Leather Breaks 5k Record at Tennessee Relays

The Cincinnati track and field team finished up a cold and rainy day of competition for the second day of Tennessee Relays. Highlights from the meet were from senior Ellie Leather breaking the school record in the 5k run and senior Faith Banks recording the fastest 200-meter dash time of the day.  

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Leather Breaks 5k Record at Tennessee RelaysLeather Breaks 5k Record at Tennessee Relays
Knoxville, Tenn. – The Cincinnati track and field team finished up a cold and rainy day of competition for the second day of Tennessee Relays. Highlights from the meet were from senior Ellie Leather breaking the school record in the 5k run and senior Faith Banks recording the fastest 200-meter dash time of the day.
 
The meet was separated into college sections with multiple heats and "power hour" sections, in which one heat of the eight fastest entries was conducted. 
 
PERFORMANCES OF NOTE
Women's 5k Run:
Leather and Maddie Walker both crushed the previous school record in the 5k. Leather broke her own record and won the event, setting the new record at 16:23.40. Maddie Walker placed second in the event, also breaking the old record by eight seconds with a 16:32.78. Carmela Henning ran a 10-second personal best in the event, finishing 12th.
 
Women's 200m Dash:
Banks took first in the college section and ran the fastest time of the day of all heats in the 200-meter dash, running a personal best of 23.73. Alicia Thorpe also won her heat of the race and ran a 24.49 to set a new personal best. Caisja Chandler took second in the heat featured in Tennessee's power hour in 23.78.
 
Men's College 400-meter Dash:
Chris Borzor won the college section of the event with a time of 49.02. He ran a strong race, leading the entire way around the track and outsprinting the competition in the last 100 meters.
 
Women's 100-meter Dash:
Banks took home another first place in the college section of the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.51. This time was fifth fastest of the day after the power hour section was run. In the power hour 100m dash, Caisja Chandler took second in 11.47.
 
Women's College 400-meter Dash:
Alicia Thorpe took off from the start of her race and kept putting space between her and the competition to finish first in the event with a time of 55.80. 
 
Women's College Long Jump:
Nadia Collins started out the day with a 6.10-meter jump, which held strong and led the event to earn her first place at the end of the day. Kennedy Marable finished 11th in the event with a jump of 5.63m. 
 
NEXT UP
Competition at Tennessee Relays will wrap up tomorrow with Bearcats competing in the 4x1500-meter relay, discus throw, triple jump and pole vault. The meet will begin at 12:00 p.m. with the women's discus throw and men's pole vault. 
 
2022 Tennessee Relays  
Knoxville, Tenn.
April 8, 2022
 
Day 2 Results:
Women's Results
Heptathlon (Final Standings):
8. Juliet McGregor - 4845
13. Katie Straus – 3981
16. Sydney Spears - 2480
 
College Long Jump:
1. Nadia Collins – 6.10m
11. Kennedy Marable – 5.63m
 
College Shot Put:
3. Hannah Jackson – 13.77m
12. Alexandria Hunter – 12.78m
 
Power Hour Shot Put:
8. Jane Sensibaugh – 13.73m
 
100m Hurdles:
6. Victoria Abunaw – 13.72
15. Calista Manns – 14.21
 
College 100m Dash:
1. Faith Banks – 11.51
 
Power Hour 100m Dash:
2. Caisja Chandler – 11.47
 
College 400m Dash:
1. Alicia Thorpe – 55.80
 
College 800m Run:
17. Rylee Penn – 2:16.20
 
College 200m Dash:
1. Faith Banks – 23.73
7. Alicia Thope – 24.49
 
Power Hour 200m Dash:
2. Caisja Chandler – 23.78
 
1500m Run:
29. Lauren Kemper – 4:45.85
 
5000m Run:
1. Ellie Leather – 16:23.43
2. Maddie Walker – 16:32.50
12. Carmela Henning – 17:27.40
15. Caitlyn Walsh – 17:40.50
 
Men's Results:
Decathlon (Final Results):
12. Cannon Riddle - 6656
13. Damien Berthenet - 6590
 
Shot Put:
10. Sam Meece – 15.60m
11. Korbin Spencer – 15.42m
13. Jackson Vollbrecht – 14.87
 
Javelin Throw:
14. Jacob Rieman – 43.64
 
110m Hurdles:
8. Brandon Johnson – 14.79
 
College 400m Dash:
1. Chris Borzor – 49.02
12. Zach Robinson – 51.30
14. Kyle Cannon – 52.38
 
College 800m Run:
22. David Endres – 1:58.06
 
College 200m Dash:
28. Kyle Cannon – 23.73 
 
Power Hour 200m Dash:
2. Chris Borzor – 21.11
 
1500m Run:
10. Matt Hoak – 3:55.64