DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Southern College women's track team scored 15 points and is in third place after day one of the 2026 Sunshine State Conference Outdoor Track Championships. The Moccasins competed in three of the eight events contested on Friday including the pair of finals, the 3,000m steeplechase and 10,000m. The Moccasins collected 13 points in the 10,000m after second, sixth and seventh-place finishes. FSC also secured two points in the 3,000m steeplechase. A pair of records also fell on day one as sophomore Nika Gividen lowered her own school record in the 800m while freshman Hope Schoenwetter lowered her own Freshman Record in the steeplechase.

Mid-Distance  
A quartet of Moccasins competed in the 800m prelims but unfortunately none were able to make the top-eight to qualify for tomorrow's final. Gividen led the way as she missed out on qualifying by one spot in ninth. The sophomore lowered her school record time with a mark of 2:14.81 Friday afternoon. Sophomore Heloise Pinto and senior Caitlin Beery finished back-to-back in 14^th and 15^th, respectively. Pinto stopped the clock at 2:19.35, which is the seventh fastest time in program history, while Beery came across in 2:21.66. The final Moccasin on the track was junior Kira Mothershed who claimed 26^th in 2:27.10.

Distance  
Schoenwetter  was the lone Moccasin entrant in the steeplechase as she took seventh overall with a new FSC Freshman Record time of 12:14.54. The mark also ranks seventh all-time at FSC.

Junior Grace Reed led the 10,000m group as she took second overall with the 10^th fastest time in program history at 37:21.84 to gain eight team points. Senior Rachel Hockenberry finished four spots back in sixth at 37:59.73 while junior Emma Pfeiffer came in seventh with a time of 38:19.31. The pair scored five total points with three from Hockenberry and two for Pfeiffer. Freshman Reagan Chambless just missed out on scoring as she placed 10^th overall in 39:00.41.

Team Scoring
The University of Tampa leads the team race after day one with 31 points. Nova Southeastern sits in second with 24 points. Florida Southern rounds out the top three with 15 points while Embry-Riddle sits in fourth with seven points. The final team with points is Barry in fifth with one.   

Podiums Finishes
- 10000 Meters — Grace Reed, 37:21.84

Florida Southern Results Summary
- 800 Meters (Prelim) — 9th: Nika Gividen, 2:14.81; 14th: Heloise Pinto, 2:19.35; 15th: Caitlin Beery, 2:21.66; 26th: Kira Mothershed, 2:27.10
- 3000 Meters Steeplechase — 7th: Hope Schoenwetter, 12:14.54
- 10000 Meters — 2nd: Grace Reed, 37:21.84; 6th: Rachel Hockenberry, 37:59.73; 7th: Emma Pfeiffer, 38:19.31; 10th: Reagan Chambless, 39:00.41

Up Next
Florida Southern will have entrants in three of the 10 events contested on the final day of the 2026 Sunshine State Conference Outdoor Track Championships including the 4x400m relay, 1500m, and 5000m.