CHARLOTTE – Gardner-Webb Track & Field came away from the Charlotte Invitational with many top finishes, highlighted by a record-breaking Steeplechase.
 
The most notable results, including many personal bests, for the GWU Women were as follows:
 
100 Meters – 12.35 – Traci Cross (9^th Place + Personal Best)
200 Meters – 25.48 – Traci Cross (Personal Best)
200 Meters – 26.70 – Kendall Reece (Personal Best)
800m Run – 2:17.96 – Amy Prugh (2^nd Place + Personal Best)
800m Run – 2:23.20 – Jessica Perriello (7^th Place)
800m Run – 2:26.40 – Teryn Bour (8^th Place)
1500m Run – 4:47.26 – Jessica Perriello (1^st Place + Personal Best)
5000 Meters – 19:15.80 – Chloe McDaniel (Personal Best)
5000 Meters – 19:43.48 – Jennifer Escalera (Personal Best)
100 Hurdles – 17.70 – Kendall Reece (Personal Best)
100 Hurdles – 20.83 – Skyela Amsberry (Personal Best)
3000m Steeplechase – 11:08.16 – Amy Prugh (1^st Place + Personal Best + Fastest Time In GWU History)
Long Jump – 5.19m – Alyiah Eugene (9^th Place)
Shot Put – 13.30m – Taliyah Wade (9^th Place + Personal Best)
Discus – 30.26m – Gabby Borum (Personal Best)
Hammer – 47.61m – Karmen Taylor (12^th Place)
 
The GWU Men had six top ten finishes and six personal bests.
 
100 Meters – 11.13 – Ayende Watson (Personal Best)
100 Meters – 11.46 – DJ Black (Personal Best)
200 Meters – 22.29 – DJ Black (Personal Best)
800m Run – 2:00.39 – Joe Waller (4^th Place)
800m Run – 2:02.60 – Garry Ankrom (9^th Place)
1500m Run – 4:10.73 – Ethan Bentley (7^th Place)
1500m Run – 4:29.19 – Mark Mellon (Personal Best)
Shot Put – 15.33m – Quentin Peterson (8^th Place)
Shot Put – 14.79m – Nathaniel Wonsley (11^th Place)
Javelin – 48.55m – Will Mattison (9^th Place)
Javelin – 44.07m – Garry Ankrom (10^th Place + Personal Best)
Javelin – 39.25m – Eliel Cuesta (Personal Best)
 
Gardner-Webb will next be in action at the Big South Conference Outdoor Championship May 10-12^th from Rock Hill, South Carolina.