FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—Auburn sophomore Joyce Kimeli, competing in her first indoor mile of her running career, broke the school record in the event to highlight the Tigers' showing at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., over the weekend.
Kimeli, who broke the Auburn 5k indoor mark in December, crossed in 4:38.66 to break the previous mark of 4:39.84 set by Janet Trujillo in 1997. The 23-year old record was the oldest standing Auburn women's indoor record before the All-American Kimeli passed it.
Sophomore All-American Madi Malone won her second consecutive weight throw competition in as many weeks after posting the second longest mark in Auburn history to grab gold. Malone's throw of 21.92m/71-11 gave her gold as four of her six marks were top 10 throws ever at Auburn. She won her first collegiate event last week at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
On the men's side, sophomore sprinter Christopher Grant ran a collegiate-best 6.64 to claim silver in the 60m dash. Grant's time moved him into eighth place nationally as he has consistently shown improvement each week during the first month of the indoor season.
Sophomore James Courson also claimed a second place, after recording a new personal best in the pole vault as the Hoover, Ala., native cleared 17 feet for the first time of his indoor career (5.20m/17-0.75).
Senior Natosha Jordan had a strong performance in the women's pentatlon, claiming eighth place with a personal-best score of 3865. During the five event competition, Jordan had three PRs. Junior Tori McKinley also had a solid meet finishing sixth in the shot put (14.98m/49-1.75).
Men's weight throwers Erik Ebel and Kyle Brown were strong for the second week in a row, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Ebel notched a best-mark of 19.07m/62-6.75, while Brown had a new PR with a toss of 19.03m/62-5.25.
In the jumps, Dontavious Hill took seventh in the men's high jump (2.06m/6-9), while Khalil Hasan was ninth in the triple jump with a PR of 14.83m/48-8.
Auburn will have a weekend off before returning to action February 14-15 at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C.