Daytona Beach, Fla. – The Augusta University women's track and field team finished fifth at the 2024 Peach Belt Conference Championship hosted by Embry-Riddle University at the ERAU Track Complex.

"Proud of our women's 5th place showing at conference this week," said head Coach Jacob Burgamy. "We have a very young team full of potential and this was valuable first championship experience for many of them. Our women's distance group took a big step in terms of learning how to race championship style races. Madison Kennedy was competing for the win off the final turn in both the 5k and the 10k and held on for a couple of 2nd and 3rd place finishes. In the steeple, Emily McBride took the win and is getting very close to a nationals mark. The group as a whole scored 39 points across the distance events, which is 29 points up from last year. We're young, but we are building something that I'm very proud of right now."
 
Team Standings
1. Embry-Riddle
2. Clayton State
3. Flagler 
4. Columbus State
5. Augusta
6. North Georgia
7. Lander
8. USC Beaufort

Awards

Women's Track & Field All-Conference Team 
(Top 3 finishers in each event)

Emily McBride - 3,000m steeplechase - 1st
Madison Kennedy - 5000m - 2nd
Madison Kennedy - 10,000m - 3rd
Jozelyne Williams - shot put - 3rd 

Parmalie Andris - All Sportsmanship Team 

Results

Emily McBride set a new PBC Conference meet record in the 3000m steeplechase. Her first place time of 10:53.04 broke the old record of 10:54.19 set just last year.

Madison Kennedy had an impressive day, seeing the podium in both the 500m and 10,00m events. In the 5,000m, Kennedy finished second overall with a time of 18:12.19. In the 10,000m, her time of 40:09.42 was enough for third place. 

In the 800m, Grace Gyetko finished 12th overall in 2:24.58. Teammates Cheyenne Ryan (2:27.70) and Julia Masino (2:30.54) were just behind in her in 13th and 15th place respectively. 

In the 1500m, Caroline Pierce finished 13th (4:57.50) and recorded the only sub-five minute Jaguar run in the event for the day. Julia Masino finished in the top 20 in 5:06.72. Haley Gilbert (5:08.84) was 23rd while Lauren Michael came across the line 25th (5:13.09)

In the 5000m race, Augusta had seven entries, all of which finished in the top 15. 

5000m
2 Madison Kennedy 18:12.19 8
4 Emily McBride 18:20.02 5
6 Caroline Pierce 18:28.57 3
8  Maria Biondollilo 19:05.74 1
9  Haley Gilbert 19:07.46 
10 Riley Triplett 19:14.19 
12  Ansley Graddy 19:30.71

In the 1000m, Kennedy paced the Jags in third, followed by Maria Biondollilo (41:11.23) in fifth and Ansley Graddy (41:59.65) in seventh. 

In the 400m hurdles, Parmelie Andris finished her race in sixth 1:10.47 and Janiyah England finished in eighth 1:14.90. 

Four Jaguars competed in the 3000m steeplechase.

3000m steeplechase
1 Emily McBride  10:53.04 NCAA DII Prov 10
9 Danielle Thayer 12:38.61 
10 Swaye Mohler 12:51.07 
11 Lauren Michael 13:05.24

Parmelie Andris,Grace Gyetko, Janiya England, and Cheyenne Ryan finished seventh overall in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:20.58. 

Freshman Madison Mills hit a 4.74m mark to finish 12th in the long jump. 

In the triple jump, Rebekah Klossner turned in a top-10 finish 28'1.75".

Jozelyn Williams was fourth in the discus (33.76m) and seventh in the hammer throw (30.85m). Williams also had an all-conference shot put performance, finishing third overall.  Jala Williams was ninth in the discus (30.85m) and eighth in the hammer throw (29.90m). 

Ana Ayala Cosme carded eighth in the javelin (25.46m). 

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