Florida Atlantic Owls Set More Records in Gainesville

Thursday, January 19

Gainesville, Fla.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

RADD Sports Invitational

1/20/2023 8:23:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

Results

By: Ben Paul, FAU Student

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University track & field team concluded their two-day meet at the RADD Sports Invitational on Friday. The Owls continued their strong start to the season, with a school record being broken by Jessica Lambert for the second weekend in a row.

Coach Gigi's Take

Coach Georgette Nixon on this weekend's meet
"This weekend has continued to show growth amongst the team. A lot of hard work was put in the fall and now it's time to fine-tune our technique and race strategies for competitions. They are entering each meet HUNGRY and their hard work is starting to show.

"Again, Jess is hungry and has big goals. Every time she steps on the track, she gives it her all. Second meet of the season and she is ranked #8 in the NCAA in the 800m. I know what she is capable of so I'm excited to get back to work to continue to improve. The entire team is on the rise!"

Quick Hits

Day One

The Owls kicked off the meet with a top showing in the 1000m with three finishes in the top five. Elyssa Toal won first place with a time of 3:03.51, now the sixth best time in FAU history. She was followed closely behind by Jordan Stevens in third place (3:07.42) and Leah Helms in fourth (3:08.28)
Rosa ten Berg earned third place in the 600m (1:36.05). This is fourth in school history after logging the third best time last weekend
Madlen Kappeler in her first track race of the season placed in third (10:06.7)

Day Two

As the reigning C-USA Track Athlete of the Week, Lambert followed up last weekend's historic performance with an even bigger day. Not only did she win the 800m by almost eight seconds faster than the second-place runner (2:06.98), Lambert crushed the FAU record in the process by almost four seconds.
Cara Simpson had a personal best day for her in the 60m with a time of 7.52, third best in school history
Dahlia Barnes finished in second place in the long jump and set a new personal best mark with a score of 5.36
Eriana Teague (59.28) and Melissa Mundell (59.99) placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 400m
The Owls closed out the afternoon with a victory in the 4x400 relay. The 'A' team (Simpson, Lambert, Teague, Mundell) logged a time of 3:49.88, tied for sixth in FAU history

Upcoming

The Owls will have a well-deserved weekend off before heading back to Gainesville for a meet hosted by the University of Florida from Feb. 2 to Feb. 3.

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