MARION, Ind. — Campbellsville runners and field participants posted five school records on the first day of the NCCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University.
"As a coach all you can do is ask your kids to try and improve," said Interim Track Coach Hilary Celulko. "This is the stiffest indoor competition that we've faced. We just keep getting better and better."
FRIDAY RESULTS
Thirty-one schools are competing in the two-day event with nearly 1,000 men and women athletes composing those squads.
Keisha Chiles, a freshman from Louisville, Ky., was the first to crack the CU record book. Chiles' time of 8.06 in the 60-meter dash was good enough to best the previous school mark.
Eurodge Bargblor, a freshman from Bowling Green, Ky., also broke the 60-meter dash record for the third straight week with a 6.97 time. Bargblor was also a member of the men's 4x200-meter relay team that also set a school mark of 1:33.45. Other members of that team were: Brandon Green, freshman, Bowling Green; Bobby Mingie, freshman, Owenton, Ky,; and Blake Kennedy, freshman, Hebron, Ky.
The women's version of the 4x200-meter relay also set a school mark of 1:49.08. Members of that team included: Lauren Little, junior, Sturgis, Ky.; Kelsey Feltner, freshman, Campbellsville, Ky.; JaNaiqua Horne, sophomore, Radcliff, Ky.; and Tiosha Beasley, senior, Bowling Green.
Beasley set a school mark and finished sixth overall in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.63 meters.
Jourdan Redmon qualified for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles.
Nine men and 10 women made the trip. Other members of the team are: Clayton Embry, freshman, Morgantown, Ky.; Dylan Ford, freshman, Campbellsville; Joey Hartlage, freshman, Louisville; Brett Pierce, freshman, Edgewood, Ky.; Christiana Harris, freshman, Georgetown, Ky.; Myra Rose, sophomore, Louisville, Ky.; Kailene Allis, freshman, Norton, Ohio; Alexis Crawford, junior, Louisville, Ky. And Starsha Fant, senior, Louisville.
Out of the 19 competing this weekend, 13 are freshmen, and there are two each of sophomores, juniors and seniors.
RESULTS
Women's 60-Meter Dash: Chiles, 8.06, 12th of 32; Feltner, 8.26, 21st of 32.
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles: Haris, 9.95, 14th of 26.
Women's 4x200-Meter Relay: Campbellsville (Feltner, Beasley, Horne and Little), 1:49.08, 10th of 16.
Women's Long Jump: Beasley, 5.63, 6th of 34; Horne, 4.74, 28th of 34; Chiles, foul.
Men's 60-Meter Dash: Bargblor, 6.97, 6th of 40; Green, 7.20, 22nd of 40.
Men's 5,000: Pierce, 15:57.12, 13th of 21.
Men's 60- Meter Hurdles: Redmon, 8.54, 8th of 19; Embry, 9.02, 13th of 19.
Men's 4x200-Meter Relay: Campbellsville (Green, Bargblor, Mingie and Kennedy), 1:33.45, 9th of 17.
Competition will resume Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
For more information about the NCCAA Championships, visit the NCCAA website, here, or the Indiana Wesleyan event page, here.
Schedule of Events
Heats & Flights
