Liberty University
Camel City Invitational
Ackley Celebrates Birthday with Record-Breaking 9:24.96 3K
2/5/2022 8:55:14 PM | Track and Field
Appropriately, Liberty’s Adelyn Ackley celebrated her 21st birthday by running fast, Saturday at the JDL Fast Track. She placed 11th in the Camel City Elite women’s 3K in a new Liberty and ASUN Conference-record time of 9:24.96.
The first 3K of Ackley’s collegiate career pitted her against a field loaded with talented professional and collegiate opponents. She finished 11th overall, including eighth among collegiate entrants, in a race won by defending NCAA outdoor 5K champion Elly Henes in 8:57.83.
Ackley shattered both the Liberty and ASUN Conference standards on Saturday. The previous Liberty standard of 9:32.67 had been set by Ednah Kurgat at the 2016 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships at Virginia Tech. Kennesaw State’s Lindsay Billings was the previous ASUN record holder, clocking a winning time of 9:30.38 at the 2021 ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
Up Next
Liberty will host the eighth annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, Feb. 11-12 at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
The Brant Tolsma Indoor Track will officially be dedicated during a ceremony at noon on Feb. 12.
