Feb. 28, 2016
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UCFKnights.com) - UCF track & field had a strong start to the 2016 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, earning two podium finishes, advancing 10 student-athletes to the finals of six events, and posting 14 new personal records.
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The Knights capped off the first day of competition with 23 points and sit fifth overall with 6-of-17 events scored. Cincinnati is the early leader with 38 points followed by UConn (36), Memphis (32) and East Carolina (29). The Black & Gold look to make a jump in the standings tomorrow with 11 events still yet to be scored.
BACK-T0-BACK
Redshirt junior Anne-Marie Blaney was the Knights' lone event winner on the opening day of the two-day meet, winning her second consecutive 5,000-meter crown. The redshirt junior's time of 16:31.30 edged her previous best by over a second, setting a new school and conference record.
The 5,000m crown is the first of three that Blaney hopes to win with the mile and 3,000-meter run finals tomorrow.
RECORD-BREAKING TOSS
Senior Kalen Hambrick set a new UCF record in the weight throw, tossing the implement 65-9/20.04m. The throw, which earned Hambrick fifth, topped the previous record held by Destinee Romain (2014) by three-quarters of an inch.
SURVIVED AND ADVANCED
60-Meter Dash
1. J'Nea Bellamy, 7.39
4. Briana Vaughn, 7.48
200-Meter Dash
4. Briana Vaughn, 23.84
6. Ashley Jocelyn, 23.92
7. J'Nea Bellamy, 24.00
400-Meter Dash
5. Ashley Jocelyn, 54.82
800-Meter Run
1. Rosie Chamberlain, 2:08.89
Mile
4. Anne-Marie Blaney, 4:53.46
5. Amirah Johnson, 4:56.27
60-Meter Hurdles
3. Lia King, 8.56
BLING-BLING
First-Place Finishers
Anne-Marie Blaney - 5,000m
Third-Place Finishers
Holly Wooley - 5,000m