DANVILLE, Ky. – Day two of the SAA Indoor Championships came down to the wire for the Trinity women's track and field team. Entering this weekend as the underdogs to the defending back-to-back champions, Centre College, the point tallies were all tied up at 50 after day one. The Tigers found themselves up just 2.5 after a huge performance in the mile, before the advantage swung back towards the host Colonels to the tune of 18.5 points. 

After slowly closing the gap all day and grabbing a 4.5-point advantage after a big showing in the 3,000-meter, it all came down to the last event of the day: the 4x400-meter. In a heat of four teams, the Tigers could stand to get third but would have lost with a fourth-place finish. All of Danville seemed to crowd around the oval, screaming the baton around the track. All four teams remained close through the first two runners, until Annabelle Lanik (Sugar Land, Texas / St. John's), already with three medals on the weekend, put a huge gap on fourth-place Oglethorpe University to all-but secure the conference win. Halle Hamilton (Craig, Colo. / Moffat County) fought through the last leg and, as she crossed the finish line in third, secured the Tigers' first ever SAA track and field title and the first indoor championship in school history.

After a strong meet from the Trinity men, outperforming expectations but unable to make up the gap to defending champion Centre, the Tigers finished second, 65 points behind the Colonels.

Top Three Results
Women
1. Trinity - 166.5
2. Centre - 160
3. Berry - 106.5
Men
1. Centre - 208
2. Trinity - 143
3. Berry - 78

Sprints
Lanik took her second medal of the meet in the women's 60-meter, finishing third in 7.82. In the men's 60-meter, Charles Gooden (Pearland, Texas / Pearland) finished fifth in 7.12, followed closely by Hudson McCulley (Katy, Texas / St. Pius X) in 7.13 for sixth. Lanik doubled back to take second in the women's 200-meter in a school record of 25.24, besting her own record for the second time in two days. Shifa Daredia (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) took sixth in 26.36. 

Price Schultea (Cypress, Texas / Cypress Christian) doubled back to take sixth in the men's 400-meter in 22.62. Orie Piken (Torrance, Calif. / West Torrance) was not far behind, taking seventh in 22.97. Isabella Gaylord (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan) set her second PR in two days in the women's 400-meter, running 1:01.03 for fifth. With the time, she moves into seventh in program history. Lillian Broussard (Houston, Texas / National Christian) was just behind, taking sixth in 1:03.33. Jackson Gallagher (Ft. Worth, Texas / Southwest Christian) took nearly a second off his PR in the men's 400-meter, finishing third in 49.89. Taking time from his side job as a cross country runner, he moves into fourth in program history. Schultea was sixth in a season best of 50.61.

Hurdles
Ciandra Carrico (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) led a trio of Tigers in the women's 60-meter hurdles, taking fifth in a PR of 9.62 to move into eighth in school history. Gaylord was sixth in 9.74, followed by Avery Parvin (San Antonio, Texas / Providence) in seventh in 10.14. Kris Duggan (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) led two medal winners in the men's 60-meter hurdles, winning in 8.31. Kaleem Howard (Jacksboro, Texas / Jacksboro) earned his second medal of the meet with a third place finish in 8.52.

Mid-Distance
Hamilton dominated the women's 800-meter, taking a two-second win in 2:17.29. This is the fourth time she's broken her own school record this year, and she's also now the SAA Indoor Championships and facility record holder. Scarlett Berthelot (Tomball, Texas / Tomball) set a big PR to take fourth in 2:21.99, moving up to fifth in program history. Kyle Fix (Wilmette, Ill. / New Trier) won a tactical men's 800-meter race in 1:57.08, leading four men into scoring position. Alex Marquez (Leander, Texas / Leander) took fourth in a PR of 1:58.67, moving him into seventh in program history. Bryce Williams (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan) took fifth overall after winning the first heat, running a PR of 1:58.86 to move into ninth in school history. Shreyus Naik (Austin, Texas / Westwood) also scored from the first heat, taking seventh overall in a PR of 1:59.80.

Emerson Voldan (Arlington, Texas / Mansfield Summit) won the women's mile in an SAA Indoor Championships record of 5:09.41. Josette Gurule (Santa Fe, N.M. / Academy for Technology and the Classics) took fourth in 5:14.09, followed by Esperanza Vazquez (Houston, Texas / Incarnate Word High School) in fifth 5:23.75. Thomas Melina Raab (Austin, Texas / McCallum) won a tactical men's mile in 4:23.99. Jesus Rojas (Houston, Texas / Ridge Point) took sixth at 4:28.74, followed closely by Dashiell Browne (Lantana, Texas / Guyer) in 4:28.91. 

Gianna Keena (Lakeway, Texas / Lake Travis) came back from her win yesterday to take another gold in the women's 3,000-meter with a time of 10:12.98. In the span of two days, she now holds two SAA Indoor Championships records, two facility records and two gold medals. Elijah Bliss (Garden Ridge, Texas / Davenport) doubled back to take fifth in the men's 3,000-meter in a time of 8:53.90.

Relays
The women's 4x400-meter squad of Parvin, Gurule, Lanik and Hamilton took third in a season best of 4:02.95, now second in program history. The men's 4x400-meter squad of Ryan Forson (Dallas, Texas / Parish Episcopal School), McCulley, Gallagher and Schultea took a massive win with a season best time of 3:23.81. Their time is an SAA Indoor Championships record, facility record and a school record.

Jumps
Bocar Diagana (Edina, Minn. / Edina) took second in the men's triple jump with a mark of 13.89m.

The Tigers picked up major points in the women's pole vault, led by Addison Doss (Sugar Land, Texas / Logos Preparatory Academy), who matched her PR with a clearance of 3.40m to take second. Bridget Roth (Houston, Texas / Second Baptist) tied for third, clearing a PR height of 3.40m. She's now tied with Doss for second in program history. Both vaults were above the previous SAA Indoor Championships record. Victoria Baker (San Antonio, Texas / Alamo Heights) cleared a PR of 3.25m to take fifth, moving into fifth in program history. Kaelin Leishmann (Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton North) took seventh, clearing 3.10m. In the men's pole vault, Jaden Martens (San Antonio, Texas / Churchill) cleared a PR height of 3.70m to take fourth, moving into eighth in program history. 

Throws
Madeleine Seabolt (San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel) smashed the school record in the women's shot put, adding almost a meter to her PR to take sixth with a throw of 12.05m. Aaron Chang (Fullerton, Calif. / Valley Christian) threw for a big PR of 13.69m to take sixth, keeping him at third in program history. John Michael Martin (Allen, Texas / Lovejoy) was just behind, also in a big PR of 13.63m for seventh, now fourth in school history.