The Emory University track and field teams completed their first outdoor meet of the season on Saturday afternoon with a number of Eagles breaking program records and the women's 4x200m Relay group breaking the Division III record.
 
The relay group of Kaya Binetti, Eva Carchidi, Dashiel Tao Harris and Audrey Johnson dominated the event taking first with a program and national record breaking time of 1:38.33. The same group also took first in the 4x100m Relay with a time of 46.81.
 
The 4x200m Relay group of Caroline Hansen, Andrea McPherson, Sydney Holden, and Samantha Glass also posted a time under the program record finishing sixth with a time of 1:46.02. Finally, the 4x800m Relay group of Payton Fleming, Sophia Powell, Annabelle Tanner and Davis Johnson took home the top spot running a 9:35.26.
 
In the individual events, senior Maura Dianno got things started in the 100m qualifiers running a 12.66 in the event for a 19^th place finish. Following her with top-20 finishes were freshman Arden Gray (11:02.43) and sophomore Emma Flowers (11:34.69) who took 13^th and 17^th respectively in the 3000m Run.
 
Sophomore Morgan Cox (5:15.31, 1500m) and freshman Melayna Pettigrew (15.59, 100m Hurdles) both took seventh in their respective events while junior Payton Sullivan finished the 800m run with a time of 2:22.81 for an 11^th place finish. Rounding out the running events was senior Samantha Glass who finished 21^st in the 400m Dash followed by freshman Sophia Deeney taking 23^rd.
 
On the field, freshman Jeanette Hydukovich had the best finish for the Eagles taking third in the discus with a distance of 40.03m. She later finished 10^th in the shot put with a mark of 11.89m. Also taking a top-10 finish in the shot put was senior Sarah Fineman who took fourth throwing a 12.52m distance.
 
For the jumpers, teammates Erin Makhanian and Hannah Riley both finished in the top 10 in the pole vault while freshman Anna Jennings and Hansen both finished in the top 15 in the long jump.
 
On the men's side, the 4x200m Relay group of Sam Ryba, Henry Brandstadter, Caleb Bunch and Jackson Price broke the program record with a first place, 1:26.96 time. Also taking first in the 4x100m Relay was Ryba, Brandstadter, Price and freshman Joshua Han with a time of 41.18.
 
Han kicked off the individual events with a 12^th place finish in the 100m qualifiers running an 11.03 in the event. Sophomore Kirin Karver followed in the 3000m Run taking sixth with a time of 8:41.30. Freshman Carsen Valenta opened his first outdoor event with a bang finishing second in the 1500m Open running a 4:01.98.
 
Also taking a spot in the top three was freshman Ryan McGonigle (1:53.68) in the 800m Run and sophomore Theodore Drye (48.34) in the 400m Run. Junior Jason Huang finished the track events with a top-25 finish in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.95.
 
In the field, freshman Ari Klasky wasted no time returning to his impressive rookie season taking fourth in the shot put with a program record breaking mark of 15.02m. Brandstadter also competed in on the field taking the top spot in the long jump with a distance of 7.30m.
 
Teammates Steven Ditelberg and Evan Tuckley finished the day finishing 11^th and 16^th respectively in the pole vault.
 
The Eagles will return to the Woodruff P.E. Center track on Thursday, March 27 to begin the Emory Thrills in the Hills meet in Atlanta, Georgia.