Track and Field Wins Georgia Southern Classic

Saturday, April 29

Statesboro, Ga.

Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Classic

Georgia Southern junior Isabel Ptacek during the Georgia Southern Track & Field Classic at Eagle Track at Erk Russell Athletic Park on April 29, 2023 in Statesboro, Georgia. (Photograph by AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern Athletics)

Isabel Ptacek won the 800.

Photo by: AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern

4/29/2023 7:44:00 PM | Track & Field/XC

Final Results

Seven different Eagles won events for Georgia Southern.

By: Marc Gignac

STATESBORO – Seven different Eagles won events to lead Georgia Southern track and field to a team victory at the Georgia Southern Classic Saturday at Eagle Field.

NaJ Watson won the 100 (11.66) and 200 (23.72), while Imani Moore won the triple jump (11.73m). Kennedy Hood won the long jump (5.69m), and Catherine Hall won the 1500 (4:54.53). Sofia Molina took first in the 400 (57.69), Isabel Ptacek won the 800 (2:19.54) and Donisha Jeanty took first in the 400 hurdles (1:03.91).

Sam Holbrook took second in the hammer throw with a throw of 50.16, the third-best mark in school history.

Quotable from Coach David Neville
"Today's meet was a pretty good warm-up for us as we get ready and start moving towards the conference championship in two weeks. The ladies are coming off a pretty heavy training cycle, which normally does not result in great performances, but we had a number of good marks with today's competition. I'm very proud of the progress that Sam has made in the hammer throw as she tossed it over 50m for the first time. We had a number of victories in multiple events, and I feel like our athletes are just now getting to a place where they're starting to really understand how to compete week in and week out. Now, we will start to rest and back off in our training as we prepare for the conference championships, hosted by Coastal Carolina."

Next up
The Eagles will compete in the Sun Belt Championship May 11-13 in Conway, South Carolina.