Dolphins Take On Opening Day Of ASUN Championship

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville University track and field team took to the facilities of UNF for the opening day of the ASUN Championship Thursday.

Starting the day off, Eva Belot placed 10^th overall in the high jump with a 1.54-meter leap.

In the preliminary round of the 400-meter hurdles, Joy Whittington qualified for the finals with a sixth-place finish and a time of 1:04.78.

Cassie Thompson and Mariandree Chacon both qualified for the finals in the 200-meter with top four showings in the prelims. Thompson finished third overall with a time of 23.90. Chacon was right behind with a 24.14 time, just .02 seconds shy of her season best. 

The final event, the grueling 10,000-meter run, featured four different JU runners. Jordan Dix finished best among the team with a 10^th place finish and a final time of 39:00.30. Lana Grelli finished in 12^th, Gabby Huxtable finished in 13^th and Alexis Holmes finished in 14^th.

Jacksonville will be active during the second day of competition, with student-athletes featured in the long jump, 400m trials, 100m trials, 100m hurdle trials and the 3,000m steeplechase. 

The ASUN Championships can be streamed on ESPN+.