NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Sydney Freeman broke the Austin Peay State University track & field team's 5K record, as the Governors competed in the opening day of Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge, Friday, at the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center.

Shaye Foster, Holly Harding, and Hallie Mattingly began the day's events, competing in the mile. Mattingly earned a personal best in the mile run, beating her previous PR by over seven seconds. Foster finished second amongst her heat, while Harding was within one second of besting her career's best time in the event.

Freeman's 5,000-meter was the Govs' final event of the day. The Madison, Alabama posted a 17:27.14 in the event, which bested the previous record – 17:37.30, held by Xiamar Richards since the 2012 season – by nearly 10 seconds.

Up next, the Governors' distance athletes prepare for the second day of the Music City Challenge, while the rest of the team competed in Samford's Bulldog Open, Saturday, in Birmingham, Alabama.