SEARCY, ARK. – The East Central University track and field team placed seven on the All-Great American Conference teams at the 2017 GAC Championships.  The women finished sixth as a team (out of seven), while the men were sixth (out of six).

2017 Great American Conference Championship Results

On the women's side four student-athletes earned all-conference honors, while a total of eight finished in the top-10 in their respective events.  The men saw three earn all-conference honors and nine finish in the top-10.

Junior Michaela Lombardi led the way for the women with a first-place finish in the 10,000 Meters, in a time of 38.25.11.  Lombardi also added a seventh-place finish in the 1,500 Meters (5:00.54).

Junior Bre'Anna Davis earned two all-conference honors, finishing second in both the discus and shot put.  She finished the discus with a throw of 38.43m (126'01") and the shot put with a toss of 12.11m (39'8.75").

Sophomore Anna Mora was the last to claim All-GAC honors with a second-place finish in the 5,000 Meters in a time of 17:52.65.

Freshman Abbie Winchester was sixth in the high jump (1.47m/4'9.75"), junior Marisa Meza was sixth in the 5,000 Meters (18:36.00) and sophomore Kelsey Horner was 10^th in the 5,000 Meters (19:24.38).

On the men's side, sophomore Dilland Gardner earned two All-GAC honors with a second-place finish in the discus and third in the shot put.  Gardner threw a mark of 45.25m (149'04") in the discus and a mark of 14.40m (47'3") in the shot put.

Sophomore Cole Montgomery was the final member of the team to earn all-conference honors, placing second in the 5,000 Meters (15:01.90).

Sophomore Larry Filer (4^th/5,000 Meters), senior Richard Mora (6^th/5,000 Meters & 6^th/10,000 Meters), sophomore Matthew Westmoreland (7^th/High Jump), senior Noel Figueroa (10^th/10,000 Meters) and Jeremy Reynolds (10^th/Long Jump) were the rest of the team members to finish in the top-10.