BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga distance runner Makenzie Jones took first in the women's 5000 meter Friday morning at the Samford Invite at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Jones outpaced the pack to claim the victory and teammates Lesley Green and Emma Russum posted PRs. Jones finished with a time of 17:30.81 while Green improved her PR by more than half a minute at 18:02.48. Russum, running her first collegiate 5K, posted a time of 18:12.66.
 
"Makenie ran all by herself right from the start," Chattanooga head coach Andy Meyer said. "It was a good prep race for her. Lesley and Emma posted large PRs running together and working the mid-portion of the race."
 
Kimbra Dunning placed seventh in the long jump with a distance of 5.33 meters and was eighth in the triple at 10.12 meter.

"Kimbra was able to make the long jump finals," Meyer said. "She held her lace during the finals with a 17-plus-foot jump to place well."
 
In the Mile Run, newcomer Ashtyn Hagood won her heat and placed ninth overall with a PR 5:16.87 and Emmy Davis won her heat and improved her best time in the 800 meter run at 2:23.91.
 
"Ashtyn ran away from the field in her heat to improve by a couple more seconds over her last race and then competed hard in her first collegiate 3K," Meyer said. "The ladies performed well today in prep for conference meet in 2 weeks.
 
"Overall we has several kids do well and compete hard. A few are coming off injury and sickness so this was a great way to our conference run up. "
 
Also running a PR was Carley Burt in the 400 meter Dash while Imani Bryant was one hundredth off her best time in the 60 meter dash.
 
The Southern Conference Championships are set for two weeks in Lexington, Va., hosted by VMI.
 

Event	Athlete	Place	Time/Dist	PR
5000m	McKenzie Jones	1	17:30.81	17:20.83
5000m	Lesley Green	4	18:02.48	18:38.76
5000m	Emma Russum	6	18:12.66	NT
5000m	Sophia Neglia	8	18:58.45	17:52.64
60m Dash	McKenzie Williamson	24	8.07	7.87
60m Dash	Imani Bryant	32	8.29	8.28
60m Dash	Kimbra Dunning	--	DNS	8.67
60m Hurdles	Madelyn Thompson	24	9.72	9.37
60m Hurdles	Mikah Charley	--	DNS	10.15
Mile Run	Ashtyn Hagood	9	5:16.87	5:17.73
Mile Run	Ashlynd Broling Miller	16	5:27.96	5:12.00
Mile Run	Julianna McReynolds	22	5:38.54	5:17.03
Mile Run	Brooke Rieves	--	DNS	NT
400m Dash	Carley Burt	19	1:05.46	1:05.96
400m Dash	Rebekah Pass	21	1:07.20	1:07.15
800m Run	Emmy Davis	11	2:23.91	2:28.48
800m Run	Ashlynd Broling Miller	--	DNS	2:21.27
800m Run	Julianna McReynolds	--	DNS	2:27.51
200m Dash	McKenzie Williamson	31	27.12	26.13
200m Dash	Imani Bryant	35	27.78	NT
3000m Run	Ashtyn Hagood	12	10:39.15	NT
3000m Run	Faith Brown	24	11:15.74	11:12.16
3000m Run	Jada Hale	30	12:10.70	11:37.74
3000m Run	Allie Potter			NT

 

Field Event	Athlete	Place	Distance	PR
Long Jump	Mikah Charley	--	--	ND
Long Jump	Kimbra Dunning	7	5.33m/17-00.75	ND
Long Jump	Madelyn Thompson	19	4.88m/16-00.25	5.09m/16' 8.5"
Triple Jump	Kimbra Dunning	8	10.12m	ND
Triple Jump	Mikah Charley			ND