Women's Track and Field Ends Day 1 of UAA Outdoor Championships in 1st Place

The Emory women's track and field team dominated the first day of the UAA Outdoor Championships, ending day one in first place with 77 points.

The day was highlighted by

Abigail Roberts' win in the hammer throw, throwing for 53.53m to secure the UAA championship. Day one also saw

Elizabeth Csikai break the 10,000m record, finishing in sixth with a 36:36.15 to break the record previously set by Melissa Jones in 2009.

Freshman

Ayla Cooke finished behind Csikai in the 10,000m to start the day, finishing in 14

th with a time of 39:03.88.

The 3000m steeplechase saw a pair of PRs from

Cameron Gupta and

Davis Johnson as Gupta earned second place with a time of 10:44.24 and Johnson took fifth at 10:52.79.

In the 4x800 relay, the team of

Payton Fleming,

Sarah Nixon, Zoe Norman and

Hannah Riley took third with a time of 9:10.77.

Up next was the 100m hurdles prelim where freshman

Kelsey Coley led the field with a 14.37 second performance to qualify for tomorrow's final. Her classmates

Megan Taylor and

Campbell Fennell also qualified for finals, finishing third and fourth at 15.26 and 15.60 seconds as Taylor ran her PR.

In the 400m prelim,

Amaya Grant and

Hannah Riley each qualified for finals as they placed 6

th and 8

th with times over the 58 second mark.

The 100m dash prelim saw

Jada Kenner and

Anna Jennings place in the top eight, with Kenner taking second at 12.02 seconds and Jennings finishing in eighth at 12.65 seconds.

In the 800m prelim,

Aaliyah Jalloh ran a personal best at 2:12.41 to place second and qualify for finals.

Madison Tiaffay and

Payton Sullivan also qualified as Tiaffay came in fifth at 2:13.77 and Sullivan ran her PR at 2:14.76 to place seventh.

The 400m hurdle prelim was up next where Coley placed first with a time of 1:05.01 to automatically qualify for tomorrow's final.

Sophia Deeney and Taylor also qualified as Deeney took fifth at 1:05.01 to earn her PR while Taylor ran for 1:07.39 to take sixth.

In the 200m prelim, Kenner was the lone qualifier as she placed sixth with a time of 25.47 seconds.

Moving over to the field events, freshman

Caroline Henry came in second behind Roberts in the hammer throw with a 50.50m effort.

In the long jump,

Anna Jennings took third at 5.55m and Taylor took fourth with a 5.47m jump.

The day ended with the shot put where all four Eagles placed in the top ten.

Jeanette Hydukovich came in second at 12.54m while Henry joined her on the podium in third with an 11.70m performance.

Janelle Bobb came in 5

th at 11.38m while

Jackie Chapman rounded out the top ten with a 10.75m throw.

The team will compete in the finals tomorrow, with events beginning at 9:00 a.m.