Kansas Relays – Day Two
Destiny Masters cleared a personal-best 1.83m/6'0" in the high jump to become just the second athlete in Shocker history to break the six-foot barrier, finishing second to Kansas's Rylee Anderson (1.83m), who is the No. 2 high jumper in the nation. Masters' clearance ties for the fifth-highest jump in the NCAA this season.
"I am really happy for
Destiny Masters," head coach
Steve Rainbolt said. "She is really coming along beautifully in her high jumping and has been looking for the six-foot jump for quite some time now. That was certainly a highlight today, along with quite a few others. I was really proud of our teams' performances the last couple of days."
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She also ran a personal-best 13.82 in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries and will be joined by
Zarrey Sams (13.94; PB) in Saturday's final. Also in the hurdles,
Joseph Holthusen (110H; 14.26),
Hudson Bailey (110H; 14.69),
Diondra Wilborn (400H; 1:07.05),
Toby Penner (400H; 53.21),
Yuben Goncalves (400H; 54.24) and
Bryan Haney (400H; 54.37) all qualified to Saturday's finals.
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Matty Everett launched the discus 57.38m/188'3" to increase his conference lead in the event and move up to No. 3 all-time in program history, finishing third in the event.
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Jaleel Montgomery had a fast day on the track, running the seventh-fastest 100-meter dash in school history to qualify to the final in 10.37. He came back to run a personal-best 20.99 (+6.1W) in the 200 meters to make it through to the final.
Sydney Johnson also qualified to the 200-meter final with a time of 24.52.
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The women's 4x800-meter relay team of
Maria Romero,
Abeba Sullivan,
Farrah Miller and
Lea Jerkovic broke the WSU program record, winning the event in 9:11.53.
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Faith Turner ran her fastest 100-meter time of the season to win her heat and qualify to Saturday's final in 11.71.
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Bryan Clay Invitational
Clayton Duchatschek moved up to No. 7 all-time in Shocker history with his personal-best time of 8:52.49 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, placing 18
th at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
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Kansas Relays – Day One
Creighton Camp threw a conference-leading mark in the hammer throw, placing seventh with a toss of 55.81m/183'1".
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Lubna Aldulaimi and
Erik Enriquez each won their distance events with Aldulaimi crossing the line first in the 5,000 meters (17:25.43) and Enriquez landing atop the podium in the 10,000 meters (31:02.37).
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