Track and Field results from Georgia Tech Invitational
5/16/2010 2:18:58 PM
Results
ATLANTA – Career-best performances from freshman Robert Willett and junior Mark Messenger highlighted the Birmingham-Southern track and field team's showing at the Georgia Tech Invitational this weekend. Senior Aly Goldfarb also posted a season-best time in the 800-meter run.
Goldfarb ran the 800 in 2:17, while Willett's career-best time also came in the 800 with a time of 1:53.27. Messenger's career mark was in the javelin throw with a distance of 58.02 meters, placing him 14th in a field of 25 Division I athletes.
Junior Mary Elaine Williamson also competed in the 1,500-meter run, clocking a time of 4:53.66, sophomore Mitch Swanson ran the 400-meter dash in 51.23, and junior Will Gurley ran the 5K in 16:32.35.
"This was a great showing by the group of seven athletes that we took to Atlanta," Head Coach Kenneth Cox said. "They each worked hard all year and truly deserved to be in the competition. Both Robert Willett and Mark Messenger posted their best performances of their careers, while Aly Goldfarb ran her fastest time of the year. Everyone stepped up against the nation's best competition and represented the standard we've been striving to set for our young program."