Bucs finish with six top finishes in first Run As Fast As You Can Track Meet

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 7, 2021) – The ETSU Track and Field team closed their busy weekend of three straight days of action inside the ETSU Mini Dome on Sunday, competing in the inaugural Run As Fast As You Can Track Meet.

ETSU played host to a small track event only meet, trying to prepare for the SoCon Indoor Championships coming in a few weeks. Joining the Bucs were four schools; Carson Newman, Lees-McRae, Queens (N.C.) and West Georgia.

ETSU grabbed six top finishes in the day’s event, while more than a dozen personal records were broken by the ETSU Track and Field squad over the course of the day.

Podium Finishes

First – Kiera Snyder (Mile), Lindsay Cooper (60mH, 400m, 200m), Isaiah Mills, (400m), Lindsey Stallworth (800m)

Second- Rebekah Howard (Mile), Kameron Walsh (60mH), Johnaida Eliscar (400m), Makayla Shaw (800m), Kennedi Johnson (200m)

Third- Lindsay Holliday (Mile), Kennedi Johnson (60mH), Kennedie Carithers (60m), Johnaida Eliscar (200m)

Personal Bests

Women- Kiera Snyder (Mile, 5:25.00), Rebekah Howard (Mile, 5:25.41), Lindsay Cooper (60mH, 8.69s; 400m, 58.51s), Marissa Schalk (60mH, 10.16s; 800m, 2:53.57), Jaclyn Wright (60mH, 10.17s; 800m, 2:51.66), Molly Rhudy (60m, 7.95), Paige Peterson (60m, 8.45s), Aubree Henger (60m, 8.75s), Lindsey Stallworth (800m, 2:15.30), Makayla Shaw (800m, 2:20.59), Kennedi Johnson (200m, 26.27s)

Men- Isaiah Mills (400m, 50.79s), Dylan Zeller (800m, 2:06.53)

Track Highlights

• All four Bucs entering the mile run finished inside the top-four, only three seconds separating first through fourth. Led by Kiera Snyder’s time of 5:25.00, Rebekah Howard (5:25.41) and Lindsay Holliday (5:25.85) finished under a second behind their teammate. Colbie Williamson finished just after with a fourth-place, 5:28.26 time.
• Lindsay Cooper and Kennedi Johnson took first-third in the 60m hurdles, finishing with times of 8.69s and 9.03s.
• Cooper grabbed her second podium finish in as many races, taking the top spot with a 58.51s time in the 400m. Johnaida Eliscar followed in second, finishing in 1:00.15.
• Isaiah Mills’ 50.79s time in the men’s 400m proved more than a second faster than the next closest competitor, ending with the top spot in the event.
• Kennedie Carithers secured a third place finish in the 60m dash, racing to a time of 7.87s, only .008 seconds off of second.
• A dominant finish in the 800m, Lindsey Stallworth earned almost a five second gap between her and second place, finishing with 2:15.30. Makayla Shaw finished behind her in second, a 2:20.59 time. Genevieve Schwarz finished with a 2:24.28 time, finishing just outside the top-three.
• Cooper finished her day with a hat trick of first-place finishes in the 200m dash, finishing with a 25.72s to cruise to the top spot. Johnson and Eliscar gave the Blue and Gold the top three marks, securing times of 26.27s and 26.35s for a second-third finish.

Thoughts From Coach Watts 

On today's event: This meet gave us a chance get some extra work in, run a few people who missed VMI and improve our conference standing as we head into our final meet before the SoCon Championship. The primary goal for the weekend was to improve individually and compete hard on our home track."

On this weekend's results: "I saw a whole lot of that Friday and Saturday as well as today. Our team is much improved because of our competitions. I'm very pleased with the effort of both teams and look forward to continued improvement between now and the end of the month."

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