From Emory University Athletics

Junior Debora Adjibaba broke her own school record in the 60-meter dash twice on Friday, to pace the Emory University Track and Field team to a successful opening meet of its 2013-14 season at the Panther Indoor Icebreaker in Birmingham, Alabama.

Adjibaba recorded a time of 7.70 seconds in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash, and bested that mark with a time of 7.69 seconds in the finals of the event to finish in fifth place, despite being the only non-Division I runner in the heat.  The times surpassed her own school record of 7.71 seconds, set during last year's NCAA Indoor Championships.

Adjibaba was also Emory's top finisher in the 200-meter dash, claiming 23^rd with a time of 25.81 seconds, the fourth-fastest mark in school history. 

Making her Emory debut, junior Josephine Akinwumiju led the Eagles in a pair of throwing events, finishing 18^th in the shot put with a toss of 10.72 meters, and 19^th in the weight throw with a distance of 11.05 meters.  Other top finishers for the Emory women at the meet included junior Pollara Cobb in the triple jump (13^th place, 10.36 meters), junior Elaina Kim in the pole vault (11^th place, 3.10 meters) and the long jump (26^th place, 4.57 meters), senior Mogran Monroe in the 60-meter hurdles (seventh-place in the preliminaries, 9.25 seconds), junior Electra Korn in the 400-meter dash (10^th place, 59.75 seconds), sophomore Julie Williamson in the 800-meter dash (11^th-place, 2:23.87), junior Margaret Gregg in the 3,000-meter run (20^th place, 11:27.95), and juniors Carolyn Barnett and Katie Wilson in the high jump (1.50 meters, tied for 12^thplace).

There was no team scoring for the meet on Friday.

Emory will be off for the remainder of the calendar year, resuming its indoor season on Friday, January 17^th at the Niswonger Invitational, hosted by East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.