By: By Hunter McKay
Final Results | ASUN Recap | Photo Gallery
Jacksonville, Fla. – The Kennesaw State women's track team won its first ASUN Conference Outdoor Championship in dominant fashion on Saturday, May 13 at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida.
Team Scoring:
The women's haul of 274.5 points is an ASUN record and allowed the Owls to finish 141.5 points clear of second-place, and 11-time reigning champion Jacksonville.
Heptathlon (Final Three Events)
- Jordan Gray continued her strong season winning the heptathlon with a new ASUN and KSU heptathlon record 5641 points.
- Gray's 5641 points in the heptathlon ranks tenth in the NCAA this season and qualify her for the NCAA Championships finals in Oregon June, 7-10.
- Gray won all three events of the heptathlon on Saturday.
- She set a pair of school and ASUN heptathlon records in long jump with a leap of 6.11m (20'0.5) and javelin with a throw of 39.02m (6'2.75).
- Gray's heptathlon long jump qualifies her for the NCAA Championships as well.
- Shakedra Robinson finished her final heptathlon of her career with 4678 points.
- Robinson finished second in the javelin throw and closed the heptathlon by finishing second in the 800m in 2:28.39 to pickup 713 points and clinch third place overall for the second-straight year
- Jessica Watkins (4600 points) took home a fourth-place finish and Alexis Starks (4149 points) grabbed fifth place in the heptathlon. .
Medal Winners (Non Combined Events)
Field Events
- Freshman Julija Tarvide won the gold medal in the high jump after clearing 1.74m (5'08.50). She was joined on the podium by Jordan Gray who finished third after clearing 1.71m (5'7.25).
- Gray would also win the javelin throw with a toss of 39.45m (129'05).
- Morgan Campbell took home a silver medal in the triple jump with a leap of 12.24m (40'2.00)
Track Events
- Junior Jocselyn Powell won a pair of gold medals with a school-record time of 13.35 seconds in the 100m hurdles and a time of 59.23 seconds in the 400m-hurdles.
- Laura-Maria Oja, Hannah Wood, Keaghan Pepperrs and Jirah Simpkins collected gold medals in the 4x100m relay in a time of 44.64 seconds which is the second-fastest time in program history and good for a spot in the NCAA Championships.
- Diaja Oliver ran a time of 55.34 seconds to win gold in the 400m finishing .31 of a second ahead of Maileka Slayton who crossed the finish line in 55.65 seconds to take the silver medal.
- Hannah Wood set the school record in the 100m of 11.48 seconds to win the silver medal and earn a spot in the NCAA Championships.
- Wood later collected a silver medal in the 200m with a time 23.78 seconds.
- Kidan Kidane earned a pair of second-place finishes in the 1500m (4:34.19) and the 5K (17:17.94).
- Laura-Maria Oja placed second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.54 seconds and qualified for the NCAA Championships.
- Dollitia Thomas grabbed second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.20.
- To close out the evening, the women's 4x400 relay team of Diaja Oliver, Jocselyn Powell, Dollitia Thomas won the gold medal with a time of 3:43.86.
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Andy Eggerth's Thoughts on the Final Day of the ASUN Championship
"Winning championships takes a team. Not just a team of athletes, but a team of coaches, strength staff, medical staff, and all the sport staffs. I'm particularly grateful for my assistant coaches that did an outstanding job preparing our student-athletes and recognize where success comes from: great student-athletes. My staff sacrificed their enjoyment of the ASUN meet to recruit the Georgia State High School Championships which is the foundation of our next championship. Aside from our student-athletes who performed amazing, it's my assistant coaches who won this championship."
Next Up
Athletes that are in the top 48 in the East Region in an event will get the opportunity to compete in the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championships. The preliminary rounds are May 25-27 at the UK Outdoor Track and Field Complex in Lexington, Kentucky for the NCAA East Region.
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