Feb. 26, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
Complete Day One Results in PDF Format 
The Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships began Friday at the University of Arkansas with the multi-event competitions. The women concluded the pentathlon competition Friday, while the men finished the first four events of the heptathlon.
In the pentathlon, senior Amelia Anderson finished sixth for Auburn with 3,755 points, earning the Tigers three points in the team standings. Anderson, competing in just the second pentathlon of her career, finished with the third-best total in school history and best mark since 1989. Her point total was good enough to be an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Anderson was in ninth place after three events, but had a strong performance in the long jump (19-2.75) to put her in position to move up further in the 800 meters (2:25.06).
Meanwhile in the heptathlon, senior Jager Livingston finished the opening day of competition in 10th place with 2,538 points. Livingston, whose strongest day of competition is the second day, finished Friday's competition with a personal-best mark of 1.85 meters (6-0.75) in the high jump and will complete the remaining three events Saturday.
"Coming in to the meet, I felt pretty good about our women's team," said head coach Ralph Spry. "All year long we've been pretty solid. Tonight we got started with a gutsy performance by Amelia, and those three points were big because some of our top competitors didn't score as many points as they were supposed to, so that gives us a big boost. I have a really good feeling about our women's team, but we have to come out focused on Saturday and build off what we started tonight."
Competition at the SEC Indoor Championships will resume Saturday morning. Nine finals will be contested Saturday, while the bulk of the finals will take place on Sunday.