WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Georgia Southern racked up three podium presentations and tied a University record on the first day of the Southern Conference Championships on Saturday, March 1 at the JDL Fast Track. Junior Jasmin Walker continued Georgia Southern's dominance in the Long Jump, winning her second indoor title and third overall. She continued the Eagles' streak of four-straight Georgia Southern winners for the indoor event. Her 10 points for first in that event contributed to Georgia Southern's 16 as four Eagles placed.

The second day of events, including finals for many racing events, is set for Sunday, March 2^nd with results available at timinginc.com. Overall, the Eagles posted 23 personal bests and totaled 32 points on the day, one behind fourth-place Elon. Western Carolina leads with 49.5 points.

"This just shows that we are ready," said Head Coach Marlo Mincey. "We are always at our best at championships and today shows that we're even better than we have been in the past. We not only have our top competitors ready, but we have everyone ready to perform. I was happy to everyone come out and see that almost everyone had personal bests today and score points for the team. As far as Sunday, we are only concerned about Georgia Southern. We're going to go in and we want to win."

Sophomore Keyanna Harris tied the University record for the High Jump with a 1.70m (5-7) and appeared on the podium for her second-place finish. Ashleigh Rasheed started the day with eight points as she finished second in the Pentathlon, she recorded two personal bests and her 3,409 points rank third all-time on the program's list.

Georgia Southern totaled 16 points in the Long Jump with four Eagles placing in the top eight. Walker led the way with her top performance of 6.01m (19-8.75), with personal bests by Camryn Coleman (5.68m) and Rasheed (5.61m). Coleman, Rasheed and Alyssa Felton (5.60m) combined for six points in places six, seven and eight.

Thirteen Eagles qualified in Saturday's preliminaries for five finals on Sunday. Five qualified from the 200m Dash preliminaries with Aarian Tipton and Walker recording sub-25.0 times at 24.97, and 24.99, respectively. Jordan Fordham, freshman Asha Stegall and Felton rounded out Georgia Southern's returners.

Three Eagles, including Walker, are guaranteed to score in the finals of the 60m Dash. Walker, who ran the second-best time in Georgia Southern history in the 60m Dash with a 7.52 time, will be joined by Fordham and Felton. All five individuals who competed in the event set personal bests.

Stegall ran a personal best 56.32, a time good for third on the Eagles' chart in that event, to return with Dana Edwards Sunday in the finals. Graduate student Sherril McFarlane, who already owns the Georgia Southern record in the 800m, will attempt to reduce her time once again.

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