Success has been something that Lipscomb Track & Field has had a taste of this year and it’s 2014 Indoor Atlantic Sun Championship was no different.
The indoor conference championship was held at the JDL Fast Track in North Carolina this year. The men finished with their best ever in third place beating their old record of finishing in fifth. The women finished fifth, tying their best ever.
Junior Kenny Smith is a member of the 4×400 relay team that picked up first place at the meet and is a veteran when it comes to the team’s success.
“I feel that every year the team fights more and more for each other. When I say that, we fight for every point we can get,” Smith said. “This season the men’s team got the most points we have ever got. It shows we are going in the right direction.”
Smith, along with Tucker Peabody, Brian Gentry and Colin Dempster are the men’s 4×400 meter relay team. A team effort led to a time of 3:18.57.
For the second year in a row, Peabody won the 200 meter dash and came in second place in the 60 meter dash.
Two stand out freshman are Wayne Newman and Christian Freeman.
Newman earned the 1st place title in 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.07.
Freeman placed 3rd in the men’s 500 meter and 2nd in the men’s 300 meter. With his finishing times, he was able to set new school records in both of these events.
As for the women, Dani Walker was named most valuable performer for her second year in a row. She won three different events: the mile, 800 meter and 3000 meter. Close behind Walker was Madi Talbert who finished second in the 3000 meter.
As the indoor conference championship finish up, the outdoor season begins. With this talented group, more success seems to be in the future.
“Our team always wants to better our last year performance. Going into outdoor we always try to better ourselves for us and the team because that pulls us closer to a conference championship,” Smith said.
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