Bears Continue to Shine at Tiger Track Classic

Friday, April 13

Auburn, Ala.

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Mercer University

Tiger Classic

Photo by: Larry Dancy

Bears Continue to Shine at Tiger Track Classic

4/14/2018 7:47:00 PM | Track & Field

Day 2 Results (PDF)

Three school records fall as Mercer competes in nine events

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

AUBURN, Ala. – Mercer's Sydney Campbell, Cherrish Wright and Ania Grzeszczak set school records in the 100-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles and 3000-meter run events as the Bears competed for a second day Saturday at the Tiger Track Classic at Hutsell-Rosen Track.

One day after Campbell set the program's long jump record, the freshman ran the 100-meter dash in 11.95 seconds, which was 0.13 seconds better than teammate Lauryn Dancy's former record of 12.08. Dancy was close behind, cracking the 12-second mark as well (11.98). All four Bears to compete in the event – Campbell, Dancy, Marion Meadows and Alex Williams – all ran personal-bests.

Wright bested her former record (15.10) in the 100-meter hurdles by 0.27 seconds. She set the former record on March 24 at the UNF Spring Break Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. Wright added another personal-record of 25.30 in the 200-meter dash.

Grzeszczak placed eighth out of 24 runners with the record-breaking time of 10:29.07 in the 3000-meter run.

Coach Wims' Take
"It is great to see our freshmen continue to live up to the hype this spring; they are turning into what I thought they'd be when they joined our program," said head coach Jerod Wims. "Sydney [Campbell] did an outstanding job of shattering her own long jump record Friday and it was impressive to see her and Lauryn [Dancy] both come through with sub-12-second times in the 100-meter today."

Saturday Results
4x100 Meter Relay
10. Mercer [Sydney Campbell, Lauryn Dancy, Marion Meadows, Tessola Duncan] (47.39)

1500 Meter Run
19. Courtney Czerniak (4:57.26)

100 Meter Hurdles
31. Cherrish Wright (14.83) (School Record)

Triple Jump
23. Alex Williams (11.09m) (Personal Record)

400 Meter Dash
24. Madison Mueller (58.42)
31. Tessola Duncan (59.05)
38. Alicia Williams (1:03.95)

100 Meter Dash
13. Sydney Campbell (11.95) (School Record)
16. Lauryn Dancy (11.98) (Personal Record)
27. Marion Meadows (12.08) (Personal Record)
35. Alex Williams (12.29) (Personal Record)

400 Meter Hurdles
18. Madison Mueller (1:04.70)
24. Myranda Ham (1:06.68)

200 Meter Dash
24. Tessola Duncan (24.83)
37. Cherrish Wright (25.30) (Personal Record)
38. Lauryn Dancy (25.36)
39. Marion Meadows (25.36)

3000 Meter Run
8. Ania Grzeszczak (10:29.07) (School Record)

Up Next
Mercer returns to Atlanta on April 20-21 for the Georgia Tech Invitational, which will serve as the Bears' final regular season meet before the SoCon Championships (May 10-11).

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