ATLANTA – The Florida Atlantic women's track & field team will travel to Georgia to compete in a two day meet hosted by Georgia Tech on Friday, April 17- Saturday, April 18.
With two more meets in the regular season Florida Atlantic will go compete at the Georgia Tech Invitational. FAU will compete in the 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter, 1500-meter, and 5000-meter on Friday. To close out the meet, the Owls will participate in five events (400-meter hurdles, 400-meter, 800-meter, 200-meter, and 4x400-meter).
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
- Alabama A&M
- Alabama State
- Alcorn State
- Anderson (S.C.)
- Auburn Montgomery
- Augusta
- Austin Peay
- Belmont
- Brandeis
- Brown
- Campbellsville
- Carson-Newman
- Cedarville
- Charleston Southern
- Chattanooga
- Columbus St.
- Clayton State
- Emory
- FIU
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida Gulf Coast
- Georgia College
- Georgia State
- Georgia Tech
- Jackson State
- Jacksonville St.
- John Carroll
- Kennesaw State
- LaGrange
- Lee (Tenn.)
- Lenoir-Rhyne
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
- Lipscomb
- Marquette
- Mercer
- Middle Tennessee
- Mississippi College
- North Florida
- Notre Dame
- Saint Francis (Ind.)
- Samford
- SCAD Atlanta
- SEMO
- Southern Mississippi
- Tennessee St.
- Troy
- UMass
- USC Beaufort (S.C.)
- USC Upstate
- VCU
- West Alabama
- West Florida
- Wofford
- Florida Atlantic started the afternoon with the 1500-meter with junior Jessica Hatch running 4:27.78, earning the event victory. The time was the second fastest of her career and currently the fastest time in the American.
- Teegan Anderson took second place in the 1500m, finishing in a time 4:30.08, a season-best, while also moving her to third all-time in the top-10 record book.
- Madison Brown took sixth place, running 4:45.42, a new personal best for the sophomore.
- In the 400-meter dash, Jada Bolhuis finished in fifth place, running 56.33, the fastest time of her FAU career.
- Richelle Williams ran the fastest 100-meter dash of her collegiate career, coming in with a time of 12.18.
- Both Anderson and Hatch also ran the 800-meter, finishing in third and fourth place respectively.
- The 200-meter saw another FAU personal best by Williams, running 25.12 which was good for a top ten placing.
- The Owls closed the day in the 4x400 relay with Bolhuis, Adriana Lopez, Rosa ten Berg, Adrianna Mier taking first place, running 3:49.96, a new season's best.