2005

(May 31) Emily Watts concluded her first-ever individual appearance at the NCAA Division III national outdoor track & field championships. Watts, a senior, finished 15th out of 19 competitors in the 100-meter dash. She ran a time of 12.45 seconds, her fifth fastest of the season. Watts is the first Emory trackster to be selected for the outdoor national championships in the 100 dash since Regina Robinson in 1994. Watts graduates with five of the 10 fastest times in school history in the event, including a school-record 12.19 seconds at the conference meet this year.

(May 23) Jane Ukandu attained provisional qualifying times in two events for the NCAA national championships. At the North Central Last Chance Meet, Ukandu qualified in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Ukandu won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.34 seconds. She was second in the 200-meter dash at 25.07 seconds. This is the second time this season, Ukandu has qualified in each event. Her previous qualifying time in the 200 places her 20th in the nation in NCAA Division III and her previous 100 qualifying time is 24th fastest.

(May 16) Kate Bowman of Emory University provisionally qualified for the NCAA national championships in the steeplechase. The senior set a career-best time of 11 minutes and 20.58 seconds at the Georgia Tech Invitational. She was seventh in a field of 12 runners while competing as the only Division III athlete in the race. Bowman's time is the seventh fastest in school history and makes her the second-fastest individual in that event. She has the 28th fastest qualifying time in the nation this season.

(May 9) Emory University sophomore Katie Anding provisionally qualified for the NCAA national meet in the pole vault. She finished fifth out of seven athletes at the Clemson Meet, losing only to NCAA Division I athletes. Her vault of 3.35 meters (10 feet, 11.75 inches) is a career best and breaks the school record she set earlier this season when she finished second at the conference championships. Anding now has the six best pole vaults in school history.

(April 25) Emory University senior Emily Watts provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships for her time in the 100-meter dash at the University Athletic Association championships. Watts won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.19 seconds, a new school record. Her time also broke the UAA record in the 100-meter dash, a mark that had stood since 1997. Watts defeated 17 other runners. This is the second consecutive year that Watts has won the 100-meter dash at UAAs. This is her sixth career all-conference performance in outdoor track. Watts has the eleventh-fastest time in this event in division III this season. This is the second time she has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships this season.

(April 18) Senior Kate Bowman finished third out of 12 runners in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Clemson Classic. She ran the steeplechase in 11 minutes and 32.02 seconds, beating four NCAA Division I athletes. This performance is the 10th fastest in Emory history. Bowman now has the eighth, ninth, 10th, and 12th fastest 3000-meter steeplechase times in school history. This is Bowman's third-fastest career time and her second-fastest time of the season in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Bowman's time ranks her third in the region in this event, according to Southregionrunning.com.

(April 11) Emory University's Caroline Hagedorn provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor track national championships in the 5000-meter run at the Duke Invitational. Hagedorn's time of 17 minutes, 37.18 seconds is nearly nine seconds faster than the time required to provisionally qualify for the national championships. This is the third-fastest time in the nation this season. Hagedorn finished 25th out of 89 runners at the invitational. This race was a personal best for Hagedorn, beating her previous best time of 17:58.10. Her time is the sixth fastest in Emory history.

(April 4) Emory University's Katie Anding finished first in the pole vault at the Emory Classic, setting a school record. Anding defeated eight other athletes by vaulting a height of 3.23 meters (10 feet, seven inches). This height beat the previous Emory record of 3.20 meters (10 feet, six inches), which Anding set during the 2004 outdoor track season. Anding was an all-conference honoree last season with a third-place finish in the pole vault at the University Athletic Association championships.

(March 28) Emory University's Jane Ukandu finished in the top two spots in two races at her first meet of the 2005 outdoor track season, the Emory Invitational. Ukandu finished first out of 20 runners in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.45 seconds. Her time is the 10th fastest in Emory history, and it is her second-fastest career time. Ukandu defeated 24 runners and ran to a second place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.68 seconds. Her time is the eight-fastest in school history, and it is her second-fastest career time. Ukandu was a UAA outdoor champion in the 200-meter dash last season.

(March 14) Emory University's Angela Davie ran on the distance medley relay that qualified for the NCAA national championships where it finished ninth. Prior to the NCAA meet, Davie was named regional Athlete of the Year and was a finalist for the national award. During the season, she provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships in the mile run. She also was honored as co-winner of the conference's Most Outstanding Performer Award in running events.

(Feb. 28) Emory University's Angela Davie finished first in the mile run at the University Athletic Association championships, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division III national championships. Her time of five minutes and 5.03 seconds is an Emory record. Davie earned all-conference honors for her first-place finish at the UAA championships. Davie has earned all-conference honors three times in her indoor track career.

(Feb. 21) Emory University's distance medley relay broke its own school record at the Ohio Northern Invitational. Its time of 12 minutes and 12.71 seconds is currently the fifth fastest in the nation.

The time also qualified them provisionally for the NCAA Division III national indoor track championships.

The relay is comprised of freshman Lauren Shores, sophomore Meghan Callier, sophomore Julia Morton, and senior Angela Davie. Shores ran her leg of the race in 3:48.8, Callier ran in 58.6, Morton ran in 2:19.9, and Davie finished in 5:03.7.

This distance medley relay broke the previous Emory record at the Christopher Newport Invitational earlier this month. Their performance at Ohio Northern broke that record by nearly 14 seconds.

(Feb. 7) Emory University senior Angela Davie finished fifth out of 38 runners in the mile run at the North Carolina Invitational. Her time of 5 minutes and 9.09 seconds is a career best and the second-fastest indoor time in school history in this event. Her time is less than three and a half seconds from the provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA national indoor meet. Davie holds the indoor school record in the 3000-meter run.

(Jan. 24) Senior Dorothy Boone finished sixth out of 34 athletes in the 5000-meter run at the East Tennessee State Invitational. She ran the 5k race in 18 minutes and 38 seconds. Of the 28 runners Boone defeated, 23 were NCAA Division I athletes. Boone finished the 5000-meter race in third place at the University Athletic Association championships last season.

(Dec. 6) Emory University's Emily Watts ran a personal best 60-meter dash at the Clemson University Early Bird race. Her time of 8.08 seconds beat her previous best time of 8.13 seconds. Watts' run was the third fastest in Emory's history. Watts beat seven runners from NCAA Division I or Division II teams. Last season, Watts was the 55-meter dash champion at the University Athletic Association championships.