Auburn showed improvement on almost every level Saturday, Jan. 24, as the Tigers closed out the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee.
Thirteen Tigers recorded personal bests in the two-day meet at the Vanderbilt Student Recreation Center.
The improved performances started on the first day of the competition.
Griffin Jaworski led the way as the senior won the men's 5000 meters with a time of 14:18.90, while three juniors and two sophomores set personal records in their events.
Auburn finished strong on the last day of the meet.
Sophomore Emily Stevens became the fourth-fastest mile performer in program history after setting a new personal best of 4:47.24 in the mile.
Kenzley Defler and Akilah Haynes kept the personal records coming for Auburn as the freshman Defler came in at 10:10.58 in the 3000m and the sophomore Haynes crossed the finish line at 59.44 in the 400m.
In the women's triple jump, freshmen Jakayla Hand and Deja Hillman set new personal records of 40-6/12.34m and 39-7.75/12.08m.
Sophomore Kahlil Henderson broke his record set last year in Nashville coming in at 21.54 in the 200m. Freshman Mitchell Gomez set a new personal record in the 3000m with a time of 8:42.32.
Two facility records were claimed by Auburn in the final day of the Vanderbilt Invitational also.
Senior Ty McCormack posted a Top-10 nationally ranked time of 8:02 in the 3000m and sophomore SheKara Martin claimed the 200m title with a personal-best time of 23.97 while setting a new personal record in the 60m at 7.49.
The Tigers will get almost two weeks of training to continue to improve before their next competition Feb. 6-7 at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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