Teegarden Breaks Own School Record At SoCon Championships

Monday, May 6

Birmingham, Ala.

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SoCon Championships

Teegarden Breaks Own School Record At SoCon Championships

5/6/2024 7:04:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Junior Bri Teegarden knifed through the school record mark in the 3000m Steeplechase for the second time in three weeks on the way to grabbing All-Southern Conference laurels on Monday evening at the 2024 SoCon Championships in Birmingham, Ala.

Teegarden, a senior from Littleton, Colo., edged her 3-week-old school record in the event by 0.42 seconds on the way to a runner-up finish on Monday at the Samford Track/Soccer Complex. She registered a mark of 10:44.33 on April 19 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to bust a then-10-year-old program superlative in the event.

Teegarden, who finished just more than three seconds off of the pace of Furman's Nicole Matysik in Monday's 3000m Steeplechase competition, was joined in the top 7 by both senior Patrycja Miazek and sophomore Olivia Jones who turned in personal best marks in the event as well.

The Bears excelled in two other events in opening-day action at the SoCon Championships. Junior Jiya Hastings posted a personal best leap of 5.67m on the way to a fourth-place finish in the long jump. Junior Annette Rodriguez-Olvera scored three valuable team points for the Bears with a sixth-place tally in the 10000m Run.

Mercer will open up final-day action on Tuesday at the SoCon Championships with the 4x100m Relay at 4:10 p.m.

SOCON CHAMPIONSHIPS (MAY 6)
100m Dash (Prelims)
11	Melissa Ubani	# 12.26
13	Jayla Battle	# 12.36

400m Dash (Prelims)
10	Ceylani Rembert	59.39

800m Run (Prelims)
14	Nikki Harris	2:19.47

400m Hurdles (Prelims)
3	Ariel Raggs	1:03.83

200m Dash (\Prelims)
n/a	Melissa Ubani	DNF

3000m Steeplechase
2	Bri Teegarden	$ 10:43.91
4	Patrycja Miazek	! 10:57.25
6	Olivia Jones	! 11:31.29

10000m Run
6	Annette Rodriguez-Olvera	37:48.34
10	Iris Porter	! 38:49.08
14	Penny Jackson	40:15.22
17	Sarah Myers	40:52.31

Long Jump
4	Jiya Hastings	! 5.67m
16	Jayla Battle	4.71m

! = Personal Best # = Wind-Aided Time $ = School Record