Track and Field Impresses in Opening Meet

Saturday, January 20

Winston Salem, NC

Georgia Southern University

Wake Forest University

1/21/2018 9:00:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Eagles start season on a high after first meet of the year

By: Aaron Socha

STATESBORO, Ga. – This past weekend, the Blue and White traveled to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Wake Forest Invite, hosted by the JDL Fast Track. The Eagles were looking to start off the season hot and get a good footing in the Sun Belt Rankings.

Through the first weekend of the 2018 Indoor season, the Eagles placed five women in the Sun Belt Conference Standings. During the first day of the Wake Forest Invite, the Eagles really showed their talent in distance races. Ellunde Montgomery and Sholonda Snell placed first and third, respectively, in the 800-meter event. Montgomery's adjusted time was good enough to place her third in the conference and Snell recorded a time well enough for seventh.

Tatiyana Rayford continued the Eagles' success when she placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles giving her a 12^th-place tie in the conference standings. Heading into the field events, Twandalette Cotton placed seventh in the High Jump on Saturday, while Eugenia Tan took third in the Long Jump.

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