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DAY ONE RECAP

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- Samford wrapped up competition at the Samford Multi on Saturday with a multitude of impressive finishes, including seven event wins.
 
In the multi events, Samford's decathletes took the top two spots with Bo-Ackerson Gilroy and Steven Bastien each earning new personal bests with 6,928 points and 6,823 points, respectively.  These totals rank second and third all-time at Samford, only trailing Brandon Bassett's school-record point total of 7,040 set at the 2011 SoCon Championships.  In the women's heptathlon, Christian McGuire finished second with a point total of 4,492.
 
Samford swept the men's and women's 800 meters, with Katelyn Brock beating the field with a time of 2:17.00 while Brandon Hazouri won the men's competition with a personal-best time of 1:53.84.  Samford took the top four spots in the women's 400-meter hurdles, with Danielle Blanco (1:02.11) and Marie Demedicis (1:03.42) in the top two spots, both earning new PRs.
 
The Bulldogs also swept the 1,600-meter relays.  Blanco, Leslie Graf, Kimberly Ruch and Ashley Bridenbaugh took the women's competition in 3:57.79 while Jonathon Bush, Justin Emerson, John Gayle and Henry Stevens-Carty won the men's side in 3:21.11.  Chenelle Terry was Samford's seventh event champion of the day, winning the women's high jump with a mark of 5-7.75 (1.72m).
 
Katelyn Poole tied her personal-best mark from last weekend, which is also a school record, by finishing fourth in Saturday's competition with a distance of 42-4 (12.90m).  Samford placed second and third in the men's 1,500 meters, with Adam Jones edging out Layton Dorsett in 3:59.08, a new personal-best for the freshman, while Dorsett finished in 3:59.90.  Emerson had a pair of top-three finishes, placing second in the 100-meter dash (10.78) and third in the 200-meter dash (21.97).
 
Claire Goodson, competing unattached, won Saturday's pole vault with a height of 11-1.75 (3.65m) while Ashley Cope and Laura Bedsole tied for second with identical heights of 11-5.75 (3.50m).  On the men's side, Owen Wagoner placed second in 15-11 (4.85m), clearing the same height as the event winner but taking more turns to do so.
 
Other top-five finishers Saturday include Tyler Kemp (2nd, 6-8, 2.03m) and Bob Elliot II (4th, 6-6.75, 2.00m) in the men's high jump, James Graham in the men's steeplechase (3rd, 9:57.77), Lauren D'Alessio in the women's 1,500 meters (4th, 4:39.37), Shelby Builta in the women's discus (4th, 134-10, 41.09m), Cope in the 100-meter hurdles (5th, 14.41) and Stevens-Carty in the men's 400-meter dash (5th, 49.97).
 
For complete results, click the link at the top of the page.  Next weekend, the Bulldogs will head to Tuscaloosa for the Alabama Relays.  Two days of competition kick off on Friday, March 22 and continue through Saturday, March 23.