STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern track and field team will compete for the first time in program history at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships. The meet is held at Birmingham, Ala. at the Birmingham CrossPlex on Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 23-24).

Sun Belt Indoor Championships
Time – 10 a.m.
Date – Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 23-24
Location – Birmingham, Ala./Birmingham CrossPlex
Live Results – SunBeltSports.org
Video – SunBeltSports.org

High Point Team Challenge Recap
The Georgia Southern Eagles sent a small contingent to the High Point Panthers Team Challenge on Feb. 13. Kimberly Thomas posted an eighth place finish in the 200m dash and was one of several Eagles to best new season bests at the meet. Thomas finished with a time of 26.39. Leigha Long also recorded a new season best with a time of 2:28.41 in the 800m run.

Sun Belt Top Times
The Georgia Southern Eagles have four student-athletes in the top-10 of the Sun Belt's Indoor Track & Field Top Times Report. Twandalette Cotton is one of two Eagles to rank in the triple jump top-10. Cotton ranks third, the highest place of any Eagle, with a distance of 12.67m. Ashleigh Rasheed ranks seventh in the event with a distance of 12.15m set at the Bob Pollock Invitational. Keyanna Harris also set her season best high jump height of 1.68m at the Bob Pollock Invitational and ranks fourth in the conference. Kelsey Arnold's school record weight throw distance (17.90m) ranks fifth in the league.

Arnold Sets Weight Throw Record
Sophomore Kelsey Arnold topped her own school record in the Weight Throw by nearly a meter and finished first in the event in the Indoor season opener at the Birmingham Southern Icebreaker in December. Arnold's third throw of 17.90m broke the previous school record of 16.97m set back in 2014 at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships. 

Seniors Ready for Final Season
The 2014-15 Track and Field season will be the final one for four seniors. Stephanne Henzler, Kimberly Thomas, Lauren Toomer and Jasmin Walker will all look to make the 2014-15 campaign a memorable one. Henzler competed for the Eagles in her first season last year and placed 10th at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw. Thomas is in her fourth year on the team and was a member of the SoCon Champion 4x400m Relay team, while Toomer set three personal bests last season. Walker is coming off a win in the long jump at the SoCon Championships and earned All-Conference honors in the 60m dash. 

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