LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Austin Peay State University's track & field team earned 10 wins, 17 top two finishes, 29 top five finishes, and had 14 personal bests at the Eastern Indoors, Friday, at the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center.
The Governors earned a trio of qualifiers in the 60-meter dash prelims in Seven Pettus, Molly Brown, and Alijanae Cole. All three sprinters then earned top six marks, with Seven Pettus earning APSU's first win of the day with a personal-best 7.56, first-place finish. The freshman Brown also earned a PR with a 7.87, while Cole ran a season-best 7.94 in the event.
Amani Sharif, Brown, Zoe Spann-McDonald, and Nevaeh Schmeling all earned qualifying times in the 60-meter hurdles, with Brown earning her first-collegiate victory with a time of 8.78. McDonald followed her by just a tenth of a second to finish second, while Sharif and Schmeling finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in the event.
Austin Peay claimed a quartet of top 10 marks in the 200-meter, as Taylin Segree secured her first of two wins on the day. She was followed by Seven Pettus and Alijanae Cole who placed third and fifth, while Isis Banks narrowly trailed the trio with an eighth-place finish.
Segree's second win of the afternoon came in the 400-meter, where the La Vergne, Tennessee native posted a season-best time of 54.96. Each of the top four spots in the event featured Governors, with Mia McGee, Mariah Mitchem, and Alexis Arnett rounding out the top four.
Sophomore Taylah Upshaw also earned her first-career with a 2:16.01 PR in the 800 meter, while Laure Marie Kidukula placed second, coming in less than two seconds behind Upshaw.
Austin Peay also earned a pair of top five finishes in the mile run, with Shaye Foster finishing second with a time of 5:11.92, and Holly Harding placing second at 5:14.11.
Wrapping up distance, Sydney Freeman won and earned a PR in the 3K with a time of 10:13.81. In its final event on the track, the quartet of Arnett, Mitchell, Raven Payne, and McGee won the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:53.46.
Heading to the Governors' field events on the day – where they won a trio of events – Madelyn Kocik earned her first of two victories in the long jump with a personal best of 5.84 meters, before posting a season-best 12.10-meter mark in the triple jump. The Govs claimed each of the top five spots in the triple jump, with Emmani Roberts (11.75m) finishing second with her personal best and Denim Goddard, Ja'Kyah Montgomery, and Myra Eriksson all posting their best marks of the season.
Emma Tucker finished in the top two of each of her throwing events, winning the shot put and finishing second in the weight throw. China Giaimo finished second in the shot put, while Marcia Dejesus finished fifth in the weight throw.
Up next, Austin Peay prepares for its final meet of the indoor regular season when it competes in Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge, Feb. 13-14, at the David Williams Recreation and Wellness Center in Nashville.
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