Bell Wins Pole Vault, Janic Takes Second in Pentathlon at AAC Championships
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., FEB. 22, 2019 – USF senior
David Bell (Jacksonville) captured the individual title in the pole vault and scored 10 points for the Bulls to highlight competition Friday on the opening day of the American Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships.
Bell turned in a height of 16-10.00 on his way to earning all-conference honors. Freshman
Stone Baker (New Port Richey, Fla.) scored five points and placed fourth in the event with his height of 16-02.00, while
Mitchell Mueller (Algonac, Mich.) registered 0.5 points by finishing tied for eighth with a mark of 15-08.25.
Junior
Taquon Terry (Alachua, Fla.) picked up one point by placing eighth in the long jump with a distance of 23-04.00, which is tied for the sixth-longest indoor mark in school history.
In running events,
Randall Ceneus (Birmingham, Ala.) qualified for the finals of the 400 meters with an eighth-place finish in the preliminaries with a time of 48.86 seconds. The USF distance medley team tallied two points with a time of 10:28.62 en route to a seventh-place finish.
Junior
Adriana Janic (Malmo, Sweden) scored eight points with a second-place finish in the pentathlon with 3,791 points. Janic won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.54 and captured the crown in the high jump with a height of 5-08.50, which is tied for the fifth-best indoor height in school history. Janic also took second in the long jump with a distance of 18-09.75, giving her the 10th-longest indoor distance in school history.
Senior
Stephanie Lambeth (Frankenmuth, Mich.) tallied four points by finishing fifth in the pole vault with a height of 13-01.00, while
Javonia Ellis (Like Minneola, Fla.) took eighth in the long jump and scored a point with a distance of 18-09.75, tying Janic for the 10th-longest indoor mark in school history.
Senior
Chelsea Francis (Jacksonville) turned in the fastest indoor time in school history in the 200 meters at 23.99 seconds on her way to placing sixth in the preliminaries.
Day two of the championships begins Saturday at 10 a.m. with 60-meter hurdles of the heptathlon.
WOMEN
60 Meters (Preliminaries)
14.
Jada Massie – 7.58
18.
Chelsea Francis – 7.61
60 Meter Hurdles (Pentathlon)
1.
Adriana Janic – 8.54
60 Meter Hurdles (Preliminaries)
6.
Adriana Janic – 8.58
200 Meters (Preliminaries)
6.
Chelsea Francis – 23.99 (first)
400 Meters (Preliminaries)
20.
Shenica Bazile – 57.43
800 Meters (Pentathlon)
15.
Adriana Janic – 2:38.27
High Jump (Pentathlon)
1.
Adriana Janic – 5-08.50
Long Jump (Pentathlon)
2.
Adriana Janic – 18-09.75
Long Jump
8.
Javonia Ellis – 18-09.75
Pole Vault
5.
Stephanie Lambeth – 13-01.00
19.
Kristin Lubeskie – 11-07.25
Shot Put (Pentathlon)
11.
Adriana Janic – 32-03.50
Weight Throw
15.
Ashley Wilson – 55-07.00
Pentathlon
2.
Adriana Janic – 3791
Distance Medley
11. USF – 12:50.57
MEN
200 Meters (Preliminaries)
11.
Maurice Nock – 21.65
400 Meters (Preliminaries)
8.
Randall Ceneus – 48.86
800 Meters (Preliminaries)
13.
Yohance Haynes – 1:56.45
Long Jump
8.
Taquon Terry – 23-04.00
9.
Luke Lafferty – 23-02.00
Pole Vault
1.
David Bell – 16-10.00
4.
Stone Baker – 16-02.00
8.
Mitchell Mueller – 15-08.25
12.
Seth Musselman – 15-08.25
Weight Throw
11.
Bruce Robinson – 54-08.00
Distance Medley
7. USF – 10:28.62
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About USF Track and Field
Led by 14th-year head coach Warren Bye, the USF track and field team has produced 22 All-America selections since 2008 and at least one All-American in nine of the last 11 years. 2016 graduate Matthew O'Neal is USF's first six-time NCAA All-American. USF has posted two NCAA runner-up finishes since 2013 - O'Neal (triple jump, 2016) and Courtney Anderson (high jump, 2013). The Bulls hosted the 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary at the USF Track and Field Stadium.
