LEXINGTON, VA. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's & women's track teams completed competition Saturday at the 2026 Southern Conference (SoCon) Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the VMI Corps Physical Training Complex.
Emery Anderson (400m),
Spencer Slayton (3000m),
Luke Hühn (3000m & 5000m) and
Camryn Oates (3000m) all earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors.
Both of the Spartans' men's & women's 4x400-meter relay teams, as well as
Hailey Meyers broke school records today.
The men's quartet of
Emery Anderson,
Glodi Mvovi,
Samuel Barnard and
Logan Ruffner posted a time of 3:21.26, breaking the 2025 mark of 3:23.89 from the GVSU Big Meet Saturday that Mvovi,
Brodie Schneider,
Andrew Hamilton and Barnard held.
The women's quartet of
Ayzia Jefferson,
Lily Butler,
Chelsea Valdivia-Rizo and
Alana Hill broke a six-year UNCG record in the 4x400-meter relay. The previous mark was 4:10.34, held by Ashlyn Dalton, Kristin Hogan, Kelsey Barrett and Alycia Higgins, at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Championships.
Hailey Meyers posted a personal best time of 17:17.82 in the 5000-meter run, improving her previous time by 52 seconds. This time placed her fifth out of 17 competitors in the event and it is now third in UNCG records.
Khalid Abdullahi's personal best time of 4:08.61 in the mile run is now second in the UNCG records after finishing fifth out of 12 competitors.
Luke Ward, Guerrant and Hühn all ran personal bests in the 5000-meter run. Ward clocked in a time of 14:20.96, taking home fifth out of 14 competitors, which is now second in the UNCG records. Guerrant's 14:41.01, good for ninth overall, is fourth in UNCG's records and Hühn's 14:41.78 ranked 10
th overall and is now sixth in UNCG's records.
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Those that qualify will compete at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships from March 13-14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
MEN
MILE – out of 12
5.
Khalid Abdullahi – 4:08.61 –
PR – 2nd in UNCG records
9.
Logan Ruffner – 4:16.58
11.
Lane Prochaska – 4:26.72
400m finals
8.
Emery Anderson – 49.87
800m finals
7.
Samuel Barnard – 1:55.87
5000m – out of 14
5.
Luke Ward – 14:20.96 –
PR – 2nd in UNCG records
9.
Pierson Guerrant – 14:41.01 –
PR - 4th in UNCG records
10.
Luke Hühn – 14:41.78 –
PR – 6th in UNCG records
4x400m – out of 7
4.
Emery Anderson,
Glodi Mvovi,
Samuel Barnard,
Logan Ruffner – 3:21.26 –
school record
WOMEN
Mile finals – out of 12
8.
Joelle Tonne – 5:14.35
5000m – out of 17
5.
Hailey Meyers – 17:17.82 – 3
rd in UNCG records
4x400m – out of 9
7.
Ayzia Jefferson,
Lily Butler,
Chelsea Valdivia-Rizo,
Alana Hill – 4:00.70