Five College Records Fall At Audio City Challenge


NASHVILLE, TENN.— The College of Cincinnati men’s and women’s monitor and subject crew broke 5 system information and a few American Athletic Conference data at the Songs Metropolis Problem in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.
“Really happy of how the crew competed and supported every single other at this fulfill,” head mentor Susan Seaton said. Gearing up for the convention championship, it is fascinating to provide home 5 university records and many top rated 15 NCAA marks. Acquiring the whole squad with each other produced for a excellent team atmosphere and will allow us to confidently get ready for the AAC Championship.”
The women’s higher soar squad set on a display inside of the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center, sweeping the top 3 podium positions and recording a pair of nationally rated top rated-15 marks.
The dynamic trio of senior Taylor Beard, and sophomores Annika Kinley and Spirit Morgan all cleared personalized ideal heights and recorded UC all-time major 10 marks. Beard led the way for the women’s higher soar squad with a mark of 1.88m/6′-2″, breaking the American Athletic Meeting indoor superior soar report and the UC document. The two data had been earlier held by previous Bearcat Loretta Blaut (1.87m/6′-1.75′). The Winchester, Va., indigenous now holds the top location in the AAC and is tied for third in the NCAA.
Kinley positioned 2nd total in the celebration with a own ideal mark of 1.85m/6′-.75″, tying her for 11th in the country. Kinley’s mark is also the fifth-finest mark in university background and is at the moment next in the AAC. Morgan put 3rd overall as she cleared a top of 1.81m/5′-11″, the sixth-very best all-time leap in application heritage.
Senior Rylee Penn had a satisfy to remember as she broke two AAC and faculty documents. One particular working day one particular of the Music Metropolis Challenge she broke the women’s mile with a time of 4:34.33. Penn broke former Bearcat Elie Leathers’ 2022 record mile time of 4:34.89 by .56 seconds. Penn received the party and currently ranks 25th in the nation in the mile.
The Corona, Calif., native followed up day a person with one more report-location functionality by breaking her have 3,00m AAC and Cincinnati history with a time of 9:12.44. Penn eventually broke the document at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 27 with a time of 9:14.54. She took very first in both equally the women’s mile and invited 3,000m races.
Four Bearcats turned in UC all-time best 10 moments in equally the men’s and women’s 5,000-meter races as senior Maddie Walker broke the UC women’s report with a time of 16:19.77. Walker bested Lilian Jelimo’s 15-property-aged record of 16:37.10 by nearly 20 seconds. Walker positioned fifth general in the race and now ranks initial in the AAC.
In the men’s 5,000-meter, graduate pupils Milo Greder, Jamie Dailey and senior Christian Stevens all file UC all-time best 10 times. Greder won the race with a particular greatest time of 13:53.83, the 3rd fastest time in college record. Gerder joins Aaron Bienenfeld and Alec Sandusky as the only bearcats to record a sub-14-moment time in the occasion.
Dailey crossed the finish line at 14:10.33, the fourth quickest in UC record and Stevens finished with a time of 14:34.77, eighth in the college record e-book. Equally times rank eighth and 11th in the meeting, respectively.
Senior Carmen Licht also joined in on the file-breaking action as she broke the UC 600-meter record with a time of 1:32.84. Licht enhanced on her personalized document by three seconds to rewrite background. She put fifth general in the meet up with.
Sophomore Abby Knouff recorded two individual documents in the women’s invite pole vault on her way to victory. The Akron transfer first cleared a bar peak of 4,12m/13′-10″, breaking her personalized very best 4.10 m/13′-5.25″, then demolished that mark by clearing a top of 4.22m/13′-10″, the third-very best mark in the country. She now retains the next place in the meeting and is tied for 24th in the NCAA.
Senior Chase VanSickle tied a personal ideal, clearing a top 2.06m/ 6′-9″ to just take 1st in the men’s open up high jump. The transfer earned his to start with party as a member of the Bearcats.
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