Track and Field Start Season with Meets at the Commonwealth Opener and the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

Saturday, December 7

Louisville, KY

Lipscomb University

Commonwealth Opener

Track and Field Start Season with Meets at the Commonwealth Opener and the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

12/7/2024 5:46:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Lipscomb Track & Field athletes competed at both the Commonwealth Opener in Louisville and the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston to start off the 2024-25 season. The Bisons recorded 14 personal bests throughout 16 events with Hannah Wright and Colbi Borland setting program records as well.

At the Commonwealth Opener, Hannah Wright ran a personal best and program record time in the 60m hurdles. She finished in a remarkable 8.57 and led all athletes to earn first place in her debut event as a Bison.

Meanwhile, at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Colbi Borland's personal best in the 5000m also doubled as a program record with a time of 15:52.26. Borland finished in 33^rd of 123 athletes who ran the 5000m.

Michael Polizzi and Bella Jackson finished first in the men's 600m and women's high jump at the Commonwealth Opener. Polizzi finished with a personal best time of 1:20.17 and Jackson recorded a jump of 1.77m (5' 9.75").

Lipscomb also crossed first in both the men's and women's 4x400m relays. The women (Alvarado, Mathews, Wilson, Watson) crossed in 3:53.57 while the men (Brown, Kennedy, Kemp, Ofosu-Kwarteng) finished in 3:15.86.

Lipscomb recorded 12 podium finished on the afternoon to preface what is expected to be a successful season for the Bisons.

UP NEXT
The Bisons will return to action at the Commodore Challenge, which Vanderbilt will host from Friday, Jan. 10^th, until Saturday, Jan. 11^th.

FULL LIPSCOMB RESULTS – COMMONWEALTH OPENER
Women's 60m – Semis
(13) Makayla Watson – 7.81

Women's 60mH Semis
(2) Hannah Wright – 8.80
(5) Aiyah Siggers – 8.86

Women's 60mH – Finals
(1) Hannah Wright – 8.57 (program record) (personal best)
(4) Aiyah Siggers – 8.82 (personal best)

Women's 300m
(5) Aliyah Wilson – 41.37
(6) Anna Richardson – 41.74 (personal best)

Men's 300m
(2) Joe Kennedy – 34.34 (personal best)
(13) Dimitri Kemp – 35.49 (personal best)
(20) Wessel Van der Nest – 36.22 (personal best)

Women's 600m
(3) Abigail Alvarado – 1:35.97
(4) Bethany Wright – 1:36.87 (personal best)
(6) Allena Klamorick – 1:38.46 (personal best)

Men's 600m
(1) Michael Polizzi – 1:20.17 (personal best)
(2) Saxon Brown – 1:21.02 (personal best)
(8) Nathan Wallace – 1:25.94

Women's 4x400m Relay
(1) Alvarado, Mathews, Wilson, Watson – 3:53.57
(3) H. Wright, B. Wright, Moore, Jackson – 3:57.18
(7) Klamorick, Siggers, Richardson, Litwin – 4:07.50

Men's 4x400m Relay
(1) Brown, Kennedy, Kemp, Ofosu-Kwarteng – 3:15.86
(7) Martin, Polizzi, Van der Nest, Davis – 3:23.96

Women's High Jump
(1) Bella Jackson – 1.77m (5' 9.75")

Women's Long Jump
(3) Kennedy Mitchell – 5.36m (17' 11.5") (personal best)
(6) Lucy Litwin – 5.29m (17' 4.25")
(7) Angel Johnson – 5.20m (17' 0.75") (personal best)
(10) Anna Richardson – 5.06m (16' 7.25")
(13) Jaden Matthews – 4.95m (16' 3")

Men's Long Jump
(4) Justin Davis – 6.98m (22' 10.75")
(5) Gabriel Martin – 6.82m (22' 4.5")
(10) Demitri Kemp – 6.40m (21')

Women's Triple Jump
(5) Angel Johnson – 11.03m (36' 2.25") (personal best)

Men's Triple Jump
(3) Justin Davis – 14.59m (47' 10.5")

FULL LIPSCOMB RESULTS – SHARON COLYEAR-DANVILLE SEASON OPENER
Women's Mile
(10) Kiara Smeltz – 4:39.56

Women's 5000m
(33) Colbi Borland – 15:52.26 (program record) (personal best)