DANVILLE, Ky. - The Berry College women's track and field team placed third out of nine teams at the SAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday. The Vikings were led by Onoyeme Egure who won the Weight Throw and Shot Put as she was named Thrower of the Year. She is ranked No. 16 in the nation in shot put and her weight throw is a new SAA conference record that was previously held by teammate Avery Jones who was last year's champion. 

Top eight finishes
Weight Throw: Onoyeme Egure - 1st (16.68m), Malysha Winston - 2nd (15.62m), Madeline Campbell - 7th (14.11m)
Long Jump: Macy Murdock - 4th (5.41m)
High Jump: Kris Williams - 3rd (1.60m), Ayla Husby - 7th (1.50m)
5000m: Ella Williams - 8th (18:34.34)
4000m DMR - Olivia Lambert, Darby Merritt, Kaitlyn Sunderhaus, Anna Ayers - 6th (13:05.40)
400m: Macy Murdock - 2nd (59.38)
60m Hurdles: Reese Beckner - 4th (9.31)
Shot Put: Onoyeme Egure - 1st (13.66m), Avery Jones - 3rd (12.22m), Malysha Winston (11.87m)
Triple Jump: Laney Ray - 6th (10.91m)
1 Mile Run: Olivia Lambert - 6th (5:29.97)
Pole Vault: Ella Pine - 1st (3.40m), Laney Ray - 3rd (3.40m)
3000m - Anna Ayers - 2nd (10:15.14)
4x400m Relay - Macy Murdock, Darby Merritt, Laney Ray, Reese Beckner (4:14.25)

Egure is now a three time shot put champion while Jones placed third with a new indoor personal record with a clutch throw in the finals.

Pine won the pole vault after placing fourth last year behind two teammates and broke the SAA conference record with a 3.40m vault. The previous record was 3.37m by Berry's Madeline Hubert. Three other vaulters also cleared 3.40 to tie the record including Ray who finished tied for third.

Ray placed 6th in the triple jump with a 10.91m jump on her last attempt to break the freshman record and move to number two all time in Berry history.

Freshman Reese Beckner took fourth in the finals of the 60m after breaking the school record yesterday in prelims while having the fastest time. The previous record was held by her teammate Murdock who broke her own school record in the Long Jump to place fourth with a 5.41m on Friday.

Ayers's runner up finish in the 3000m with a time of 10:15.14 was a new lifetime PR and was faster than the previous SAA conference meet record and the Centre facility record. Unadjusted for a flat track, it is the third fastest time by a Berry Viking. The converted time is a 10:09.92 which would be faster than Shane Harris's school record from the 2000 NAIA National Championships which was run on a banked track. Murdock's runner up finish time in the 400m of 59.38 when converted for a banked track comes down to a 58.61, faster than her 59.11 record run earlier this season.