The Emory University track and field programs returned to the track on Friday afternoon competing at the Birmingham Indoor Icebreaker in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
The men started with the 60m prelims with junior Kofi Igyan finishing 30^th with a time of 7.11 before later competing in the long jump finishing 15^th with a mark of 6.62m. Four Eagles took home top-20 finishes in the 60m hurdles including Ethan Lu, Sebastian Kou, Ben Olvey and Noah Chang. Starting the mid-distance events were freshmen Blake Jackson and Rohan Dharmarajan who finished 18^th (36.18) and 29^th (37.76) respectively in the 300m.
 
In the 800m, freshman Michael Miller brought home a ninth place finish with a time of 2:01.73 followed by a 12^th place finish from classmate Cooper Harwood (2:02.57). Finishing the running events were Ryan McGonigle and Brendan Conniff who finished 5^th and 8^th respectively in the 1000m.

The running events ended with the 4x400m relay with Mersky, Chang, Jackson an McGonigle taking sixth with a time of 3:23.43. The group of Kou, Olvey, Lu and Hardwood finished right behind with a time of 3:30.61. 
 
Sophomore Ari Klasky returned on a high note with a 4^th place finish in the shot put throwing a 15.09m mark to break the school record, before later finishing 12^th in the weight throw. In field events, Brandstadter earned a top-10 finish in the long jump with a mark of 7.14m followed by 3^rd and 6^th place finishes respectively from teammates Steven Ditelberg and Robert Bright in the pole vault. Sophomore Ryan Coleman competed in the triple jump taking 14^th with a mark of 13.19m.
 
Two new Eagles took home top-40 finishes in the women's 60m prelims with Laura Jablanover finishing 33^rd (7.98) and Kwilai Karto finishing 37^th (8.04). Classmate Kelsey Coley followed with a 10^th place finish in the 60m hurdles prelims with a time of 9.07. Entering the mid-distance group was senior Sydney Holden who took 27^th in the 300m while teammates Sophia Deeney and Izzie Thompson ran a 1:03.31 and a 1:04.95 respectively in the 400m.
 
In the distance events, senior Hannah Riley took home a first place finish in the 800m followed by a third and fourth place finish from teammates Aaliyah Jalloh and Payton Sullivan. Teammates Sarah Nixon and Ryleigh O'Donnell finished the distance events with ninth and 10^th place finishes in the 1000m respectively. Later into the evening, the relay group of Riley, Jabloanover, Karto and Jalloh finished sixth in the 4x400m with a time of 3:75.15 followed by a seventh place finish from Holden, Coley, Taylor and Nixon.
 
Opening the field events for the women were teammates Anna Jennings (23^rd, 5.18m) and Mimi Rhee (27^th, 5.09m) in the long jump followed by a top-10 finish from sophomore Erin Makhanian in the pole vault with a jump of 3.55m. Sophomore Amaya Grant took home the top finish for Emory in the triple jump with a distance of 10.90m. Finishing the jumps were freshmen Gabrielle An and Megan Taylor who finished in a tie for fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m.
 
Sophomore Jeanette Hydukovich and freshman Jackie Chapman both finished in the top-20 in the shot put to open the throwing events. Freshman Caroline Henry took home the top finish for the Eagles in the weight throw with a distance of 13.24m.
 
The Eagles will take a break for the semester before returning to the track for the Samford Invite in Birmingham, Alabama.