LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Arkansas Tech women's track and field team put together a solid outing in their performance in Long Beach, Calif. at the Beach Invitational at Jack Rose Track hosted by Long Beach State University.
During the course of the meet, the Golden Suns competed in two total events.
FINAL RESULTS
To begin the day, the Golden Suns competed in the 5000m race that saw the pair of
Marcie Cudworth and
Ashlynn Mays lace up to race for the event.
Cudworth was the first to cross the finish line for Tech with a 17:28.67 total time, which earned her the second place finish overall in the event out of a total field of 44 participating athletes. Cudworth's time in the 5000m race also sets a new outdoor PR for the sophomore in the event.
Mays also produced a solid race finishing with a 17:50.22 total time for the race to close out the event for the Golden Suns.
Competing in the 3000m steeplechase for the final event of the meet for Arkansas Tech was
Morganne Browning. Browning put together a great race and finished with a new lifetime best mark of 11:19.46 in the steeplechase, which earned her the second place overall finish.
Head coach of the Golden Suns,
Brock Hime, liked the performance his team gave today, representing the program well.
"We saw Morganne lead the charge for the team with a new lifetime best in the steeple at 11:19. Marcie and Ashlynn both represented well in the 5K, Marcie set a new outdoor PR with 17:28. We've got 3 weeks until GAC championships so we will use the last few weeks to get everyone healthy and prepared to compete in Searcy. Fight On!"
