LYNCHBURG, Va. – The indoor track team continued breaking records at the Liberty Open (Feb. 7-8). On Friday, Freshman Tamara Dorval wasted no time lowering the school record she set in the 60 meters last weekend, running 7.76 seconds to start the meet. Her time currently stands at 10th in the Patriot League this year. Sophomore Lorelei Bangit followed that up by shattering her school record in the 200 meters from two weeks ago, running 25.06.

In their third meet of the season, the Eagles set 28 personal bests and added 14 new times to the program's top-10 list.

• Freshman Brandon Williams ran a personal-best time of 7.20 seconds in the 60 meters, lowering his seventh-best time in AU's record book. Freshman Darcy Scheiner lowered her sixth-best time in the event to 8.28 seconds.
• In the 200 meters, sophomore Jason Omari-Anim returned from the 60 meters to run an indoor personal best of 23.02 seconds, tying the sixth-best time in AU history. On the women's side, following Bangit's new school record, freshmen Zoe Clark and Lara Gin lowered their third and sixth all-time marks, running new personal bests of 25.76 and 26.40 seconds. Freshman Tamara Dorval, fresh off lowering her record in the 60 meters, moved up to ninth all-time in the 200 with a time of 26.74.
• Freshman Zack Zerbe placed third in a 50-person field in the 1k, running 2:31.01 in his debut at the distance. In the women's 1k, senior duo Lucia Ianello and Kirah Tianga were again right in step with each other, placing third and fourth with massive PRs. Both added their names to the top-10 list, Ianello running 2:59.03 and Tianga running 2:59.79. The pair were within .2 seconds of each other in the 800 meters at George Mason last weekend, also running PRs in the event.
• Junior Cooper Michaud placed fourth in the 5k in 14:43.43, an indoor PR that puts him at fifth in th Patriot League. Freshmen Jaden Frederick and Daniel Messer debuted the event, running 15:08.12 (9th) and 15:28.23 (14th).
• To start the day on Saturday, senior Danny O'Neill competed strongly to win the mile in a personal best of 4:15.52. Lucia Ianello, coming back from the 1k yesterday, PRed by more than six seconds in the mile, running 5:06.64 to place fourth in the event. Grad student Bryn Underwood raced against her twin sister, Reagan Underwood of Liberty, running 5:07.38 to her sister's 5:08.83.
• Bangit came back from her record-breaking 200 yesterday to place second in the 400 meters in 56.15 seconds. Freshmen Lara Gin and Zoe Clark both ran personal bests — their new times of 57.88 and 58.27 now stand at second and third all-time for the Eagles.
• Junior Carver Morgan won the 800 meters in a 127-person field with a time of 1:50.94, just off his personal best. His time currently stands at fourth in the Patriot League this season. On the women's side, junior Kate Riley won her heat in a wire-to-wire race, running a massive personal best of 2:16.94 (11th). She now stands at fifth on AU's all-time list. Junior Grace Kirk also ran a personal best in the event, placing 14th in a time of 2:17.79 to put her at sixth AU all-time. Freshman Catherine Hany placed 22nd in a four-second PR of 2:20.88.
• Freshman Ty Parker placed second in the men's 3,000 meters, running 8:30.58 in his first time racing the event. In the women's 3k, junior Sophia Staiger battled to an 11-second PR of 10:23.21 to place seventh.
• The men's 4x400 squad of Morgan, Kluth, and freshmen Zack Zerbe and Barak Goldstein ran the sixth-fastest time in AU history, placing 10th in 3:27.55.

Coaches' Corner
The team had another great weekend of racing at Liberty," said head coach Sean Graham. "Once again our athletes raced aggressively; pushing paces, setting records, top 5 marks and PRs, with many winning or getting on the podium again. It was a very solid, all around team performance. 

"On the women's side Tamara once again lowered her newly earned school record in the 60m, now down to 7.76, kicking off the meet nicely. Lucia (Ianello) and Kirah (Tianga) raced to big PR's in the 1000m placing third and fourth respectively. Luci came back with a PR in the mile for fourth in that event. Lorelei (Bangit) had a very strong 400 for second overall in 56.1 and Lara (Gin) earned a massive PR in the same event down to 57.88 for second all-time and Zoe Clark now down to 58.2 for third all time. Kate Riley and Grace Kirk had impressive days in the 800 with Grace lowering her PR down to 2:17, and Kate dropping her PR by three seconds down to 2:16 with a convincing heat win. Sophia Staiger wrapped up the day with a hard fought 3000 in which she came away with over a 10 second PR of 10:23.

"On the men's side, they were all over the podium positions as well. The guys won the 800, came third in the 1000m, won the Mile, came second in the 3000m and fourth in the 5000m. Carver (Morgan) had a very strong race to match his PR of 1:50 in the 800m with a big close. Danny O'Neill had a big PR in the mile; a strategic race in which he ran away from the field the last 200m for the win. Ty Parker, had a very well executed debut in the 3000m for a massive PR; he managed the early portion of the race well then pressed to the lead with about 600 meters to go to keep the pace moving, just getting nipped the last 50 or so meters for second. 

"All in all it was a very solid additional step forward through the regular season. Racing aggressively for wins and top-five positions, while also taking home PR's in this part of the season and training block is great. We've got an exciting few weeks ahead of us with two big opportunities this coming week in Boston and back at Liberty, then we begin final prep for the Patriot League Champs at the end of February."

Next Up
The track team will split next weekend. Some Eagles will head to Boston to compete at Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Invitational, while some will return to Liberty for the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational on February 14-15.

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AU RESULTS

60m, Men	32. Jason Omari-Anim, 7.10 | 48. Brandon Williams, 7.20 (PR)*
60m, Women	14. Tamara Dorval, 7.76 (PR)*** | 34. Ciera Thacker, 8.04 | 50. Darcy Scheiner, 8.28 (PR)*
200m, Men	36. Brandon Williams, 22.51 | 51. Jason Omari-Anim, 23.02 (PR)*
200m, Women	9. Lorelei Bangit, 25.06 (PR)*** | 23. Ciera Thacker, 25.54 | 26. Zoe Clark, 25.76 (PR)* | 32. Lara Gin, 26.40 (PR)* | 38. Tamara Dorval, 26.74* | 45. Darcy Scheiner, 27.07 (PR) | 57. Adeline DiPaolo, 28.18
1000m, Men	3. Zack Zerbe, 2:31.01 (PR)
1000m, Women	3. Lucia Ianello, 2:59.03 (PR)* | 4. Kirah Tianga, 2:59.79 (PR)* | 6. Grace Kirk, 3:02.27
5000m, Men	4. Cooper Michaud, 14:43.43 (PR) | 9. Jaden Frederick, 15:08.12 (PR) | 14. Daniel Messer, 15:28.23 (PR) | 21. Hayden Hauser, 15:46.01 | 31. Jack Chandler, 16:42.01 (PR)
5000m, Women	17. Fiona Murphy, 19:25.92 | 20. Annie Ripol, 19:49.81
Mile, Men	1. Danny O'Neill, 4:15.52 (PR) | 11. Noah Smith, 4:20.61
Mile, Women	4. Lucia Ianello, 5:06.64 (PR) | 6. Bryn Underwood, 5:07.38 | 18. Kara Langbaum, 5:15.23
400m, Men	29. Brandon Williams, 50.92* | 56. Toby Khang, 53.38 (PR)
400m, Women	2. Lorelei Bangit, 56.15 | 9. Lara Gin, 57.88 (PR)* | 11. Zoe Clark, 58.27 (PR)*  | 43. Hannah Puckett, 1:05.30
800m, Men	1. Carver Morgan, 1:50.94 | 5. Kaden Kluth, 1:53.15 | 22. Barak Goldstein, 1:56.88 | 42. Papakojo Danquah, 2:00.84
800m, Women	11. Kate Riley, 2:16.94 (PR)* | 14. Grace Kirk, 2:17.79 (PR)* |  21. Kara Langbaum, 2:20.43 | 22. Catherine Hany, 2:20.88 (PR)
3000m, Men	2. Ty Parker, 8:30.58 (PR)
3000m, Women	7. Sophia Staiger, 10:23.21 (PR) | 12. Zoe Rector, 10:30.59 | 14. Kirah Tianga, 10:37.72 (PR) | 23. Skyler Tatum, 10:47.89 | 44. Scarlett Lestina, 11:29.93 (PR)
4x400m Relay, Men	10. Morgan, Kluth, Zerbe, Goldstein, 3:27.55*
4x400m Relay, Women	14. Hany, Riley, Underwood, Puckett, 4:17.39

*Top 10 Record Book Mark
**New School Record