Anderson Shatters Women's Track and Field Indoor 3000m Program Record on Day One of Florida University Invitational and Multi

2/9/2023 7:22:00 PM

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It's always a big deal when a program record is broken, but to destroy it by 23 seconds? That's almost unheard of. Such was the case on Thursday at the Florida University Invitational and Multi when Ariana Anderson became the fastest Eagle ever in the indoor 3000m. Her time of 9:59.60 blew away the old Embry-Riddle women's track and field record of 10:23.99 set by Josie Gray in 2019. Teammate Kendall Mathis also had a great race as she set a new personal record of 11:18.46, one of seven members of the Blue and Gold to notch a PR on the day.

The action began in the pentathlon which saw four of the 10 highest scores ever recorded in program history as well as 11 personal bests. In her first-ever pentathlon, Sydney Cash won the event with 2,429 points, the fourth-highest score in the history of the program. She also set a PR in the long jump (4.47m).

Emma Sorenson had her best performance of her career as she came away with three personal records in the 60m hurdles (11.51), shot put (7.98m), and the pentathlon itself (2,176 points) as well as an indoor PR in the long jump (5.20m). Noel Konitzer had a similar output. The senior also posted personal bests in the 60m hurdles (11.45) and the heptathlon (2,031 points) on top of an indoor PR in the long jump (4.50m).

Kaley Eaton joined the plethora of PRs, notching one in the 60m hurdles (11.27), shot put (7.76m), and heptathlon (1,734 points).

Concurrently, freshman Mikaela Miles came close to setting a new triple jump program record, which already belongs to her. She recorded a distance of 11.85m, an NCAA II provisional standard and the third-longest mark in the history of the program, to finish second in the event. Additionally, Cerenity Daise was able to pick up a PR in the event with a 10.47m jump.

The action concludes tomorrow with nine track and five field events for the women. The first discipline, the high jump, begins at 9 a.m.

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