Track & Field Has Record Setting Day in Boston

Saturday, February 5

Boston, Mass.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

BU Scarlet & White Invitational

Photo by: Michael Wade

2/5/2022 8:09:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

Final Results

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University track & field team wrapped up their final meet before the Conference USA Indoor Championship at Saturday's BU Scarlet & White Invitational. The Owls built on their momentum from yesterday's meet and dominated in several competitions that included six top 10 finishes, 11 personal records and eight new entries to the top 10 in school history.

Coach Smolka's Take

"It's not often that I'm lost for words, but what we as a team accomplished this weekend is leaving me a little speechless. I can't recall any other two day span during which we had to update our record books as much. Our team members are dialed in. They are listening to the coaching staff, motivating each other and collectively helping each other achieve new heights! I don't particularly like to single out individuals because I hate to leave someone out. However, I need to mention a few performers and performances who put themselves in our record books today:

Cara [Simpson] had a great weekend! She improved her 60m PR (running the time twice), she smashed her 200m PR, and ran her best ever time for the 4x400 relay leg!

Jess [Lambert] improved her 800m PR by a full second, only 35 minutes after anchoring the 4x400 relay team to the second fastest time in the conference currently.

Paige [Saiz] ran a huge new PR in the 3000m, which is the program's best time in seven years. (outside of Madlen [Kappeler's] times)

Jordan [Stevens] improved her mile time drastically and put herself into the record books.

The entire 4x400 relay team deserves a shout out for their performance today, and they'll only get faster!

Last but certainly not least, Casey [O'Connor] had the race of her young career thus far! She is the first FAU runner in seven years to break five minutes in the mile, and has come a long, long way with a super bright future ahead!

Overall, I really want to stress the team, and how we are all coming together and working towards a common goal!"

Quick Hits

Jessica Lambert was ticks away from a school record in the 800m. Her time of 2:10.97 is good for second best in FAU history.
Cara Simpson finished fourth in the 200m run (24.40). This marks her personal best and the fourth best time in school history.
Simpson also qualified for the 60m finals, finishing in third (7.55). This matches her personal best that she set yesterday in the same event.
Paige Saiz placed 14th in the 3000m with a time of 10:05.01. This beats her previous personal record by 14 seconds and is good for sixth all time in school history.
Madlen Kappeler had strong performances in both the 3000m (10:12.59) and 5000m (17:41.38). This placed 10th and 7th in school history, respectively.
Casey O'Connor's mile run time of 4:57.85 was both a personal record and 9th all time in school history. Jordan Stevens also set a personal best at 5:07.78.
Anna Cincotta finished seventh in the 60m hurdle finals (9.10) with a new personal record.
The 4x400m relay team (Simpson, Beyonce Green, Eriana Teague, Lambert) placed in fourth with a season best time (3:49.52), seventh all time in school history.

Upcoming

The team will have next weekend off before heading to Birmingham to compete in the Conference USA Indoor Championships on Feb. 19-20.

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