THOMSON BREAKS 800 METER SCHOOL RECORD AT BULLDOG OPEN
 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga runner Kennedy Thomson set a new school record Saturday in the women's 800 meter run at the Bulldog Open in the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Thomson won her second race of the meet with a time of 2:10.73 in the middle distance race, besting the previous top Chattanooga time of 2:11.06 set by Maddison Melchionna in 2016 at the Samford Invitational. Thomson flirted with the school-record in the Mile Friday with a Samford Invite meet record time of 4:48.69, just missing the mark by 0.6 seconds.
 
"We had a very, very good weekend," Chattanooga head coach Andy Meyer said. "Coaches [Amanda] Cotter and [Mike] Gadson have the kids prepared well. We had so many kids run PRs or season-bests. It was amazing."
 
Makenzie Jones took first in the 5000 meter run Saturday and set a meet record with a PR time of 17:25.58, topping her previous best by more than 25 seconds. Also topping the previous meet time was Hannah Caldwell who placed third blowing away her personal record time by more than a minute at 17:58.89 and placing third. Sophia Neglia, running in her first 5K in the indoor season, placed sixth overall at 18:39.89.
 
Nicole Buehrle also set a PR by nearly five seconds in the Open Mile, placing fourth with a time of 5:07.64.
 
Emily Poole posted a pair of Top 10 finishes Saturday. She won her heat in the 1000 meter run with a time of 3:14.91 followed by Taylor Sawyer at 3:20.95. Poole was eighth in the race with Sawyer finishing 10^th. Poole ran a PR 10:12.93 in the 3000 meter and placed seventh overall.
 
"This meet was a huge confidence booster for our kids going into the conference meet in two weeks," Meyer said. "I'm very proud of our student-athletes, coaches and trainer for the success exhibited so far. Definitely looking forward to seeing what we will accomplish in two weeks."
 
The Mocs will return to action February 22-24 for the Southern Conference Championships hosted by VMI in Lexington, Va.
 
 
Field
Long Jump

35.	Rebekah Hampton	4.39m/14
37.	Rebekah Bryant	4.17m/13

 
Track
Saturday
800m Run

1.	Kennedy Thomson	2:10.73	SCHOOL RECORD (PR)
6.	Abby Bateman	2:17.79	PR
12.	Ashlynd Broling	2:21.53	PR

 
5000m

1.	Makenzie Jones	17:25.68	meet record (PR)
3.	Hannah Caldwell	17:57.89	meet record (PR)
6.	Sophia Neglia	18:39.89	season-best

 
Mile Run

4.

Nicole Buehrle

5:07.64

PR

 
3000m Run

7.	Emily Poole	10:12.93	PR
22.	Julia Henderson	10:59.73	PR
35.	Jada Hale	11:37.74

 
1000m Run

8.	Emily Poole	3:14.91	(won heat 2)
10.	Taylor Sawyer	3:20.95	(2nd in heat 2)

 
60m Dash

43.	Sage Davis	8.24
54.	Hannah Salami	9.02	(4th in heat 3)
55.	Rebekah Bryant	9.07

 
60m Hurdles

41.

Rebekah Hampton

10.38

season-best

 
400m Dash

30.	Nicole Buehrle	1:00.64
32.	Katie Coker	1:00.76	PR
61.	Camille Smith	1:08.68

 
1600m Relay

21.	Chattanooga A	4:91.05
	Katie Coker, Camille Smith, Ashlynd Broling, Nicole Buehrle

 
Friday
Mile – Samford Invite

1.

Kennedy Thomson

4:48.69

meet record (PR)

 
200m prelim

49.	Sage Davis	27.04	(2nd in section 12)
65.	Hannah Salami	30.16

 
 
Men
3000m Run

11.	Mark Britt	8:52.40	PR
25.	Jonathan Boyd	9:10.83	PR
39.	Micah Sneller	9:42.58	PR