March 27, 2015
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AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn track and field team opened the outdoor season on Friday at the Texas Relays, Alabama Invitational and Raleigh Relays.
"I thought it was a good day," head coach Ralph Spry said. "We won our heat in the 4x100 relay and advanced to the final. I saw some good effort. I hope to get under 40 seconds in the 4x100 relay as it will be later in the afternoon. Joe Fisher a decent run in the 100m, and Parker Shearer did well in the decathlon. I'm excited for tomorrow as we have the 4x200 relay as well and we have our big group at Alabama competing."
At the Texas Relays, the 4x100 relay team of Torrey Campbell, Joe Fisher, Teray Smith and Kahlil Henderson qualified for Saturday's final with a time of 40.43. Fisher set a new personal record in the 100m with a time of 10.66.
Junior Parker Shearer set six personal bests in the decathlon. The Mobile, Ala., native clocked a 53.09 in the 400m, threw 42-10.75/13.07m in the shot put, cleared 22-8/6.91m in the long jump and 6-7.5/2.02m in the high jump and recorded a throw of 147-7/44.99m in the javelin. Shearer scored a total of 6890 points, a new personal best, to place third among collegiate participants.
At the Raleigh Relays, junior Redatu Semeon ran a 9:07.28 in the 3000m steeplechase to set a new personal record. Senior Griffin Jaworksi clocked a 29:39.61 to set a new personal best in the 10,000m.
Junior Amber Sudzius placed fifth in the hammer throw at the Alabama Invitational with a throw of 160-2/48.82m. In the javelin, Alyssa Kopp set a new personal best with a throw of 130-4/39.74m.
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