Mocs Head to SoCon Indoor Championships This Weekend

Saturday, February 29

Lexington, Va.

Chattanooga

Southern Conference Championships

2020 Indoor Track and Field - UAB Green and Gold Invitational - January 25, 2020

2/27/2020 12:00:00 PM | Cross Country & Track & Field

Live Results Heat Sheets Schedule of Events Championship Program SoCon Record Book

By: Anne Wehunt

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga women's indoor track and field team will compete this weekend at the Southern Conference Championships hosted by VMI in Lexington, Va.

The competition begins Lead Day, Saturday morning with the Men's Heptathlon at 9:00 a.m. and the women's Pentathlon at 9:15 a.m.

The Mocs will compete in 11 different events including the 60 meter hurdles, 200 meter dash, Mile Run and the 5000 meter run as well as the long jump and Distance Medley Relay.

The running events will begin in the afternoon with the women's Mile. Nicole Buehrle ranks 18^th in the SoCon standings with a time of 5:07.86.

Freshman Madelyn Thompson is ranked 13^th in the SoCon in the 60 meter hurdles and is entered in the long jump for UTC.. McKenzie Williamson is 19^th among all SoCon athletes with a time of 7.95 in the 60 meter dash.

Chattanooga trio Abby Bateman (6), Buehrle (14) and Ashlynd Broling (19) are all ranked in the league's Top 20 for the 800 meter run.

The 5000 meter run will conclude the individual competition Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with Makenzie Jones (6), Emily Poole (12), Sophia Neglia (14) and Lesley Green (16), all ranked in the conference's Top 20.

QUOTE FROM COACH ANDY MEYER
"We are looking forward to the pinnacle of our indoor season. Everyone has shown steady improvement all season long. Everyone is staying relatively healthy and injury free all winter thus we've been able to have consistent training.

"We have several kids listed in the top 20 of the conference indoor performances to date. We have ladies listed in every running event from the 60 dash and 60 hurdles to the 5000m and both relays, 4 x 400 and DMR.

"Abby Bateman in the 800 and Makenzie Jones in the 5000k are listed as our top performers. We have three listed in the mile, four in the 5K and DMR is rated fourth overall.

"That being said, the conference is very, very competitive and it will take several kids achieving personal bests to make it into the finals of some events or just to place in other events. The ladies, though, are well prepared and are going to be at their season best for this meet. They realize the success UTC has traditionally had at this meet and will be focused, ready to run Saturday and Sunday."

Mocs in the SoCon Rankings

Event	Student-Athlete	Place	Time/Dist.	Event	Date
60m Dash	McKenzie Williamson	19	7.95	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
800m Run	Abby Bateman	6	2:15.94	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
	Nicole Buehrle	14	2:20.55	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
	Ashlynd Broling	19	2:23.75	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
Mile	Nicole Buehrle	18	5:07.86	UAB Green & Gold Inv.	1/24/20
3000m	Makenzie Jones	14	10:19.45	Sewanee Early Inv.	12/6/19
5000m	Makenzie Jones	6	17:51.39	UAB Green & Gold Inv.	1/24/20
	Emily Poole	12	18:20.77	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
	Sophia Neglia	14	18:31.58	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
	Lesley Green	16	18:38.76	Samford Bulldog Open	2/14/20
60m Hurdles	Madelyn Thompson	13	9.27 (55)	Sewanee Early Inv.	12/6/19
4x400m Relay	Chattanooga A	8	4:11.25	Sewanee Early Inv.	12/6/19
DMR	Chattanooga A	4	12:30.71	UAB Green & Gold Inv.	1/24/20

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, Feb. 29
2:40 p.m.         Mile (Trial)
Ashlynd Broling
Nicole Buehrle
Jada Hale

3:20 p.m.         60m Hurdles (Trial)
                Madelyn Thompson

3:45 p.m.         60m Dash (Trial)
Sage Davis
McKenzie Williamson

4:10 p.m.         400m Dash (Trial)
                Katie Coker

4:30 p.m.         800m Run (Trial)
Abby Bateman
Sydney Cansler
Julia Henderson

5:10 p.m.         200m Dash (Trial)
                Sage Davis
                McKenzie Williamsoon

5:55 p.m.         3000m Section B (Final)
6:05 p.m.         3000m Section A (Final)
                Hannah Caldwell
                Mattie Parker

4:00 p.m.             Long Jump (Final)
                Madelyn Thompson

6:35 p.m.             DMR (Final)
                Chattanooga A
                (Broling ,Bateman,Williamson,Buehrle,Coker,Henderson,Thompson,Poole)

Sunday, March 1
12:20 p.m.          Mile (Final)

12:50 p.m.      60m Hurdles (Final)

1:10 p.m.         60m Dash (Final)

1:40 p.m.         400m Dash (Final)

2:00 p.m.         800m Run (Final)

2:20 p.m.         200m Dash (Final)

3:10 p.m.         5000m Section B (Final)

3:30 p.m.         5000m Section A (Final)
                Lesley Green
                Makenzie Jones
                Sophia Neglia
                Emily Poole

3:50 p.m.         4x400m Relay (Final)
Chattanooga A
(Bateman,Buehrle,Coker,Williamson,Thompson,Broling ,Henderson,Davis)