By: By Hunter McKay
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Winston-Salem, N.C. – The Kennesaw State women's track teams opened action at the ASUN Conference Indoor Track Championships Friday, February 23 at the JDL Fast Track.
Team Scoring:
The women's team leads after day one of the championship with 96 points and have a 60 point lead over second place Jacksonville.
Combined Events
Women's Pentathlon(Completed)
Jordan Gray won the event with a school and ASUN Championship record 4015 points which is good for 11
th best in the NCAA this season.
Gray had a top-three finish in all five all events including a pair of wins in the 60m-hurdles and shot put.
She opened the pentathlon setting a school record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.73m.
Her other new school and conference record came in the pentathlon shot put with a toss of 13.57m (44'6.25).
Shakedra Robinson won the high jump Friday morning leaping 1.68m (5'6) and the 800m in 2:27.82 to finish second overall behind Gray with a personal-best total of 3544 points.
Jessica Watkins (2957 points) and
Alexis Starks (2442 points) finished fourth and sixth overall in their first ever pentathlon.
Medal Winners
Erica Sergeant won the pole vault after clearing 3.69m (12'1.25). Freshman
Rachel Sherrill grabbed a bronze medal in the pole vault after clearing 3.54m (11'7.25).
The Owls swept the podium in the women's long jump with
Morgan Campbell jumping 5.81m (19'0.75) to win gold while
Jordan Gray who jumped 5.79m (19'0) and
Jessica Watkins who leaped 5.46m (17'11) took home the silver and bronze medals.
Nia Seldon took home the bronze medal in the shot put with a toss of 13.28m (43'7).
Kidan Kidane grabbed a silver medal in the 3K with a time of 10:02.68.
Running Event Qualifiers for Saturday's Finals
Jocselyn Powell set a school record in the 60m hurdles preliminaries with a time of 8.36.
Laura-Maria Oja who ran 8.45, Zakirra Mckinnon (8.88) and
Jirah Simpkins (8.95) will join her in the finals.
Oja (7.62),
Keaghan Peppers (7.62),
Hannah Wood (7.68),
Alex Andrews (7.73) and
D'Meka Davis advanced to the 60m final.
Quotable
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Andy Eggerth's Thoughts on the First Day of the ASUN Championship
" I'm very pleased with the women's performance today! To lead by 60 points heading into day 2 is obviously a very strong position but we can't ease up.
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Jordan Gray attempted to single-handedly win the meet for us today competing for 11 hours in 9 events, scoring 24 team points, breaking three ASUN records, and moving to 11th in the nation in the pentathlon. But she's not the only one. There weren't a lot of track events today but we advanced Owls in four of the eight positions for the 60m hurdles finals and five of the eight positions for the 60m dash finals tomorrow. Our women outstanding in the field events, claiming the top four places in the long jump, first, third, and fourth in the pole vault, and three of the six scoring places in the shot put.
"We need to start off strong tomorrow to keep the momentum rolling!"
Jordan Grays Thoughts on her pentathlon performance
"I was actually pretty pleased with this year's pentathlon results. I went into the meet wanting to break 4,000 points and get the school/conference record and I was able to do so. Long jump and high jump didn't go quite the way I wanted, but I was very happy with the PRs I got in shot put and hurdles. All the glory to God!"
Next Up
The Owls will compete in day two of the ASUN Indoor Championships at the JDL FastTrack on Saturday, November 24 at 8:30 a.m.
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