Edwards Podium, Mouzzon Record Propel Pirates on AAC Day One

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Nyah Edwards kicked the meet off as the first member of the East Carolina track & field team to earn All-Conference honors on Saturday with her third-place finish in the women's hammer throw and Melicia Mouzzon downed her own program record in the prelim of the 200m to highlight day one of the 2024 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships. In total, five Pirates put points on the board and three more advanced to finals in running events on Friday.

Edwards came into the meet with a 53.31m personal best in the hammer throw before she launched a throw of 56.45m on Friday. Not only was the mark good for a 3.14m PR and ninth in program history, the performance gave her the first American podium finish of her career in third. Four Pirates made the final of the hammer throw with Edwards being joined by Jocelyn Pringle, Grace Wills and Naadiya Faison. Pringle and Wills went on to finish in seventh and eighth to put three points on the board for the team.

Brock Lasure was the next Pirate to score on the afternoon, tossing a 50.37m hammer throw to take eighth in the meet. Lasure was followed up by Rebekah Bergquist who took seventh in the women's javelin with her toss of 42.95m.

Starrett Vesper got rolling in the decathlon on Friday, ending the day in eighth place with 3,339 points on the day. His best result of the afternoon came from a 744-point effort in the 100m thanks to his time of 11.54 seconds.

To cap the day, the Pirates found success on the oval, first with Lily Schlossberg throwing down a critical kick to find her way to the final of the 1,500m with a time of 4:36.14, good for the second time qualifier.

Then it was Mouzzon's time, taking down her own program record with a scorching time of 22.85 seconds in the 200m as she moved on to Sunday's final in the event. Mouzzon was not alone as Royal Burris ran his way into the 200m final with a time of 20.48 seconds, good for the top time qualifier and the third fastest time overall in the prelims.

Up Next
Vesper kicks things off as he continues the decathlon at 11:30 a.m. ET on Saturday with field events picking up at 12 p.m. and things kicking off on the track at 6:25 p.m.

Edwards Podium, Mouzzon Record Propel Pirates on AAC Day One

Players Mentioned

Rebekah Bergquist

Royal Burris

Nyah Edwards

Naadiya Faison

Brock Lasure

Melicia Mouzzon

Jocelyn Pringle

Lily Schlossberg

Starrett Vesper

Grace Wills

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