY HALVERSON (4:21.04) - 7th
TUCKER COX (4:44.25)
COLE ELROD (4:48.01) |
| W Mile |
JAYCIE PONCE (5:19.37)
ANNA GIBSON (5:41.81)
LEEANN LAWRENCE (5:47.79) |
| M 3000m |
WALKER CAPELLE (9:22.78)
PETER SLIGH (9:27.49)
NOAH IRWIN (10:03.53) |
| W 3000m |
JAYCIE PONCE (10:42.82) - 7th
SKYLER SEEBER (11:31.09) |
| M 5000 |
LAYTON BRADFORD (15:53.49) - 9th
JAYDON GONZALEZ (16:20.39) |
| W 5000m |
HANNAH MARLOWE (21:27.62) |
| M 4x400m Relay |
Ellis, Creedon, Balot, Smith (3:31.20) - 7th |
| W 4x400m Relay |
Cates, Williams, Caccamo, Brown (4:27.58) - 9th |
| M DMR |
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| W DMR |
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