NASHVILLE, Tenn. --- Chattanooga opened the indoor track and field season Saturday at the Vanderbilt Winter Commodore Challenge in Nashville. Sophomore Ryleigh Simmons picked up where she left off last season and laid claim to a program record set 21 years ago.
 
"It was a solid opener for the sprint/jump women today," Mocs head coach Steve Picucci said. "To have Ryleigh break the school record the first meet was a big highlight today!"
 
Simmons ran a program record 7.71 second in the 60 meter dash, edging out the previous top time set by Latavia Shores in 2004. She was already knocking on the door after posting a time of 7.77 last season at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships.
 
Stella Henry recorded a pair of personal records on the day. She posted a distance of 5.73 meters [18-9 ¾] in the long jump, finishing fifth overall. That beat out her previous best distance by 0.01 meters. She also ran a PR time of 7.85 in the 60 meter dash, running with teammate Simmons in the same heat.
 
Freshman Halle Carden tied for seventh in the high jump with a height of 1.62 meters [5-3 ¾]. She jumped 4.97 meters in the long jump and 10.96 meters in the triple jump where she placed 13th.
 
Chattanooga will take time off for the holidays before getting right into it with the UAB Blazer and Vulcan Invite January 9-10.
 
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High Jump

T7

Halle Carden

1.62m [5-3 ¾]

 
Long Jump

5	Stella Henry	5.73m [18-9 ¾] – PR
20	Ava McGue	5.12m [16-9 ¾]
23	Halle Carden	4.97m [16-3 ¾]

 
Triple Jump

13

Halle Carden

10.96m [35-11 ½]

 
60m Dash

15	Ryleigh Simmons	7.71 [7.703] – PR and Program Record
26	Stella Henry	7.85 [7.844] – PR

 
300m (not in record book)

41	Ava McGue	43.07
44	Aavinlee Torrance	43.76
48	Kolbee Webb	44.51
52	Norah Haney	45.96
53	Vanelle Wandji	46.48

 
600m

22

Brooke Webb

1:50.79

 
4x400m

14	Chattanooga B	4:17.04 [McGue, Simmons, Wandji, K.Webb]
15	Chattanooga A	4:20.76 [Haney, Henry, B.Webb, Torrance]

 
NOTES
• Ryleigh Simmons finished second in her 60 meter dash heat and Stella Henry was fifth in the same heat.
• Ryleigh Simmons beat out her previous best time in the 60 meter dash set at the 2025 SoCon Championships by 0.06 seconds.
• Stella Henry edged out her personal best in the long jump by ¼ of an inch (0.01 meters)
• Stella Henry ran a PR in the 60 meter dash beating out her previous best set last year at the Samford Bulldog Invite by 0.24 seconds.
• There is no record of the Mocs competing at the 300 meter distance in previous seasons.