The Bruins track and field teams continued to shine at the Asheville Bulldog Invitational and put up nine personal bests to highlight the teams' performances.

"We're really excited to see the progress of our athletes," Head Coach Ken Roach said. "We got some personal bests, but we still have more goals to hit."

Friday's events began with Abigail Woo, Misha Gray, and Samuel Ashley in the their respective javelin throws. Woo managed to score a point for the Bruins with her throw, and Gray scored two.

• Women's Javelin Throw: Abigail Woo - 27.89 meters
• Men's Javelin Throw: Misha Gray - 43.17 meters | Sam Ashley - 37.58 meters

The first events on the track were a couple of sprints before the distance races began under the lights. Dillon Koop represented the Bruins in the 110 meter hurdles followed by Briana Felter and Melody Davis in the women's 200 meter dash. The Bruins stacked the men's 200 meter dash with five sprinters, and two of them came away with personal bests. Will Stark and Misha Gray both set personal bests, with Leo Mota, Jeremiah Medrano, and Kyle Williams going strong behind them.

• Men's 110 Meter Hurdles: Dillon Koop - 17.03 seconds
• Women's 200 Meter Dash: Bri Felter - 27.52 seconds | Melody Davis - 28.03 seconds
• Men's 200 Meter Dash: Will Stark - 22.14 seconds | Misha Gray - 22.80 seconds | Leo Mota - 23.29 seconds | Jeremiah Medrano - 23.82 seconds | Kyle Williams - 24.30 seconds

To cap off the night under the lights, the Bruins had one woman and two men in both the 1500 meter race and the 5k. Samantha Jones represented the women's team in the 1500 meter race with Judah Nash and Luke VanDenBerghe in the men's race. Nash set a personal best. In the 5k, it was Lauren Jones who set a personal best for the women's team with James Baer following the trend with his own personal best in the men's race. Daniel Kyle ran strong behind Baer.

• Women's 1500 Meter Race: Samantha Jones - 5:41
• Men's 1500 Meter Race: Judah Nash - 4:21 | Luke VanDenBerghe - 5:10
• Women's 5k: Lauren Jones - 20:07
• Men's 5k: James Baer - 16:28 | Daniel Kyle - 17:35

Saturday's excitement matched Friday's for the Bruins, starting with Melody Davis and Misha Gray in the 400 meter hurdles. With his personal best performance, Gray is now ranked #52 in the nation amongst DIII-and-below schools in this event. Bri Felter followed Gray's performance with a personal best of her own in the women's 100 meter dash. Leo Mota and Kyle Williams were back on the track representing the Bruins in the men's 100 meter dash.

• Women's 400 Meter Hurdles: Melody Davis - 1:13 seconds
• Men's 400 Meter Hurdles: Misha Gray - 55.08 seconds
• Women's 100 Meter Dash: Bri Felter - 13.23 seconds
• Men's 100 Meter Dash: Leo Mota - 11.28 seconds | Kyle Williams - 11.74 seconds

The Bruins closed their fast Saturday with the 400 meter dash and 800 meter race. Emily Walton set a personal best in the women's 400 meter dash, representing the women's team, before turning around to run the 800 meter race with Kate Amato. Joel Batres-Mena and Judah Nash closed the day for the Bruins in the men's 800 meter race, with Batres-Mena breaking the coveted two-minute mark with a big personal best.

• Women's 400 Meter Dash: Emily Walton - 1:03
• Women's 800 Meter Race: Kate Amato - 2:42 | Emily Walton - 2:44
• Men's 800 Meter Race: Joel Batres-Mena - 1:58 | Judah Nash - 2:06

For full results of the meet, click here.

Sunny Asheville gave the Bruins great times at a meet nearing the end of the season. This can serve as a confidence boost as the NCCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships are coming in less than a month. For now, the Bruins look ahead to next week when they compete in either the New Captains Classic hosted by Christopher Newport University or the Georgia Tech Invite.

(*personal bests)