UAB Has Stellar Day Two at Auburn

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UAB Has Stellar Day Two at Auburn

4/14/2018 9:44:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

2018 Tiger Track Classic Final Results

AUBURN, Ala. – The UAB track and field team wrapped up the second day of competition at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic with several stellar performances, including 10 PRs and seven top-10 finishes.

Taylor Jones finished seventh in the 200-meter dash, but set a new PR at 24.12 seconds. Ebony Tolliver joined Jones by setting a new personal best in the 400-meters with a time of 58.86. Bethan Evans ran the 800-meters for just the second time this season and cut her top time down from 2:31.13 to a new PR of 2:21.64.

Marielle Lewis set a PR in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:55.28, while Kyla Horn's new PR came in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.72.

Blazer Highlights

The Blazers had three top-five performances to go along with the seven top-10 finishes, while eight of the times set on Saturday rank in the top-15 of Conference USA.
Lauren Capone ran the 400-meter hurdles for the first time in her career and finished with a time of 1:03.78.
The 4x100-meter relay team placed fourth overall at 46.15 seconds.
Keila Robertson set a PR in the triple jump with a distance of 12.23 meters (40' 1.5'').
Morayo Bhadmos set a PR in the triple jump as well, scoring a distance of 12.04 meters (39' 6''). She also ran the 200-meters, setting a PR with a time of 26.02.
Brittany Floyd had her best heptathlon performance yet, scoring 4,516 points to finish 10th overall.

Track Side with Head Coach Kurt Thomas

"We had a very good day today. All around, the jumpers, sprinters and the distance girls ran well," Thomas said. "Brittany had a good opening heptathlon as a freshman and the exciting part is she is only going to get stronger. Ali was solid as usual and is in good shape going into the conference meet. Mo and Keila had great triple jumps, set huge PRs and put themselves in contention for the C-USA Championships. Shelbi had good 100-meter and 200-meter races and Taylor ran great in setting a PR in the 200. Those are all top-10 Conference USA times, which is very promising. Lauren ran the 400-meter hurdles for the first time in her life and showed she can score at conference as well. Cele has a good 800-meter run and is starting to race well. Ebony, Marielle, Abigail and Kyla Horn all had PRs in their events. We can't ask much more from these ladies. It was a fun day. We need to go back to work and get ready for next week."

Up Next

UAB will head to Duke next week on April 20-21 for its final meet before the Conference USA Championships on May 10-13 in Houston, Texas.