JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kenisha Phillips broke the ASUN Conference Track and Field Championship's 400-meter record as the Governors wrapped up their second day of the ASUN Outdoor Track and Field Championship, Friday, at Hodges Stadium.
Phillips raced past the competition in the 400 meter's preliminary round, finishing with a first-place time of 53.25 seconds – three-hundredths of a second faster than the previous record. The mark also was a top 10 outdoor time in program history and qualified the Georgetown, Guyana native for the final round of the event, Saturday afternoon.
Kyra Wilder also qualified for Saturday's finals after finishing seventh with a time of 56.30.
Lauren Lewis concluded the Govs' qualifying times in Friday's events after finishing seventh in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:10.85.Â
Freshman Amani Sharif earned APSU's first points of the ASUN Championship after finishing fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.87 meters – the third-best mark of her career.
Emma Tucker's ninth-place, 38.64-meter discus toss rounded out APSU's top 10 performances of the afternoon.
The Governors begin their final day of the ASUN Championships tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. (CT) with the pole vault.
Day Two Results
DiscusÂ
Long Jump
400m Prelim
100m Prelim
100m Hurdles Prelim
800m Prelim
Day One Results
Hammer
Javelin
400m Hurdles Prelim
200m Prelim
1,500m Prelim
10,000mÂ
Ashley Doyle (39:02.43, 20th)
