Despite bad weather, the Bisons track and field teams had a successful meet Feb. 13-14 at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. The men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in multiple events and broke multiple records.
In the field events, sophomore Trey Adkison qualified to be the first Bison to reach the NCAA provisional standard in pole vault. Adkison cleared 15 feet, 5 inches, and said he was pleased with the results.
“My warm-ups were feeling a little sluggish, but I had been having some really good practices,” Adkison said. “And when I went out there, it ended up being my best meet ever.”
Adkison broke his own record for indoor track with his record at 15 feet, 1 inch, as well as tying for second place in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) in the pole vault.
The track highlights include the 4×400-meter relay team of junior Kevin Naceanceno, junior Trevor Holloway, freshman Jared Parker, and senior Dillon Bagwell. They ran the relay in 3:18.64, the third-fastest time in Harding’s NCAA era.
The women’s team also had a successful meet resulting in an NCAA automatic qualifier, senior Ewa Zaborowska in the 3,000-meter dash. Zaborowska was named the LSC Runner of the Week along with the NCAA DII Women’s Track Athlete of the Week.
According to head coach Stephen Guymon, Zaborowska also beat the Harding record in her 3,000-meter dash. Guymon said he was pleased with her results as well as how the team did overall.
“For me, the type of athletes we have, our school represents the right things,” Guymon said.
The Bisons track and field team will have their next meet at the LSC Championship, hosted at the Texas Athletic Training Center in Lubbock, Texas from Feb. 28-March 1, before heading to the NCAA National Championship indoor meet March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.
The track team will not be back in Searcy until April at the Outdoor Harding Invitational on April 4.
