Track and Field Wraps Up Opening Weekend with Vulcan Invite

Saturday, January 12

Birmingham, Ala.

Florida Atlantic

Vulcan Invite

1/12/2019 10:32:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In the second meet in as many days, the Florida Atlantic University track and field team wrapped up its stay in Birmingham at the Vulcan Invite on Saturday.

QUICK HITS

Jenae Ambrose raced to a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.50. That time ranks fourth all-time at FAU. Cara Simpson crossed the line in 26.80 for a 29th place finish. Jada James set a new personal record with a time of 26.95 for a 33rd place finish and Vershae Quinn rounded out the group with a time of 27.84 for 42nd place
In the 800-meter run, Megan Giovanniello set a new personal best with a time of 2:17.51 for fifth place. Her time is the 11th best in school history. Erica Lersch finished in sixth with a time of 2:19.22. Brooke Butterfield also finished in the top-10, coming in at ninth in 2:22.07
Liz Wellman was the lone Owl in the 1-mile run, coming in at fifth place in 5:08.91, the 10th fastest time in school history
Jamesha Moorer completed the 60-meter dash prelims in 7.78 for 10th place and the 12th best time in FAU history
Morgan Shortridge took 12th place in the high jump with a score of 1.54 meters, which is eight all-time at FAU. Kennedie Reese tied for 17th place with a score of 1.44 meters
Reese also competed in the 60-meter hurdles, coming in 19th place with a time of 9.29 in the prelims. Kailiece Harris was also in the event, finishing in 29th in the prelims with a time of 9.75
Harris took 20th in the long jump with a score of 4.80 meters
Several rookies received valuable experience on the second day of opening weekend. Five different freshmen competed in the Vulcan Invite

COACH RANDOLPH'S TAKE
"Our main focus was to have two days the athletes would have to race and allow our training cycles to mimic our conference schedule. Mission accomplished. We were able to achieve multiple personal bests, conference leads, and a top 10 national ranking along the way. We still have a lot of work to do as we focus on peaking in February."

UP NEXT
The Owls will be back in action on Friday (18th) and Saturday (19th) at the Gamecock Inaugural Indoor Invite.

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