Women's Track and Field 5/6/2023 11:23:00 PM

Harding's Women Place Second at GAC Track and Field Championship

SEARCY – The new Ted Lloyd Track played host to the 2023 Great American Conference Track and Field Championship, and Harding's women placed second in the 10-team competition.

Below are the highlights of the meet for Harding's women:

Point total: 190

Point leader: Cooper Monn with 23 points … she was sixth in the shot put, fifth in the discus, second in the hammer and second in the javelin

Conference Champions:
High Jump – Kiera Blankinship, 1.68 meters or 5-6 … HU's seventh high jump champion and second straight with Brylan Williams winning last season
Pole Vault – Sierra White, 3.82 meters or 12-6.25 … White third consecutive championship and HU's seventh
Triple Jump – Mariah Miller, 12.29 meters or 40-4 … Miller's second championship, also in 2021 … HU's fifth championship in the event
Javelin – Anna Kay Clark, 40.32 meters or 132-3 … Clark's third straight championship and Harding's sixth

School Records
100 hurdles – Cella Nguema, 14.20 (prelims) … broke her own record of 14.54 set earlier this season
Triple Jump – Mariah Miller, 12.29 meters or 40-4 … broke the previous record of 40-03.25 set by teammate Karyna Vehner earlier this season

GAC Meet Records
Triple Jump – Mariah Miller, 12.29 meters or 40-4 … broker her own record of 12.10 meters set in 2021

NCAA Provisionals
100 hurdles – Cella Nguema, 14.20 … 37th in Division II
400 hurdles – Lisa Retailleau, 1:01.44 … 28th in Division II
High Jump – Kiera Blankinship, 1.68m or 5-6 … 23rd in Division II
Pole Vault – Sierra White, 3.82m or 12-6.25 … 12th in Division II at 4.00 meters
Triple Jump – Mariah Miller, 12.29m or 40-4 … 15th in Division II
Triple Jump – Karyna Vehner, 12.12m or 39-9.25 … 16th in Division II at 12.29 meters
Heptathlon – Lauren Shell, 4,597 points … 31st in Division II at 4,600 points

GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes: Anna Kay Clark, Jessica Davis, Abigail Prentice, Sydney Soto and Sierra White
GAC Elite Scholar Athletes: Kaia Bieker, Brianna Hall, Miah Maples, Meghan McElroy and Kylie Phillips

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