From Emory University Athletics
The Emory University Women's Track and Field Team finished
second at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor
Championships, hosted by Brandeis University in Waltham,
Massachusetts.
Emory's women finished with 103.5 points, edging out third-place
Washington University (Mo.) by just half a point. The
University of Chicago won the meet with a score of 140 points.
Leading the way for the Emory women was junior Debora
Adjibaba, who won both the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash on
Saturday. Her 55-meter dash time of 7.16 seconds was good for
both a school and conference-meet record, breaking the previous
mark of 7.19 seconds, set by former Eagle Jami Edwards in 2008, and
by Adjibaba at last year's meet.
Also winning UAA Championships on Saturday were senior Morgan
Monroe and junior Electra Korn. Monroe won the
55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.24 seconds, while also finishing
second in the 55-meter dash (7.41 seconds) to earn all-UAA honors,
and scoring in the 200-meter dash with a fifth-place finish (26.88
seconds). Korn won the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.21
seconds, the third-fastest mark in school history, while also
claiming all-UAA honors in the 200-meter dash with a second-place
finish in a time of 26.07 seconds.
Other individual all-UAA honors on Saturday came from
junior Stephanie Crane and sophomore Julie
Williamson in the 800-meter run. Crane claimed second
with a time of 2:16.73, the fifth-fastest mark in program history,
while Williamson took third with a time of 2:19.08. In the
shot put, junior Josephine Akinwumiju claimed all-UAA
honors with a third-place finish, registering a throw of 11.01
meters. Emory's 4x400-meter relay team of
freshman Kellie Harunk, Williamson, Adjibaba and Korn added
all-UAA honors with a second-place finish in a time of 3:58.86.
Adding scoring performances for the Emory women on the final day
were senior Emily Caesar in both the mile run (fifth,
5:07.31 – the fourth-fastest time in Emory history) and the
800-meter run (fifth, 2:19.65), junior Katie Wilson in
the high jump (fifth, 1.53 meters) and freshman Harley
Barrera in the 55-meter dash (fifth, 7.54 seconds).
All together, the Emory women combined to win four events and claim
10 all-UAA honors during the two-day meet.