Schneider Breaks School Record to Highlight Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

Saturday, December 2

Boston, MA

10 AM

Boston University

Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

Schneider Breaks School Record to Highlight Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

December 2, 2023 | Men's Track & Field

Coach Sanders Postmeet Results

BOSTON – Sophomore Parker Schneider broke the school record in the mile as the Boston University track & field teams opened their seasons at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday at the Track & Tennis Center.

New Season, New Records

Schneider led BU's performances in the season-opening meet by breaking the school record with a 3:56.67 in the mile. He is the fourth Terrier in program history to run a sub-four minute mile and surpassed Rich Peters' 2014 record of 3:57.27. The Durand, Wis., native is just the second current Terrier to break the four-minute barrier after grad student Foster Malleck did so last season.

Top-10 Terriers

In addition to Schneider's school record performance, four Terriers on the women's squad recorded top-10 performances.
Freshman Peace Omonzane made her Boston debut with a triple jump performance of 12.62m (41' 5"), making her fourth all-time at BU. She won the event with her jump.
Also making her debut was freshman Abigail Wagner in pole vault. She cleared 3.60m (11' 9.75") for the fifth-best performance in program history to place second at the meet.
In the women's mile, sophomore Vera Sjöberg ran to 4:41.80. She moves up to fifth all-time at BU with the PR.
Sophomore Ijeoma Ezechukwu rounded out BU's top-10 performances with a 7.77 in the 60m dash preliminary heat. She breaks into the top-10 for the first time in her career at ninth.

Top Performers

Sophomore Jada Smith picked up where she left off with a first-place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 7.62. This marks the second year in a row that she won the 60m dash at this meet.
Junior Asia Hamilton also recorded a first-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.76m (18' 10.75").
In throws, freshman Carly Sarisky made her collegiate debut in shot put. She threw for 11.12m (36' 5.75"), good for third.
Ezechukwu also placed third in the 200m with a time of 25.68. She was followed by freshman Obiageli Akubude in fourth with a 25.98.

NCAA Notables

Outside of BU's performances, multiple top-10 NCAA marks were set in the men's and women's 3,000m and 5,000m races.
Florida's Parker Valby shattered the NCAA 5,000m record with a time of 14:56.11. She is the first woman to run sub-15 in the 5,000m at the Division I level.
Harvard's Graham Blanks set the NCAA 5,000m record with a 13:03.78, beating the previous record by just over four seconds.
Four top-10 NCAA marks were set in the women's 3,000m, including the second-best all-time finish.
Three top-10 NCAA marks were set in the men's 3,000m, including the third-best all-time finish.
The women's Division III 5,000m record was set.

FULL RESULTS
Track results are listed in order of distance - field results are listed alphabetically

BU WOMEN'S RESULTS

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK
1	Jada Smith	60m Prelims	7.62
4	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	60m Prelims	7.77 **NINTH ALL-TIME
8	Chinonye Moneme	60m Prelims	7.94
10	Peace Omonzane	60m Prelims	7.98
16	Obiageli Akubude	60m Prelims	8.18
1	Jada Smith	60m Finals	7.59
5	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	60m Finals	7.85
8	Chinonye Moneme	60m Finals	7.89
3	Ijeoma Ezechukwu	200m	25.68
4	Obiageli Akubude	200m	25.98
8	Chinonye Moneme	200m	26.24
16	Kathleen Overbaugh	400m	1:01.85
7	Uma Sanker	600m	1:44.56
4	Kate Edenson	1000m	2:53.81
10	Maura Woodland-Medenilla	1000m	3:05.36
12	Vera Sjöberg	Mile	4:41.80 ** FIFTH ALL-TIME
1	Asia Hamilton	Long Jump	5.76m (18' 10.75")
2	Abigail Wagner	Pole Vault	3.60m (11' 9.75") ** FIFTH ALL-TIME
3	Carly Sarisky	Shot Put	11.12m (36' 5.75")
2	Peace Omonzane	Triple Jump	12.62m (41' 5") **FOURTH ALL-TIME