UTC's Henderson Sets School Record In 5000 Meter

  • Friday, April 4, 2014

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga redshirt freshman Teghan Henderson (Pickering, Ontario) blew away her competition at the Cobb Track and Angell Field to set a school record in the women’s 5000 meter run Friday morning at the Stanford Invitational.

Henderson posted a school-record time of 16:13.03, nearly seven seconds faster than the previous mark set by Kathleen Turchin in the 2007 season. Turchin posted her top time of 16:19.74 during the NCAA Championship preliminary race.

Adidas Team Green’s Samantha Draney placed second in the heat with a time of 16:31.69 while Henderson’s closest collegiate competitor was SMU’s Shanoah Souza more than 26 seconds behind in third with a time of 16:39.75

Record Timing - RT Race Data - RT Race Timing:

Stanford Invitational - 4/4/2014 to 4/5/2014 Stanford University -Stanford, California

Event 85  Women 5000 Meter Run Section 5

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals

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Finals

  1 Teghan Henderson             UT-Chattanooga        16:13.03

  2 Samantha Draney              Adidas Team Green     16:31.69

  3 Shanoah Souza                SMU                   16:39.75

  4 Katie Jensen                 Rice                  16:41.80

  5 Melanie Stemper              SMU                   16:44.86

  6 Jacy Christiansen            Liberty               16:45.99

  7 Aly Nielson                  Oregon St             16:50.86

  8 Rachel Bush                  Cal Poly              16:53.98

  9 Frances Loeb                 Johns Hopkins         16:54.32

10 Sally Larson                 Lipscomb              16:55.05

11 Connor Ward                  Texas                 16:55.06

12 Kelli Sugimoto               Loyola Marymount      16:55.90

13 Vanessa Valentine            Vanderbilt            16:58.73

14 Hannah Everson               Air Force             17:05.91

15 Chelsea Sumney               UNC-Greensboro        17:19.80

16 Brittnie Munoz               Loyola Marymount      17:44.36

17 Meghan Breadmore             Cal Poly              18:18.09

 

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