UAB Posts Nine Personal Bests in Season Opening Meet

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UAB Posts Nine Personal Bests in Season Opening Meet

12/1/2018 12:08:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

BSC Panther Ice Breaker 2018

BRMINGHAM – Running in its first meet of the 2018-19 season, the UAB track and field team had eight athletes set nine PRs, including one school record at the Birmingham Southern Ice Breaker on Friday at the Birmingham CrossPlex.

Zieandrea Bridges broke the UAB school record in the weight throw with a distance of 14.86 meters, finishing third in the event. Her previous best in the weight throw was 13.24 meters which she set at the Blazer Invitational on Jan. 13, 2017. Bridges returned after missing last season due to injury and competed in the shot put as well, throwing a distance of 12.64 meters.

Emily Drouin returned to the indoor track after redshirting last year and set a new personal best in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 9:52.42. She beat her previous career best by seven seconds en route to winning the event on Friday.

Blazer Highlights

Katie Nelson joined Drouin in the 3,000 meters and set a new PR with a finishing time of 10:23.74. She beat her previous best by 11 seconds.
In the women's long jump, Jennifer Sharpe PR'd with a distance of 5.43 meters, besting her previous best which was 5.18 meters.
Brittany Floyd set two PR's on Friday in the 60 meter hurdles and in the 800 meters. Floyd's PR in the 60m hurdles came in at 9.45 seconds while her high jump PR was a height of 1.55 meters.
Madison Kirkwood PR'd in the 60m hurdles as well, finishing with a time of 9.73 seconds.
Marielle Lewis ran in the indoor 400 meters for the first time and set a time of 58.62. That time however, bests her PR from the outdoor 400 meters which stands at 58.86.
Ebony Tolliver PR'd in the women's 200 meters with a time of 25.62.

Track Side with Head Coach Kurt Thomas

"Our girls came out and competed well today," Thomas said. "It was the first college meet for a lot of our freshman so there were lots of butterflies in their stomachs. However, we saw lots of good things today. We had plenty of PRs, a school record from Zieandrea and an event win from Emily. We learned a lot about what we need to work on going forward and I'm proud of the way they competed. This was just our first meet of the season and we'll get back out to practice keep getting better."