The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Floyd Medals for UAB Track and Field on Day One of C-USA Championships
2/22/2020 9:24:00β―PM | Women's Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM β The UAB track and field team completed a successful day one of hosting the 2020 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday as junior Brittany Floyd led the way, placing second in the pentathlon.
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Floyd had an impactful performance across the board for her silver in the pentathlon, finishing first in the long jump and second in both the 60-meter hurdles and 800-meter run. The Columbus, Ga., native also notched a personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.10 seconds and the 800-meter run at 2:23.04. Fellow pent athlete Miren Ederra also placed well in her own right, finishing fifth overall and setting personal marks in each event outside of the 60-meter hurdles.
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Freshman Makiyah Sills also had a good day, placing third in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries in 8.69 seconds to advance to the finals. In the 800-meter run, redshirt junior Celestial Moon will be representing the Blazers in the finals after timing out a 2:13.96 in the event. The remaining UAB qualifier was senior Serena Martinez, who hit a personal record 5:02.80 to place eighth and move on to the finals.
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As a unit, the Blazers' distance medley team of Moon, junior Bethan Evans, sophomoreΒ Jabriana Jemison and Martinez also turned in a solid performance to earn bronze with a final time of 12:04.27.
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UAB will wrap up the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Things will get going at 9 a.m. with the men's 60-meter hurdles as part of the heptathlon.. Meet information and coverage for the event is provided on the UAB track and field schedule page.
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For more information on the UAB track and field team, follow @UAB_TF_XC on Twitter and Instagram.
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Floyd had an impactful performance across the board for her silver in the pentathlon, finishing first in the long jump and second in both the 60-meter hurdles and 800-meter run. The Columbus, Ga., native also notched a personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.10 seconds and the 800-meter run at 2:23.04. Fellow pent athlete Miren Ederra also placed well in her own right, finishing fifth overall and setting personal marks in each event outside of the 60-meter hurdles.
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Freshman Makiyah Sills also had a good day, placing third in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries in 8.69 seconds to advance to the finals. In the 800-meter run, redshirt junior Celestial Moon will be representing the Blazers in the finals after timing out a 2:13.96 in the event. The remaining UAB qualifier was senior Serena Martinez, who hit a personal record 5:02.80 to place eighth and move on to the finals.
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As a unit, the Blazers' distance medley team of Moon, junior Bethan Evans, sophomoreΒ Jabriana Jemison and Martinez also turned in a solid performance to earn bronze with a final time of 12:04.27.
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UAB will wrap up the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Things will get going at 9 a.m. with the men's 60-meter hurdles as part of the heptathlon.. Meet information and coverage for the event is provided on the UAB track and field schedule page.
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For more information on the UAB track and field team, follow @UAB_TF_XC on Twitter and Instagram.
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