Lambert Goes for Gold at Conference USA Championships

Thursday, May 11

Denton, Texas

All Day

Florida Atlantic

Conference USA Outdoor Championships

5/14/2023 10:31:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

Final Results (PDF)

By: Ben Paul

DENTON, Texas – The Florida Atlantic University track & field team concluded the 2023 Conference USA Outdoor Championships on Sunday afternoon.

In the championship's final day, the Owls earned a gold medal thanks to the tremendous run by Jessica Lambert in the 800m. The junior from Croydon, England ran for a time of 2:06.95 to win the race.

Lambert's historic track season for FAU has seen her break the 800m school record four times between the indoor and outdoor seasons and has won the gold in both C-USA championships.

Coaches' Take

Head Coach Alex Smolka
"Tonight, we concluded a successful final C-USA outdoor track & field championship. I am very proud of our team members and extremely thankful to Coach (Georgette) Nixon and our support staff, Joel Robert, and Jasmine Morris.

We are not yet where we would like to be yet, but our team culture and competitiveness is helping us to continue to improve. We were able to score in both relays and individual events. We achieved lots of new personal records and competed very well in all of our events. A special congrats to Jess Lambert for winning the 800m race and completing the indoor and outdoor this year. Our future looks bright!"

Quick Hits

Lambert's time of 2:06.95 is the second best 800m in Florida Atlantic history. She now owns the top three in FAU's 800m record book
Rosa Ten Berg improved on her preliminary time in the 800m final. Finishing at 2:13.53, she placed in sixth
Madlen Kappeler concluded her season by leading the way for the Owls in the 5000m. Her time of 18:10.62 is good for ninth in school history
The Owls also competed in a pair of relays. In the 4x100m, a team of Cara Simpson, Abraiya Elam, Eriana Teague, and Melissa Mundell finished with a season-best time of 46.25. In the 4x400m, Simpson, Ten Berg, Lambert, and Melissa Mundell finished with a time of 3:47.96

Upcoming

For now, the Florida Atlantic Owls season has come to a close. Now, they await to see if Lambert qualifies for the NCAA Regionals.

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