Meet: 2025 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships
When:  Monday, May 12 - Tuesday, May 13
Start time (track): Monday  – 11:00 a.m., Saturday – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Birmingham, Ala.
Stadium: Shauna Yelton Field at the Samford Track & Soccer Stadium
Live Results | Schedule (PDF)

*Due to the potential for inclement weather on Monday afternoon, the start time for day 1 has been moved to 9:00 a.m. for combined events, 10:00 a.m. for field events and 11:00 a.m. for track events. (updated as of May 11 at 8:30 p.m.) GREENSBORO, N.C. –

Tuesday's action will air live on ESPN+ beginning at 12:05 p.m. 
SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Championships Central

MEET/FACILITY HISTORY

• Last year, the championships were contested at Samford as well.
• The Bulldogs swept the men's and women's SoCon Championships last year for the fourth-straight year.
• This year marks the 100^th championship for the men and the 38^th for the women.
• Monday's schedule gets under way with the start of the decathlon at 11 a.m., followed by the start of the heptathlon at 11:15. The women's hammer throw final gets the field events started at 12:30 p.m., with the first track event, the preliminaries of the women's 1,500-meter run, slated to begin at 4 p.m. In all, 12 champions will be crowned on the first day of competition – four on the track and eight in field events.
• Tuesday's schedule opens with resumption of the decathlon at 9 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming at 9:15. Field events begin with the women's shot put and women's high jump finals at 11:15 a.m. and the women's 4x100-meter relay gets the track events started at 1 p.m. The day concludes with the women's and men's 4x400-meter relays at 4:25 and 4:35, respectively, followed by the awards ceremony. Thirty events will crown champions on the final day of the meet.
• Record Book

Spartans at the Starting Line (subject to change):
MEN
800m – Samuel Barnard, Andrew Hamilton
1500m – Colin Keck, Lane Prochaska, Logan Ruffner
3000m steeplechase – Spencer Connick
5000m – Pierson Guerrant, Colin Keck, Evan Pena, Luke Ward
10000m – Evan Pena, Mason Rudel, Luke Ward
4x400m - Samuel Barnard, Andrew Hamilton, Glodi Mvovi, Lane Prochaska, Logan Ruffner

WOMEN
5000m – Emma Berrier, Lillian Douglass, Vicky Sosa
10000m – Tenley Douglass, Vicky Sosa

HOW THE MEN LINE UP AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Andrew Hamilton broke the UNCG school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.41 at the Charlotte Invitational this season. The previous school record was 1:51.63 held by Jeff Williams from April 8, 2006. Hamilton's time is third on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
• Samuel Barnard continued to follow Hamilton this season and clocked in a personal best time in the 800-meter run at Charlotte Invitational 1:51.50. His time is fourth on the performance list.
• Spencer Connick had a personal best in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic with a time of 9:57.28. This was 35 seconds faster than his previous time this season. His time is seventh on the SoCon Performance List.
• Pierson Guerrant ran a personal best time of 14:50.35 in the 5000-meter run at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic which was a minute faster than his previous time this season. Guerrant's time is 13^th on the SoCon Performance List.
• Colin Keck ran the 1500-meter run twice this season with a season-best time of 3:58.55 at the VertKlasse Meeting, which is .49 off his personal best time.
• He will also be running in the 5000-meter run, which he ran a time of 15:08.91 at the Duke Invitational.
• Evan Pena and Luke Ward will both double back, as they will run in the 5000-meter and 10000-meter events. Pena clocked in a personal best of 14:38.64 at the Charlotte Invitational in the 5000-meter which is eighth in the UNCG record book, while Ward ran his personal best time of 14:57.11 at the Duke Invitational this season.
• Pena's time is 10^th on the SoCon Performance List, while Ward's time is 14^th on the list.
• Lane Prochaska and Logan Ruffner will also compete in the 1500-meter run.

HOW THE WOMEN LINE UP AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Vicky Sosa is looking to double back by running in the 5000-meter and 10000-meter events. Her 5000-meter time of 18:02.54 at the Duke Invitational this season is 19^th on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
• Emma Berrier's time of 18:13.06 from the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic is 23^rd on the SoCon Outdoor Performance List.
• Lillian Douglass will compete in the 5000-meter run at the championships, while Tenley Douglass will run in the 10000-meter run.

UP NEXT
Those that will qualify will go on to compete at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East Region Championships set for May 28-31 in Jacksonville, Florida.