LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's team sits in fourth place, while the women's team is in fifth place following one day of action at the ASUN Indoor Track and Field Championships.
 
The men's team's day was highlighted by a silver medal in the distance medley relay. Jackson Siddall, Logan Sullivan, Alex Leshan, and Jan Badia-Celma teamed up to finish second in the event with a time of 9:53.41, narrowly losing to champion Liberty (9:52.99). Their time is the second-fastest in school history, just missing the school record of 9:53.26 from 2017.
 
Freshman Isaiah Allen (seventh place in the long jump / 22-10) and sophomore Enock Kipchumba (eighth place in the 5,000 meters / 14:32.86) also scored for the men, who finished Day One with 11 points.
 
The EKU women posted 18 points on Friday. Sophomore Emma García-Palencia kicked things off by winning a silver medal in the pentathlon early in the day. She scored a personal-best 3,733 points to take second in the event.
 
Sophomore Laura Taborda added six more points by taking bronze in the 5,000 meters towards the end of the day. She ran a personal-best 16:58.10 to finish third in the event.
 
Anouk van Gils, Emily Roesser, Katy Chapman, and Grace Kilroy combined to finish fifth in the distance medley relay, giving the Colonels four more points. Their time of 11:52.91 is No. 2 all-time at EKU.
 
Several Colonel women advanced to Saturday's finals, as well. Jone Zabaleta Larranaga (4:56.05) and Anouk van Gils (4:57.74) went through to the final in the mile.
 
Freshman Madison Fleming ran the fastest qualifying time in the 60-meter hurdles prelims, crushing a personal-best of 8.46. That is the 4^th fastest time in EKU history and the fastest by a Colonel in more than 20 years. Garcia-Palencia also advanced to the finals of the 60-meter hurdles by running a personal-best 8.94 in the prelims.
 
Felicia Phillips (55.63) and Aniya Matthews (56.63) advanced to Saturday in the 400 meters, while Alicia Recio (2:15.06) qualified for the 800 meters final.
 
Quantasia Perry clocked the fastest qualifying time in the 60 meters, running a new PB of 7.48. That is No. 5 all-time at EKU. Christian "Joy" Scott also qualified for the finals of the 60 meters, running a personal best 7.68 in Friday's prelims.
 
Perry doubled back and went sub-24 in the 200 meters prelims. She qualified for the finals and broke her own school record with a time of 23.98. Matthews (24.42) and Phillips (24.46) also qualified in the 200 meters, putting three Colonels in Saturday's final.
 
The final day of the ASUN Indoor Championships will get underway on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.