HICKORY, N.C. – The Carson-Newman men and women track and field teams started their outdoor season strong at the Lenoir-Rhyne PowerSox Invitational this weekend, especially the women's team, which set six new school records. 

Freshman Tiana Mills earned first in the women's long jump and second in the triple jump, breaking the school records for both events. Shauntae Miller finished in second-place in the women's 400m dash with a time of 59.21 and earned third in the women's 200m dash. Miller also broke school records in each event, respectively.

The women's 4x400m team of Jaa'leah White, Madi Pickel, Anna Bauder, and Shauntae Miller finished in first-place, and the 4x100m Relay team of Lindsay Franklin, Jaa'leah White, Cassie Smith and Madi Pickel finished in forth-place, each breaking the school records for their respective events.

"To start off the season and enter new ground with school records broken was definitely a strong step in the right direction," Head Track and Field Coach David Needs said. "Some of these records had been there for quite a while, but we're glad to be pushing to the next level."

       Old Record                                                                                           New Record

Long Jump       16'11"                                                                                    Tiana Mills  (18'2.25)

Triple Jump      35'6   4/5/03                                                               Tiana Mills (35'11.25)

1600m Relay     4:14.10    4-25-09                              White, Pickel, Bauder, Miller (4:12.27)

200M                 26.30   3-31-02                                                         Shauntae Miller (25.87)

400M                 59.49   4-10-10                                                         Shauntae Miller (59.21)

400M Relay       50.98    4/25/09                                 Franklin, White, Smith, Pickel (50.90)

In other events, Junior Jessica Azor earned third-place in the Women Long Jump with a mark of 4.98m. Azor also earned second in the women high jump and shot put with a leap of 5-03.75 and a throw at 36-02.75".

From the men, Sophomore Brandon Lindley finished in second-place in the men's 400m Dash with a time of 51.16, and third-place in the men's 400m hurdles. Junior Darius Childs finished in third in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 15.48. The men's 4x400m Relay team of Tyler Stewart, Brandon Lindley, Aaron Seward and Cassadine Blassingame earned third-place among all other schools.

In men's field events, Blassingame finished in first-place in the men's long jump with a leap of 6.95m.

The Eagle's head to Rome, GA next weekend for the Rome-Shorter Relays.

-CN-

Women Long Jump

1 Mills, Tiana 5.54m

3 Azor, Jessica 4.98m

10 Hodges, Jazzimine 4.37m

Men Long Jump

1 Blassingame, 6.95m

2 Davis, TJ 6.57m

4 Williams, Jason 6.26m

Women Discus Throw

4 Mills, Tiana 31.45m

12 Smith, Christianna 24.63m

13 Haga, Marketta 24.56m

Women High Jump

2 Azor, Jessica 5-03.75

12 Hodges, Jazzimine 4-06.00

Men High Jump

2 Blassingame, Cassadine 6-02.00

7 Robinson, Christian 5-08.00

Women Triple Jump

2 Mills, Tiana 35-11.25

Men Triple Jump

4 Davis, TJ 42-09.50

8 Robinson, Christian 40-05.50

Women Shot Put

2 Azor, Jessica 36-02.75

6 Smith, Christianna 33-04.50

Men Shot Put

5 Freeman, Randall 41-01.50

Women Javelin Throw

11 Martino, Aiyana 59-01.00

Men Javelin Throw

13 Smith, Colin 84-10

Men 3000m Steeplechase

4 Chastain, Jonathan 12:17.39

Women 4x100m Relay

4^th 50.90

1)   White, Jaa'leah 2) Pickel, Madi

3) Bauder, Anna 4) Miller, Shauntae

Women 1500m Run

17 Hutson, Rachel 6:06.96

22 Honaker, Sara 8:02.17

Men 1500m Run

9 Stump, Patrick 4:24.60

26 Patton. Steven 4:50.11

27 Spidell, Stephen 4:51.38

Women 400m Dash

2 Miller, Shauntae 59.21

5 Pickel, Madison 1:05.57

Men 400m Dash

2 Lindley, Brandon 51.16

8 Seward, Aaron 53.22

11 Stewart, Tyler 53.57

18 Smith, Colin 56.60

19 Marsh, Joshua 57.24

Women 100m Hurdles

9 Franklin, Lindsey 17.18

10 Perez, Jocelyn 17.34

12 Azor, Jessica 18.38

Men 110m Hurdles

3 Childs, Darius 15.48

6 Lindley, Brandon 15.74

9 Robinson, Christian 16.39

Women 100m Dash

3 Azor, Jessica 13.07

9 Smith, Cassie 13.44

10 Bauder, Anna 13.49

13 Hodges, Jazzimine 13.58

16 Franklin, Lindsey 13.92

Men 100m Dash

9 Williams, Jason 11.39

11 Andrews, Dia 11.44

Women 800m Run

8 Wood, Maddie 2:43.17

23 Hutson, Rachel 3:04.16

Men 800m Run

14 Johnson, Tyler 2:07.38

16 Stump, Patrick 2:08.43

27 Smith, Colin 2:20.07

28 Bross, Alec 2:21.16

Women 400m Hurdles

6 Perez, Jocelyn 1:18.37

Men 400m Hurdles

3 Lindley, Brandon 57.66

4 Robinson, Christian 57.83

Women 200m Dash

3 Miller, Shauntae 25.87

4 White, Jaa'leah 26.53

9 Smith, Cassie 27.30

12 Bauder, Anna 27.62

Men 200m Dash

5 Davis, TJ 22.89

6 Rust, Matt 23.10

14 Seward, Aaron 23.39

17 Stewart, Tyler 23.89

Men 5000m Run

14 Guerra, Nick 17:13.67

Women 4x400m Relay

1 4:12.27

1) White, Jaa'leah 2) Pickel, Madison

3) Bauder, Anna 4) Miller, Shauntae

Men 4x400m Relay

3 3:29.03

1) Stewart, Tyler 2) Lindley, Brandon

3) Seward, Aaron 4) Blassingame, Cassadine

6 3:52.95

1) Smith, Colin 2) Bross, Alec

3) Childs, Darius 3) Stump, Patrick

8 3:59.10

1) Edwards, Mark 2) Patton, Steven

3) Guerra, Nick 4) Spidell, Steven