JACKSONVILLE, FL– The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had a great debut at the ASUN Outdoor Championships. The day was filled with top finishes and a new ASUN record holder.
WHAT HAPPENED?
- Melanie Welsing advanced to the 400m hurdles finals with a time of 1:01.90. Welsing also broke the ASUN heptathlon hurdles record with a time of 13.31. She's currently in front of the heptathlon standings with a score of 3499. She also placed first in the 200m dash and high jump.
- The heptathlon team also have 4 athletes in the top 10 with Cerys Lee at fourth place(2982), Emilija Kusic at fifth (2895), Mia Milasinovic(2873) and Halle Perry(2862).
- Heloise Louiset finished third in the long jump with a best jump of 1.63m.
- Mark Schittenhelm advanced to the finals in the 400m hurdles with a time of 52.26.
- Mitch Cox and Zak Freeland advance to the finals in the 1500m.
- Ben Payeur is now eighth in the Decathlon with a score of 2687.
- Dionysius Rolle broke the school record in the 200m with a time of 21.80.
FROM COACH KROLICK
"Very solid Day 1. I believe we have already accomplished more today than we did at the entire indoor championships on the men's side. The ladies are on their way to outdo their performance indoors as well."
FOLLOW THE ACTION LIVE
Live results will be available for the meet
here while the championships will be broadcasted on
ESPN Plus.
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