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Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships
Abby Herring Wins Gold on First Day of SBC Indoor Championships
2/19/2024 9:18:00 PM | Track and Field
Herd women score 20 points on prelim day; men tally seven points
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- For the first time in her illustrious career, Abby Herring is a Conference Champion. Herring won the 2024 SBC Indoor 5K Championship with a time of 16:06.64. Her time is a new SBC Championship meet record and a new school record, breaking Herring's own time set last week by 15 seconds.
The Parkersburg graduate senior has had a number of historic achievements with the Herd, including breaking over a quarter-century of school records, while becoming the first four-time All-Conference Cross Country runner, and becoming the first Marshall female runner to qualify for Cross Country Nationals. But Monday's title was Herring's first individual gold of her collegiate career.
Herring and the Marshall women scored 20 points, placing the Herd 4th out of 10 after day one. Additionally, Lara Check scored in the Pentathlon, Rebecca Merritt scored in the Weight Throw, and the DMR team finished 5th.
The men's DMR team finished 4th to lead the way for the program's second season since returning. Evan White's 14:45.62 in the 5K scored the graduate senior a seventh-place finish.
Marshall's full results are listed below. For preliminary qualifiers, "Qualified" is listed in all capital letters to represent an automatic qualification berth via a heat win.
Marshall Results
Pentathlon Finals
Lara Check: (5th-3619 points - 4 pts.) 60m Hurdles (4th-8.99), High Jump (7th-1.62m ) High Jump (5th-11.02m), Long Jump (5th-5.61m), 800m (14th-2:35.99)
Field Events
Weight Throw: Men's: Nicholas Wright (15.67m), Trevor Hayes (13.80m), Anthony Dunbar (13.80m) Women's: Rebecca Merritt (6th-18.51m - 3 Pts.), Markayla Moore (17.11m), Josie Moore (16.89m), Madiyah McCullough (15.68m)
Long Jump: Men's: Grant Swider (6.30m) Women's: Lara Check (5.63m)
Track Events
Mile Prelims: Men's: Ronnie Saunders (4:22.96 Qualified), Brady Dawkins (4:30.62), Zach Cannon (4:43.11) Women's: Kylee Mastin (5:00.57 QUALIFIED), Hannah Wyler (5:01.01 Qualified), Hannah Toth (5:02.68 Qualified)
60m Prelims: Men's: Joshua Roush (7.27) Women's: Faith Gandy (7.74), Kennedy Pedro (7.79), Myrka Cadet (7.97)
60m Hurdles Prelims: Men's: Peter Oliveira (8.55), Carson Casto (8.60) Women's: Tyra Thomas (8.46 QUALIFIED), Infinity Thomas (9.11)
400m Prelims: Men's: Isaiah Harper (49.92), Ethan Bowens (49.99) Women's: Mikah Alleyne (56.70), Nyah Harrison (57.19)
800m Prelims: Men's: Kazuma Bowring (1:56.94 qualified), Jordan Gillum (2:00.62) Women's: Kylee Mastin (2:14.49 QUALIFIED), Astoria Beckett (2:16.55 qualified), Erykah Christopher (2:24.75)
5K Finals: Men's: Evan White (7th-14:45.62 - 2 pts.), Garrett Ferguson (15:24.62), Christian Bradford (15:52.13) Women's:Abby Herring (1st-16:06.64 NEW MEET & SCHOOL RECORD - 10 pts.), Jalynn Browning (18:13.99), Asha Bora (18:41.60)
200m Prelims: Men's: Joshua Roush (22.55), Isaiah Valentine (22.58), Emirh White (22.71) Women's: Kennedy Pedro (25.41), Dezire Gee (25.49), Myrka Cadet (25.63), Faith Gandy (25.72)
DMR Relay Finals: Men's: (4th - 10:10.03 - 5 pts.) Women's: (5th - 12:10.37 - 3 pts.)
UP NEXT
Day two begins at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday with field events and 2:30 p.m. on the track.
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