WASHINGTON - The freshman class paced the way for the American University track team this weekend, collecting six of the team's 15 personal record (PR's) this weekend, including a pair of all-time top-ten marks from Malcolm Going and Nia Holden.

#AUTF NOTES

• The two-day VMI Winter Relays opened on Friday with the men's and women's 60m and 500m dashes, along with the 1000m and 5000m runs and distance medley relays.
• Sophomore Alisha Netus advanced into the semifinal round of the 60m dash where she hit a PR time of 8.04 to place 14th in the field.
• Classmate Mark Kopp also picked up a PR on the men's side, placing 28th overall (7.44).
• Freshman Hannah Farley added to the PR tally with a career-best 1:30.01 finish in the women's 500m.
• Event wins for the men's and women's DMR's closed the evening. The men paced the field in 10:20.58 while the women hit the seventh-fastest time in AU history to win in 12:32.16.
• Saturday opened in a simllar fashion with freshman Nathan Reeves bumping his mile PR down a few seconds to 4:25.69. 
• Freshman Malcolm Going earned his first AU all-time top-ten spot in the 400m dash, clocking through in 52.09 in his event debut - the ninth-fastest finish in program history.
• On the women's side, freshman Nia Holden continues to establish herself in the Eagles' mid-distance record books. She entered the weekend with in fourth position in the AU record books and left with the second-fastest time in program history behind Brianna Belo ('18) with a 1:00.33 finish.
• Senior Arianna Lopez also moved up the ranks in the 400m dash list, hitting a new PR of 1:01.59 to take over the sixth spot.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH SEAN GRAHAM...
"In total, this was a pretty good weekend for us. Both DMR's ran very well with no competition to push them. We saw very strong legs from Tucker Zullo leading off the men, then Arianna Lopez leading and Sarah Maple closing for the women. There were big PR's on Saturday from both Alisha Netus and Mark Kopp in the 200m. Lauren Wagner and Ana Keene are both coming off sickness from earlier in the season and are returning to good form, running well in the mile and 3000m, respectively. We're excited to bring a few select athletes to compete at Boston University next weekend, then take the next two weeks to prepare for the Patriot League Indoor Championships at tthe end of the month."

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#AUTF RESULTS

EVENT	RESULTS
60m Dash, Men	28. Mark Kopp, 7.44 PR | 35. Yoshimune Satake, 8.04
60m Dash, Women	14. Alisha Netus, 8.04 PR
200m Dash, Men	34. Mark Kopp, 24.06 PR | 43. Yoshimune Satake, 26.35 PR | 44. Khalil Ibrahim, 26.41 PR
200m Dash, Women	24. Alisha Netus, 26.96 PR #4
400m Dash, Men	19. Malcolm Going, 52.09 #9 | 34. Xavier Ibrahim, 56.60 PR | 36. Tyler White, 58.63
400m Dash, Women	10. Nia Holden, 1:00.33 PR #2 | 14. Arianna Lopez, 1:01.59 PR #6
500m Dash, Women	9. Hannah Farley, 1:30.01 PR
800m Run, Men	6. Jackson McCarthy, 1:57.73
800m Run, Women	4. Elise Hooker, 2:25.07 PR
1000m Run, Women	3. Eva Gibson, 3:22.72
Mile Run, Men	2. Nathan Reeves, 4:25.69 PR | 9. John Pagliaro, 4:33.45
Mile Run, Women	5. Lauren Wagner, 5:13.66 | 7. Shelbi Wuss, 5:21.32 | 11. Amanda Muniz, 5:29.82 PR
3000m Run , Men	9. Max Lustig, 9:04.26
3000m Run , Women	10. Rachael Potter, 11:02.89 | 11. Ana Keene, 11:03.70 PR | 20. Catie Anderson, 11:48.43
5000m Run, Men	16. Thomas Scartz, 15:54.28
5000m Run, Women	4. Clare Hernandez, 18:27.76 | 6. Emily Neuner, 18:51.93
DMR, Men	1. (Zullo, Kahn, Going, Sullivan), 10:20.58
DMR, Women	1. (Lopez, Hooker, Holden, Maple), 12:32.16 #7