Auburn followed up a solid first day at the inaugural Conference Clash with several more strong individual performances on Saturday, Jan. 23, most notably from jumper Mark Rubalcaba and thrower Rachel Dincoff, both of whom earned bronze medals.
Rubalcaba placed third in the men's long jump with a leap of 7.30 meters, while Dincoff finished third with a 16.22-meter toss in the shot put.
“It was a good weekend for us for the most part against some very good competition,” Auburn coach Ralph Spry said. “We had several strong times and marks, and we had a lot of underclassmen competing, so we were able to get a lot accomplished. We have a few kids that aren’t quite there yet and have some sharpening up to do, but we have a weekend off to go back to work and sharpen up for our next meet.”
The two-day meet pitted eight SEC schools against seven schools from the Power 4 conferences, and the SEC prevailed by a score of 175.5-159.5 at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
Three Auburn athletes barely missed the podium.
Junior Veronica Eder set a new personal record to finish fourth in the women's 3,000-meter run, besting her previous mark by seven seconds with a time of 9:37.71.
In the pole vault, freshman Drew McMichael finished fourth with a 4.95-meter vault, which tied for his best mark of the season.
Finally, senior Samantha Scarlett finished fourth in the women's 60-meter dash with a time of 8.38 seconds.
Auburn will be back in action Feb. 5-6 at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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