Schwietz wins conference title as track competes in Sun Belt Championship

Troy’s track and field team competed in the Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field Championships earlier this week. The Trojans had four top-five finishes, including one conference champion.

Kady Schwietz’s Sun Belt winning performance in the pentathlon at the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships crushed her own records as well as Troy’s.

Schwietz’s impressive 3809 accumulated points set a new Troy record, previously set by her in last year’s Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships at 3705.

The junior pentathlete was in peak form as she dashed to a career best in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.98 seconds and matched her personal best in the high jump of 1.62 meters.

Schwietz also won the 800m portion outright with a 2:20.11s time, less than a second off her personal record and slotted into second place with a long jump of 5.51m.

Schwietz barely staved off Arkansas State athlete Miranda Burgess by a margin of only six points thanks to her career performance in the 60m hurdles to claim the first-place overall finish for the pentathlon on day one.

Day two saw three more Trojans claim top-five finishes as freshman Aaliyah Murphy snagged a fourth-place finish with her personal best performance of 55.43s in the 400m.

Graduate student Biniosa Ezukuse ‘s shot put throw of 15.17m garnered her a fifth-place finish.

Ezukuse also recorded a personal best of 18.25m in the weight throw, which resulted in a ninth-place finish.

Freshman standout Haley Wilson finished second in the preliminary round for the 800m before bolting to a career-best 2:10.38s time to secure fifth in the finals.

Finally, distance runner Makenna Calbert set a personal record in the 3000m of 10:18.89s which also puts her eighth all-time in the Troy record book.

The Troy track and field team will kick off their outdoor season on Mar. 14-15 at the South Alabama Outdoor Invitational.