RU Track and Field Make Ground at AAC Championships
Winston Salem, NC - RU Track & Field competed at the 2025 AAC Indoor Championships in Winston-Salem, NC, on Monday and Tuesday this week. The team continues to have success moving up the conference standings.
The Men's Team placed 3rd overall, and the Women's Team finished in 7th place. This was the most points scored by the Women's Team at the Indoor Conference in the history of the program!
There were many new school and personal records broken again. The team had several members on the AAC All-Conference Team, which were:
AAC ALL-CONFERENCE
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Kenadi Aker- 60m (3rd)
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Emma Pelfrey- Pole Vault (1st)
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JT Neal- 60m (1st)
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JT Neal- 200m (2nd)
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Prince Derring- 200m (3rd)
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Tom Vincent- 1k (3rd)
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Carter Butterfield- 3k RW (2nd)
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Billy Waters: Shot Put (3rd)
Tom Vincent will be joining Carter Butterfield & Andrew Paolozzi as NAIA Qualifiers. Vincent qualified in the 1k with a time of 2:30.03. The NAIA Nationals is 2/27-3/1!
The Eagles will take this success into the outdoor season as they gain ground on Milligan and Montreat in the standings. More to come!
Here are more highlights and records from the AAC Championships:
SCHOOL RECORDS
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Lydiana Styles: 400m- 1:02.55
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Noelle Dawes: 800m- 2:31.92
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Rylee Fisher: Mile- 5:30.94
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Rylee Fisher: 3k- 10:41.98
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Lily Tullock, Olivia Edwards, Teara Snider, Sara James: DMR- 14:15. 35
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Emma Pelfrey: Pole Vault- 2.80m
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Tom Vincent: 1k- 2:30.03
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Carter Butterfield: 3k RW- 15:16.26
PERSONAL RECORDS
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Lydiana Styles: 400m- 1:02.55
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Noelle Dawes: 800m- 2:31.92
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Rylee Fisher: Mile- 5:30.94, 3k- 10:41.98
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Teara Snider: 3k- 11:37.51
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Sara James: 3k- 11:43.97
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Lily Tullock: 3k- 11:48.10
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Emma Pelfrey: Pole Vault- 2.80m
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Kayla Morris: SP- 9.84m, WT- 12.56m
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Ramsey Chambers: WT- 11.78m
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JT Neal: 60m- 6.95s, 200m- 22.71s
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Hayden Reyes: 60m- 6.97s
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Tom Vincent: 1k- 2:30.03
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Ben Pearce: Mile- 4:29.45
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Anthony Garcia: Mile- 4:37.41
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Carter Butterfield: 3k RW- 15:16.26
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Billy Waters: SP- 13.36m