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Stanford Invitational (March 31-April 1)
Durgin Sets School Record in 5000m
4/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
STORRS, Conn. - Redshirt senior Emily Durgin set the new school outdoor-record in the 5000m run at the Stanford Invitational this weekend. Durgin and sophomore Courtney Ackerley competed at the Stanford Invite while the rest of the Husky squad was down in Florida competing at the Pepsi Florida Relays, hosted by the University of Florida.
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"Emily looked good and had nice 5k opener, which led to a PR and school record," UConn head coach J.J. Clark said, "This is good start for my fifth-year senior. She had a 40 second personal record and eclipsed the old school record by 10 seconds. Courtney continued progressing with another big personal best of 16.44. We had a lot of good efforts and we will continue to progress from here."
Durgin beat her previous outdoor-best by 40 seconds, running the 5000m in 16:05.44, which is also the best outdoor-time in the 5k in UConn program history. Ackerley also boasted a new personal-best in the 5000m after she recorded a time of 16:44.45
Six Huskies competed in the 1500m at the Florida Relays. Sophomore Kelsey Swanson set a personal record in that event with a time of 4:39.01. Freshman Danielle Jordan also ran a personal best time (4:44.90) in the 1500m.
In the 100m hurdles, junior Ashley Wiggins came in at 14.07, a new personal best for the New Rochelle, N.Y. native.
Both of Connecticut's relay teams earned UConn's top marks of the season. UConn's 4x800m A team (Panisse, Swanson, Over, Christe) stood out from the competition, finishing in third with a time of 8:47.32. The 4x800m B team (Howard, Jordan, Kane and Sprout) finished eighth at 9:03.78. Connecticut's 4x400m relay team (Over, Strackman, Woods and Foley) recorded the team's best mark of the year, finishing in 3:51.79.
Freshman Thalia Ghalam finished in the top-10 in the javelin with a 43.50m throw. Fellow rookie Divine Oladipo was one hundredth of a meter shy of a new personal record in the shot put, reaching the 15.66m mark.
The Huskies are back in action on Friday, April 7 at the Sam Howell in Princeton, N.J. For all the latest updates on UConn track and field, check back in with uconnhuskies.com or follow us on Facebook here.
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