PITTSBURG, Kan. -- John Brown University freshman Cera Eckenroth shattered JBU's mile program record during the NAIA / Juco Challenge at the Robert W. Plaster Center on Saturday (Jan. 20).
In her first collegiate indoor action, Eckenroth took the mile's top podium spot, breaking the tape at 5:12.45, setting a new personal, program and meet record. The freshman bested the program's previous best mark, set by Allika Pearson '23, by eight seconds. Eckenroth fell just short of earning an NAIA B Standard mark by four seconds.
On the men's side of the mile, freshman Henry Zedler captured his section in a time of 4:31.76, good enough for seventh-fastest in program history.
In the 60-meter dash, the Mortons paced the Golden Eagle effort as the duo both landed top-10 times in program history. Weeks after setting a new program record at 6.93, junior Andrew Morton turned in a time of 6.97 to land him third in the record book. Freshman Emma Morton, finished in a personal-best time of 8.33, also claiming third in the record books.
Junior Evie Scoles claimed a shot put bronze and etched her name atop the record book with a 12.61-meter throw on her fifth attempt - .31 meters farther than her previous best and program record set in December.
Finishing just outside a scoring effort, sophomore Maci Hubbard set a new program record in the 400 meters at 1:02.66, with teammate Emma Morton just behind at 1:02.67. The tandem finished in 13th and 14th place, respectively.
The Golden Eagles will now participate in its second meet in as many weeks when John Brown heads to Wichita, Kan. to compete in the Herm Wilson Invitational, hosted by Wichita State inside the Heskett Center from Thursday through Saturday (Jan. 25-27) before taking an off week.
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