RALEIGH, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's & women's track teams sent nine to the Raleigh Relays that took place from Thursday to Saturday at Paul Derr Track in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Emery Anderson clocked in a new UNCG school record in the 400-meter run. Anderson ran a time of 49.18, placing him 75
th out of 127 competitors. He was second in his heat of eight runners. Anderson's time broke the previous school record time of 50.83 clocked by Terry Wyatt on March 19, 2010, in the Wake Forest Open.
Khalid Abdullahi was the only Spartan to run a personal best time. He ran a time of 14:28.12 in the 5000-meter run, which is 16 seconds better than his previous mark. He finished in 111th place out of 227 competitors, as he took first in his heat of 24 runners.
On the women's side,
Alana Hill's time of 1:00.73 in the 400-meter run is now third all-time in the UNCG record book. She finished 119
th out of 129 competitors.
Hailey Meyers's time of 17:23.49 in the 5000-meter run is now sixth best in the UNCG record book. Her time placed her 131st out of 221 and seventh in her heat of 23 runners.
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UNCG will compete at VertKlasse Meeting, hosted by High Point, from April 2-3 in High Point, North Carolina, at Vert Stadium.
MEN
400m – out of 127
75.
Emery Anderson – 49.18 (2
nd of 8 in heat) –
school record
800m – out of 198
131.
Samuel Barnard – 1:54.42 (6
th of 11 in heat)
5000m – out of 227
111.
Khalid Abdullahi – 14:28.12 (1
st out of 24 in heat) –
16 second PR
154.
Luke Hühn – 14:42.88 (7th out of 24 in heat)
181.
Luke Ward – 14:56.32 (20
th out of 26 in heat)
206.
Pierson Guerrant – 15:39.06 (24
th out of 24 in heat)
WOMEN
400m – out of 129
119.
Alana Hill – 1:00.73 (7
th out of 8 in heat) – top 3 time at UNCG
200m – out of 149
105.
Ayzia Jefferson – 25.50 (5
th out of 8 in heat)
5000m – out of 221
131.
Hailey Meyers – 17:23.49 (7
th out of 23 in heat) – 6
th best time at UNCG