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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference outdoor track & field teams - Austin College, University of Dallas and Southwestern University - were in action last week with all three of those squads competing at the UT-Tyler Icebreaker Classic.

On the track, Southwestern's Erin Kelley was tops in both the 100 and 200 meters among SCAC student-athletes. She finished 17th in the 100 with a time of 13.16 and 26th in the 200 with a time of 27.96. Her teammates Keamber McCracken and Laura Carrasco-Torres were tops among SCAC competitors in the 400 meters and 800 meters, respectively, with McCracken finishing 16th with a time of 1:06.23 and Carrasco-Torres finishing 19th with a time of 2:37.43. Austin College's Aimee Landers-Wilburn led all SCAC competitors in both the 1500 and 5000 meters, posting times of 5:19.77 (32nd place) and 19:53.17 (11th place), respectively. 

In field events, Southwestern's Taylor Hubbard placed seventh in the pole valut, clearing 9 feet, 10 inches. She was also eighth in the javelin with a toss of 28.88 meters. Her teammate Tiamara Hill-Johnson placed 22nd in the shot put with a toss of 8.82 meters, fifth in the discus with a heave of 40.71 meters and 12th in the hammer with a throw of 27.68 meters. 

Next week, three conference teams are scheduled to compete, including Colorado College taking to the track for its inaugural outdoor event - the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird on March 20. In addition, Dallas is scheduled to compete at the TCU Invitational and Trinity is slated to participate at the Abilene Christian/Wes Kittley Invitational.