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BIRMINGHAM - The Appalachian State Mountaineers lead the women's team standings after day one of competition as they compiled 50.5 points on Monday at the 2016 Sun Belt Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex.

Georgia State is second in the women's team race with 29 points followed by South Alabama with 23 points.

South Alabama leads the men's team race with 40 points as we head into Tuesday's finals. UT Arlington sits in second with 35 points and Texas State is third with 29 points.

Tuesday's event finals begin with the pentathlon at 9 a.m. CT followed by the conclusion of the heptathlon at 9:20 a.m. CT. The first individual event final begins at 12 p.m. CT with the men's triple jump and the first running event final begins at 12:30 p.m. CT with the women's mile.

Monday’s evening session got underway at 4:15 p.m. CT with the first of the running event preliminaries. The winner of each heat plus the next best times advanced to Tuesday’s finals.  

Danielle Castaldi of the Ragin' Cajuns had the fastest women's 800 qualifier while Ryan Hastings of App State had the fastest men's qualifier in that same event.

Keturah Smith of A-State crossed the line in the women's 400-meters with a time of 55.30, a full second ahead of the runner-up, Sydney Davis of Georgia State. The Bobcat duo of Demarcus Porter and Anthony Johnson took home top times in their respective heats and also will have the top two times heading into tomorrow's men's 400-meter finals. Their teammates, Dexter Lee and Lincoln Warren also qualified for Texas State in the event giving the Bobcats four of the final eight.

Last year's 60-meter runner-up, Kristina Knott of A-State had the fastest qualifier for the women in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.34 seconds. Georgia State's Raven Gilbert, who won the event a year ago, had the second fastest time in the preliminaries.

Knott posted the fastest time in the women’s 200-meters later in the evening, crossing the finish line in 23.95 seconds.

USA's Rafael Scott, who entered the championships with the fastest men's 60-meter dash time in the Sun Belt, continued his success this season as he had the fastest qualifier on Monday. Scott's time of 6.65 seconds was a new Sun Belt Championship record. A-State's Jaylen Bacon won his heat with a time of 6.67 seconds and Jeryl Brazil of UL Lafayette had the third fastest qualifier at 6.78 which should make for a very interesting and fast 60-meter dash final.

Bacon and Scott went one-two in the men’s 200-meter preliminaries as Bacon finished one-hundredth of a second faster than Scott in the event. Bacon won his heat with a time of 21.23 while Scott crossed the finish in 21.24. Hanoj Scott of UL Lafayette won his heat with the third fastest time at 21.30.

The women's 60-meter hurdles saw last year's champion, Antonisha Stewart from Texas State; won her heat with the fastest qualifier of the evening at 8.43 seconds. Freshman teammate, Kaylee Krenek, was second at 8.52 seconds. A-State qualified two in Samone Thompson and Emenderlyn Iwuji.

App State's Stanley Broaden brought the crowd to life in the men's 60-meter hurdles setting a new Sun Belt Championship record with a time of 8.01 seconds. Tyler Hughes of UL Lafayette had the second fastest qualifier at 8.04 and Zodani Francois of Little Rock had the third fastest time at 8.06 - all would have broken the record set last year by Hughes.

Next to the men's 60-meter final, the 60-meter hurdles will also be an exciting and very fast finish on Tuesday.

Tramesha Hardy of Texas State finished with the second fastest qualifier in the women’s 200-meters to A-State’s Knott with a time of 24.03 for the freshman.

In the only individual running final on Monday night, the 3,000-meters, App State's Tristin Van Ord took home first-place honors with a time of 9:43.54. She finished second in this event last season. Little Rock's Noora Wallenius, the 2015 Women's Cross Country champion, was second with a time of 9:45.88. Joanna McCoy of South Alabama finished third.

USA’s Christoph Graf defended his 3,000-meter title from a season ago, winning this year’s event with a time of 8:15.97, four seconds ahead of UT Arlington’s Craig Lautenslager. Lautenslager’s teammate, Michael Guerrero was third. Eric Ojeda was sixth as the Mavericks picked up 17 points in the men’s 3,000-meters.

In the final scored event of the night the distance medley relay, the UT Arlington women took home first-place honors with a time of 11:53.20. The foursome of Latricia Brooks, Tamerah Gorham, Shaniece Prevot and Katelyn Hayward won the event by three seconds over second-place Appalachian State. Texas State was third in the event.

The men's race was won by UT Arlington with a time of 10:02.68. The foursome of Joel Duren, Erik Martinsson, Simba Walker-Williams and Grant Copeland improved their season best by 14 seconds in route to the relay title. Texas State finished second and Appalachian State was third.

USA freshman Sean Collins took home the men’s pole vault title after clearing the bar set at 17’3”. His clearance was nearly a foot better than the runner-up, Kyle Baudoin of UL Lafayette, who is also a freshman and Phillip Thomas of Appalachian State who cleared 16’4.5”. Collins made good on his first effort in the first four progressions of the pole vault before missing all three attempts at 17’11” which would have been a new Sun Belt record. Despite the failed attempts Collins still ranks tenth in the NCAA.

Texas State’s Chelsie Decoud was the first student-athlete of the day to repeat as a Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field champion as she claimed her second consecutive women’s high jump title with a clearance of 5’10”.  Appalachian State claimed second- and third-place in the event as Hunter Welborn took second and teammate Makayla Roten took third.

Aaron George, also of Texas State, successfully defended his long jump title on Monday. The junior had four of his six jumps over 24-feet and finished with a leap of 25’0.75” to earn the 2016 long jump title. Roelf Pienaar of Arkansas State was second and Jemal Parharm of UL Monroe was third.

The women's long jump concluded the early afternoon portion of day one as Jasmine Walker of Georgia Southern claimed the title for the Eagles. Kaitlyn Beans of South Alabama was second followed by Chelsey Hargrave of Appalachian State in third.

In the women's weight throw Georgia State took home two of the top three spots as juniors LaPorscha Wells and Tracy Dorecmont took place one and three, respectively. Wells' toss of 65'9.75" was a new Sun Belt Indoor Championship record, breaking the old record by almost ten feet. Wells was the runner-up last season.

Erin Farmer of Arkansas State was the runner-up with a throw of 63'5.5". She finished third at last year's championship.

The first event final of the day was the men's weight throw. Alton Clay of UL Monroe took home the title with a toss of 61'4.25" besting South Alabama's Jan-Louw Kotze's toss by three inches. Last year's runner-up, Jordan Huckaby of Texas State finished third with a throw of 59'8.25". Kotze’s toss was a new South Alabama school record.

Clay's winning toss came on the second toss in the finals. He finished sixth in the event at last year's championship.

Women’s Team Standings through Day 1

1	Appalachian State	50.5
2	Georgia State	29
3	South Alabama	23
4	Texas State	22.5
5	Arkansas State	22
6	UT Arlington	14
7	Georgia Southern	12
8	Little Rock	11
9	Troy	9
10	UL Monroe	2

Men’s Team Standings through Day 1

1	South Alabama	40
2	UT Arlington	35
3	Texas State	29
4	Arkansas State	28.5
5	Appalachian State	24
6	UL Monroe	22
7	UL Lafayette	12.5
8	Little Rock	4