ATLANTA – The Piedmont men's and women's track and field team headed down to Atlanta for the Emory Spring Break Classic over the weekend.

The Lions competed in yet another two-day meet with several new personal bests against a heavy competition field.

Friday, the Lions saw many new personal bests set from both the field and track side. In the women's hammer throw, three out of four took home a new PR including Shealee Gallegos (37.18m), Kayla Ward (37.09m), and Anna Belle King (30.75m). In the men's hammer throw, Matthew Blocksom threw a new personal best of 43.67m. This new mark improves his number No. 3 all time spot in the record books. In javelin throw, both Ja'Nia Gray and Brayden Saxon improved their mark. Gray throwing 22.25m and Saxon 27.62m.

On the track side, three runners improved their times on day one. Naomi Oti-Wapala ran the 200m and secured a new PR of 27.61. While in the men's 200m, Daeon Neal posted a new PR of 24.05. In the 1500m, Bella Caccamo set a new personal best by 9 seconds, putting her second all time in the record books behind Jaycie Ponce. 

Saturday, the Lions saw even more PR performances on both sides. In the men's long jump, Nehemiah Franklin posted a new mark of 5.63m. In the men's shot put, Jacob Baker set a new personal best with a mark of 11.57m.


To the track, eight runners took home new personal bests. In the qualifying round of the men's 100m, Martin (11.47), Miles Havis (11.50) and Franklin (12.24) had pr performances. Silas Goolsby made his debut in the 100m running a time of 10.73 and placing fifth in the qualifying round.

For the men's 1500m, Brody Geckler crushed his last attempt at this race by nine seconds, running a time of 4:37.20. In the women's 400m, Allison Cantrell and Caccamo both took home new personal bests with Caccamo running 1:02.57 and Cantrell 1:03.53. For the men's 400m, Tyler Brown keeps improving his time by the milliseconds. Brown finished with a time of 51.67. Lastly, Shaqir Riggins took on the 800m again this weekend setting a new personal best by five seconds. Riggins crossed the line at 2:15.59.

Next up, the Lions are scheduled to come back to Emory University for the Thrills in the Hills meet on March 27-28^th. 
 
Field Events Day 1 – bold denotes personal best

Women's Hammer Throw	Shealee Gallegos – 37.18m Kayla Ward – 37.09m Anna Belle King – 30.75m Endiya Burton – 30.51m
Men's Hammer Throw	George Ketch – 44.87m Matthew Blocksom – 43.67m Kerrigan McClain – 27.33m
Men's Javelin Throw	Al Martin – 37.63m Walter Burks – 31.84m Brayden Saxon – 27.62m Kerrigan McClain – 25.75m
Women's Javelin Throw	Ja'Nia Gray – 22.25m Shealee Gallegos – 21.14m Anna Belle King – 20.73m
Men's Triple Jump	Nehemiah Franklin – 11.86m
Women's Triple Jump	-
Women's High Jump	-
Men's High Jump	-

 
Track Events Day 1 – bold denotes personal best

Women's 400m Hurdles	Brianna Tucci – 1:15.55
Mens 400m Hurdles	-
Women's 200m	Allison Cantrell – 27.36 Naomi Oti-Wapala – 27.61 Sara Bjerke – 31.04 Brooke Benna – 31.73 Anna Freeman – 31.96
Men's 200m	Tyler Brown – 23.22 Shaqir Riggins – 23.81 Daeon Neal – 24.05 Al Martin – 24.15 Miles Havis – 24.21 Jimmy Channell – 24.79
Women's Invitational 1500m	Bella Caccamo – 4:57.34
Men's Invitational 1500m	-
Women's 3000m Steeplechase	-
Men's 3000m Steeplechase	-
Women's 4x400m relay	Oti-Wapala, Tucci, Cantrell, Bjerke – 4:27.08
Mens 4x400m relay	Goolsby, Wiley, Channell, Neal – 3:32.94
Women's Open 5000m	-
Men's Open 5000m	-
Women's Invitational 5000m	-
Men's Invitational 5000m	-

 
Field Events Day 2 – bold denotes personal best

Men's Pole Vault	-
Men's Discus Throw	Matthew Blocksom – 37.94m Jacob Baker – 33.46m
Women's Shot Put	-
Women's Long Jump	-
Men's Long Jump	Al Martin – 6.22m Nehemiah Franklin – 5.63m
Women's Discus Throw	Shealee Gallegos – 34.63m Kayla Ward – 31.70m
Men's Shot Put	Jayden Smith – 13.20m Jacob Baker – 11.57m Kerrigan McClain – 10.26m Walter Burks – 9.18m
Women's Pole Vault	-

 
Track Events Day 2 – bold denotes personal best

Men's 10000m	-
Women's 100m Qualifying Round	Naomi Oti-Wapala – 13.40
Men's 100m Qualifying Round	Silas Goolsby – 10.73 5th Al Martin – 11.47 Miles Havis – 11.50 Nehemiah Franklin – 12.24
Women's 3000m	-
Men's 3000m	-
Women's 4x100m relay	-
Mens 4x100m relay	-
Women's Open 1500m	Emily Hillesheim – 6:01.61 Naomi Oti-Wapala – 6:44.82 Josalyn Hallman – 6:50.88
Men's Open 1500m	Brody Geckler – 4:37.20 Xander Wiley – 4:57.24 Keegan Ivey – 5:00.48
Women's 100m Hurdles Prelims	Brianna Tucci – 17.84 Brooke Benna – 17.93 Sara Bjerke – 18.69 Anna Freeman – 20.62
Men's 110m Hurdles Prelims	-
Women's 400m	Bella Caccamo – 1:02.57 Allison Cantrell – 1:03.53 Ja'Nia Gray – 1:17.52 London Jackson – 1:17.59
Men's 400m	Silas Goolsby – 48.79 9th Tyler Brown – 51.67 Jimmy Channell – 56.00 Xander Wiley – 58.48
Women's 800m	Hayden Linn – 3:13.42
Men's 800m	Shaqir Riggins – 2:15.59 Brody Geckler – 2:16.24 Daeon Neal – 2:23.42
Women's 4x800m relay	-
Men's 4x800 relay	-
Women's 4x200m relay	-
Men's 4x200m relay	-