Several Firebirds Run Season Bests in Final Tune-Up Race Before ECC Championship Meet

SMYRNA, DE – Six different Firebirds ran season bests at the Delaware State Pre-Conference 5K Invitational Saturday, October 7^th, in what was their final tune-up race before the East Coast Conference Championship meet on October 21^st.

Senior Dabrin Snorton paced the Firebirds with a season-best time of 23:57.7 to place 24^th overall in a field of 46. Snorton shattered her previous season-best time by well over two minutes.

Next in for UDC was senior Shayna Hodge, who knocked two seconds off of her previous best time in the season opening meet back on September 1^st and finished in 26:04.0 to place 32^nd overall. Likewise, sophomore Temera Duncan took a few seconds off her season best time of 26:51.31, as she finished 33^rd overall with a time of 26:47.4. Senior Kenlyn Duncan crossed the finish line exactly one second after Temera to place 34^th, as she shattered her season-best by one minute and 40 seconds.

Freshman Dajour Jones finished next for UDC, placing 36^th overall with a time of 27:25.1, and freshman Aisha Dozier took over a minute off her previous season best time to place 38^th in 28:17.0.

Sophomore Shannell Hibbert finished 39^th in 28:53.7, junior Shaneika Bowra finished 40^th in 29:09.4, junior Shakeithia Nicholson was 41^st in 29:30.6, senior Jasmine Walker was 42^nd in 31:17.1, and senior Stacy-Ann Rowe was 45^th in 35:31.1. Nicholson, who last week ran her first career race in under 30 minutes, bettered her season-best time again this week by 18 seconds.

UDC now has two weeks to prepare for the ECC Championship meet on October 21^st in Old Westbury, NY, hosted by New York Institute of Technology.