Gardner-Webb Wraps Up Carolina Challenge, Prugh Sets Second All-Time Women's 5k Record

Friday, January 20

Columbia, SC

Gardner-Webb University

Carolina Challenge

Photo by: © GWU Photo Team

January 21, 2023 | Track & Field

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gardner-Webb competed in their second indoor meet of the 2022-2023 season from South Carolina Friday and Saturday.

The top ten finishes for the Runnin' Bulldogs were as follows:

Women's 800m – (2:22.10) Julia Reinboth – 10^th
Women's 5000m Inv – (17:38.82) Amy Prugh – 1^st(PR) (2^nd all-time in school history)
Women's 5000m – (20:44.43) Jennifer Escalera – 10^th

Women's High Jump – (1.50m) Alyiah Eugene – 6^th
Men's Long Jump – (6.74m) Ayenda Watson – 10^th (PR)

Women's Shotput – (12.66m) Taliyah Wade – 1^st
Men's Shotput – (14.92m) Nathaniel Wonsley – 2^nd (PR)
Men's Shotput – (13.11m) Quentin Peterson – 9^th (PR)

Men's Weight Throw Inv – (17.27m) Joshua Fischer – 4^th
Women's Weight Throw – (14.40m) Karmen Taylor – 9^th

Men's 1 Mile – (4:19.46) Ryan Morita – 2^nd (PR)

Some other notable personal records were:

Women's 200m – (26.34) Alena Ivanov
Men's 800m – (2:10.54) Mark Mellon
Women's 400m – (1:04.78) Teryn Bour
Men's 800m – (2:12.16) Garry Ankrom
Men's 1 Mile Inv – (4:19.46) Ryan Morita
Men's 1 Mile – (4:37.29) Ethan Bentley
Men's 3000m – (9:08.24) Dylan Phillips

Women's Long Jump – (5.05m) Alyiah Eugene
Men's Shotput – (11.36m) Jake Bryson
Men's Weight Throw – (10.50m) Jake Bryson
Women's Weight Throw – (12.23m) Gaby Borum

The Runnin' Bulldogs are next in action February 3^rd when they travel to Lexington, Virginia, to compete in the VMI Classic.