BIRMINGHAM, Ala./ST. LOUIS, Mo. (4/1/23) – Another stellar weekend concluded Saturday for the Arkansas State track and field teams, which totaled 22 top-five results and seven event titles on the final day of the UAB Invite and WashU Distance Carnival.
On the weekend, A-State athletes combined for 33 top-five finishes and 11 event victories.
At the WashU Distance Carnival, which was suspended after two events on Friday due to weather, Pauline Meyer shattered her own school record in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase, running a time of 10:08.80, ahead of a fifth-place mark of 10:52.23 by Elizabeth Martin. Cash Kunkel placed fourth in the men's steeplechase with a time of 9:06.09 that is sixth in school history, followed by Grayson Young in fifth with a time of 9:10.77 that stands 10th in the program record books. Ethan Mychajlonka finished eighth, crossing in 9:20.23.
Tyra Nabors moved into a tie for eighth in school history in the 100-meter hurdles, winning the event with a time of 13.82. She later placed second in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 1:05.04.
Evangelynn Harris and Selase Sampram claimed the top two spots in the women's discus throw, with Harris tossing a season-best 49.06m (160-11) and Sampram hurling a career-best 47.42m (155-7).
Sampram then launched a throw of 15.61m (51-2.75) to win the women's shot put, setting a facility record and moving into a tie for third in school history. Harris placed third with a mark of 14.00m (45-11.25) and Izzy Daines finished 12th with a throw of 10.34m (33-11.25).
Jacob Tracy finished runner-up in the men's discus, uncorking a throw of 54.57m (179-0) that stands eighth in school history. Willem Coertzen followed in third place with a season-best mark of 48.95m (160-7). Patryk Baran finished eighth with a throw of 38.52m (126-4) and Colby Eddowes placed 15th with a toss of 30.79m (101-0).
Coertzen and Tracy later took first and second, respectively, in the men's shot put, with Coertzen tossing a facility-record 16.85m (55-3.5). Tracy recorded a mark of 16.74m (54-11.25) in his runner-up finish.
In the women's high jump, Sydney Lane was one of four Red Wolves in the top five, clearing a season-best 1.66m (5-5.25) to win. Megan Knowling tied for second with a height of 1.63m (5-4.25) while Ashley Guadamuz and Bella Coscetti placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with clearances of 1.60 (5-3.0) and 1.55m (5-1.0).
In the women's pole vault, Coscetti earned a runner-up finish and was the top collegian with a career-best clearance of 3.66m (12-0.0).
Jermie Walker won the men's 400 meters, clocking a time of 49.36, while Handre Jonker ran an outdoor-best 50.97 in an eighth-place finish.
Carly Strong finished fourth in the women's 100 meters with a time of 12.24, with AJ Allen running a time of 12.41 to place seventh. In the men's 100 meters, Eddowes and Baran finished seventh and eighth, respectively, with times of 10.82 and 10.86.
Strong added another top-five result in the women's 200 meters, running a career-best 25.37 to place fourth, while Daines crossed in 27.24 to finish 22nd. In the men's 200 meters, Eddowes placed seventh with a time of 21.94 ahead of Baran (12th, 22.78), Bradley Miler (15th, 22.97) and Steffan Mallory (16th, 23.02).
Hannah McLaughlin ran a personal-best time of 2:33.16 in the women's 800 meters, placing 13th overall in the event.
NEXT UP
A-State returns to action Friday and Saturday, traveling to Oxford, Miss., for the Joe Walker Invitational, hosted by Ole Miss.
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