CHALOTTE, NC – Augusta track senior Hans Troyer broke the 10,000m school record in pouring rain at the Charlotte 49er Classic at the Charlotte-Irwin Belk T&F Center. While a select five distance runners were in Charlotte, most of the Augusta Track & Field program was in Anderson, S.C at the Trojan Opener.  
 
"We took a handful of people up to Charlotte to get into some competitive 5ks and 10ks and it was well worth the trip despite the pouring rain," said head coach Jacob Burgamy. "Hans broke his own school record in the 10k & Avery, Carlos, Tripp, Hannah, Riley, Madison, and Patrick all ran personal bests in their events. Lots of positives to take away from this one. Thanks to Edinboro University for bringing a pacer and helping set up this 10k record attempt."
 
Charlotte 49er Classic
In the 10,000m, Troyer led Augusta with a first-place personal best time of 30:39.25.

Avery Jaynes kept pace with his teammate, finishing his race in second place with a personal best time of 30:55.55. Carlos Rodriguez also turned in a personal best time of 31:15.13 for a seventh-place finish.

In the 5000m event, Patrick Motes and Avery Jaynes represented for Augusta, both turning in personal best times. Motes finished 3^rd overall in 14:48.70 while Todd finished 19^th.
 
Trojan Opener
The distance runners in Anderson also shined. Freshman Andrew Helfers won the 500m race. Nasrudin Mohamed finished fifth in 15:23.02 while Thomas Rischar finished sixth in 15:26.91. Shahzed Rashid finished tenth in 15:43.97. Cameron Watson finished 12^th and Mathew Moore was 15^th.

In the 110m hurdles, Christian Austin took 8^th with a time of 16.76.

Orian Kotas took home 5th place in the pole vault with a 3.60m mark. Eduardo Perez finished 4^th in the discus. Alex Rountree also had a top-10 field event finish, carding 7^th in the javelin with a 42.85m mark.

Amir Dayal finished second in the 800m in 1:57.19, followed by Noah Shepherd in eighth with a time of 1:58.61. Binh Nhien Do finished in the top 1 in the event.
 
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