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LYNCHBURG, Va.- The Kennesaw State men's and women's track and field teams sit in second place after day one of the ASUN Indoor Championships on Friday.  
 
Team Scoring
Men
Liberty 91
KSU 63
Lipscomb 21
Bellarmine 8
 
Women
Liberty 68
Kennesaw State 49
Lipscomb 29
Bellarmine 6
 
Men's Heptathlon (Through four events)

• Quann Shears is in first place with 2885 points.
• Shears posted four personal-best performances on Friday.
• Ian Jackson is in fourth with 2742 points.
• Jackson had personal-best performances in the shot put and long jump on Friday. 

 
Women's Pentathlon (Completed)

• Sophomore Kyarra Newton finished fifth scoring 3258 points.
• Newton finished second in the high jump and long jump.
• Destiny Turman (2643 points), Ansley Floyd-Jackson (22245 points) and Aweng Mawien (1911 points) finished ninth,10th and 11th respectively.

 
School Record Performances  

• Jack Rhea cleared 5.21m (17'1") to win the men's pole vault.
• Lindsay Billings raced to a time of 9:30.38 to win the women's 3000m. She broke the previous school record by nearly 15 seconds.
• Billing's and Rhea's marks also were new ASUN Indoor Championship records.
• The women's distance medley relay team of Sarah Hendrick, Britiney Johnson, Madigan Wallace and Rachel Van Amburgh ran a time of 11:46.47 to take second in the distance medley relay.

 
Men's Medal Winners

• Tyler Blalock secured the gold medal in the shot put with a toss of 18.56m (60'10.75").
• Sultan Simms grabbed the gold medal in the high jump clearing 2.11m (6'11").
• Kelvin Campbell jumped 7.13m (23"4.75") and Karl Jõeäär landed a mark of (7.03m (23'0.75") to secure second and third in the long jump.
• Stephen Smith took home the bronze medal in the pole vault after clearing 4.46m (14'7.50").
• The men's distance medley relay team of Koi Williams, Cameron Johnson, Sparticus Griffin and Cameron Paulk posted a time of 10:27.74 to finish second.

 
Women's Medal Winners

• Jasmine Akins landed a jump of 5.81m (19'0.75") and Jozalyn Albright had a mark of 5.76m (18'10.75") to finish second and third in the long jump.
• Javon Joyner had an indoor career-best toss of 13.69m (44'11") in the shot put to finish third.

 
Men's Running Event Qualifiers

• Cameron Smith (8.47 seconds), Ian Jackson (8.69 seconds) and Quann Shears (9.24 seconds) all advanced to Saturday's 60m hurdle final.
• Aaron Goodwin ran a career-best time of 6.75 seconds to win the 60m-dash preliminary.
• Joining Goodwin in the final will be Omar Diaz (6.79 seconds) Jordan Hewing (6.95 seconds) and Tyriq Hussie (7.03 seconds).

 
Women's Running Event Qualifiers

• Five Owls advanced to the finals in the 60m hurdles as Olivia Brown (8.56 seconds), Corbin McLean (8.79 seconds), Aweng Mawien (8.98 seconds), Kywana Donahoo (9.35 seconds) and Kyarra Newton (9.38 seconds) all advanced.
•  Louise Tocays (7.68 seconds), Donahoo (7.81 seconds) and Jozalyn Albright (7.87 seconds) all moved on to Saturday's final in 60m-dash.

 
Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel
On the men's team's performance today …
"The men came out today and immediately got it going in the combined events and then kept banging away with huge efforts by Tyler Blalock, Sultan Simms and Jack Rhea. The men are positioned well with a lot of races to go."
 
On the women' team's performance today …
"The women's team got great efforts from Lindsay Billings and Katie Meyer in the 3K to start the day. It seemed like there were great performances one after another. We finished the evening breaking the school record in the distance medley relay and have a lot of opportunities to score tomorrow."
 
Next Up
The Owls will finish competition at the ASUN Indoor Championships on Saturday, February 27.
 
Keep up with Owls track and field teams by following KSU on Twitter at @KSUOwlNation and @KSUTrackFieldXC, on Instagram @ksuowlstrackxc  or by liking Kennesaw State Owls on Facebook.
 
 
 
 
 

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