WARRENSBURG, Mo./LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Washburn Ichabod men's and women's track team snapped school records on the west coast and in the Midwest competing the last three days in California and on Friday at the UCM Relays.
In California,
Taylor Gonzales crushed the Washburn record in the 5000m shaving off nearly 43 seconds in the event en route to a fourth-place finish with a time of 16:35.00 besting the previous mark of 17:18.06. The time was an NCAA Provisional mark and the sixth-fastest time in the nation this season. Gonzales also set the school record in the 1500m run with a time of 4:33.70 knocking two seconds off the school record as she finished 39
th overall.
Also on the left coast,
Josh Hopkins will return with the individual title in the long just with a school-record in the long jump with a mark of 7.95m (26-01.00) – the best in the nation by seven inches.
Connor Last finished third in the event with a personal best of 7.75m (25-05.25), the third-best mark in the nation this season.
In the pole vault,
Virgi Scardanzan was fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.05m (13-03.50) with an NCAA provisional mark.
The 4x400m relay team of
Chia Okoro,
Darian Hillebert,
Lyndsay Stinson and
Isabella Hohl took two-plus seconds off the school record finishing ninth in a time of 3:49.40.
In Warrensburg at the UCM Relays,
Paola Castaldi set a school record for the fourth week in a row in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.75m finishing fourth.
Collen McLain broke his own record in the 1500m by just over five seconds with a time of 3:49.77 topping his previous mark of 3:54.90.
Rachael Mayberry was second in the pole vault in Warrensburg with an NCAA provisional mark of 3.75m.
Decathlon – Bryan Clay Invitational
100m – 9
th – 11.78
Long jump – 7
th – 6.28m (20-07.25) - PR
Shot put – 12
th – 10.47m (34-04.25)
High jump – 4
th - 1.85m (6-00.75)
400m – 8
th – 54.06 - PR
110m hurdles – 5
th – 15.81 - PR
Discus – 6
th – 34.00m (111-06) - PR
Pole vault – 6
th – 3.70m (12.01.50) - PR
Javelin – 5
th – 48.38m (158-08) - PR
1500m – 7
th – 4:51.00 - PR
Women's entries – Bryan Clay Invitational
Men's entries – Bryan Clay Invitational
Women's entries – Long Beach Invitational
Michael Pearl – 14
th – 47.53m - PR