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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“For me, the type of athletes we have, our school represents the right things,” Guymon said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The track team will not be back in Searcy until April at the Outdoor Harding Invitational on April 4.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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