The Emory University track and field team competed at the annual Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia with junior Henry Brandstadter leading the charge.
 
Boon continued her impressive season at the neighboring campus. She finished in fifth place amongst competitors from all divisions with a distance of 5.87m. Following Boon in field events for the women was senior Sarah Fineman who finished 13^th in the shot put with a mark of 13.13m.
 
On the track was the trio of Audrey Johnson (30^th, 12.11), Maura Dianno (50^th, 12.22) and Kaya Binetti (55^th, 12.31) who all competed in the 100m dash while freshman Avery McAdams took home a 56^th place finish in the 1500m run with a time of 4:47.73.
 
Brandstadter wasted no time breaking an individual program record on Friday in the 100m dash. He finished sixth in the event with a program-record time of 10.48 while teammate Caleb Bunch finished in the top 100 running an 11.24. Also competing on the track for Emory were teammates Ben Olvey (38^th, 15.43) and Jason Huang (47^th, 16.62) in the 110m hurdles.
 
Later in the 1500m, four different Eagles competed in the event with graduate student Spencer Watry taking the top spot for Emory with a time of 3:50.66. Freshman Carsen Valenta also finished in the top 75 with a time of 3:59.08
 
In the field events for the men, sophomore Kofi Igyan was the lone competitor taking 32^nd in the long jump with a distance of 6.42m.
 
The Eagles will send more athletes to compete on the second day of the Georgia Tech Invitational on Saturday afternoon.