University Athletic Association (UAA) Athlete of the Week Electra Korn leaps over a hurdle. Korn and the Emory women’s team as well as the men’s team finished second at the Emory Crossplex Invitational. | Photo Courtesy of Emory Athletics
Emory University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams hosted an impressive meet at the indoor Birmingham Crossplex this past Sunday.
In what Head Coach John Curtin said was one of the biggest meets the program has ever hosted, over 80 Eagles competed, with more than 12 notching personal bests.
“The meet was kind of unorthodox,” Curtin said. “Luckily it all went smoothly, and we had a great meet.”
Senior Electra Korn had a standout performance with two top finishes in the 200 and 400-meter dashes. In the 200-meter, she secured second at the meet with a time of 25.18, while in the 400-meter, she finished first with a time of 56.57 seconds.
“While everyone had a great meet, Electra Korn was probably the outstanding performer for us,” Curtin said. “She had the second fastest time in school history for the 400 and the second fastest time in the country for the 200.”
Junior Julie Williamson had another great performance, winning the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:16.17. Shane Sullivan came in fourth place for the men in the 3000-meter race with a time of 8:41.99.
In the field events, senior James Bassen came in third with a 14.20 meter weight throw. Teammate junior Jacob Seigel came in fourth in the shot put event with a 12.76 meter throw.
Junior Spencer Koh won the pole vault, clearing an impressive 4.40 meters.
Overall, when tallying up points from all the events, the Emory men’s and women’s teams both finished second behind the competitive Lipscomb University (Tenn.).
While off to a good start, the teams know how competitive it can be to gain admittance to the University Athletic Association (UAA) and NCAA championships, Curtin said.
The former will accept the top 16 UAA athletes and the latter will host the top 16 Division III athletes nation-wide.
“It’s too early to tell,” Curtin said. “The season just started, but we’re going to do our best to get as many of us as possible to those conferences.”
The Eagles will continue their season at Winston-Salem, N.C. on Jan. 30-31 when they will compete in the Hilton Garden Invitational.
