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Jack Rose Track Stadium
Long Beach CA 90840
Joseph Hovey
| Posted: 15 Apr 2022 | Updated: 22 Apr 2022
PROVO, Utah — BYU men’s track and field completed its second day of competition meets throughout southern California on Friday.
Complete results for each meet are linked in their respective headings. Results from Thursday's action at the Pacific Coast Invitational are attached.
Mt. SAC Relays // Hilmer Lodge Stadium // Walnut, California // Host: Mount San Antonio College
Caleb Witsken, Dallin Shurts and Jake Grimsman each finished runner-up in their events on Friday.
Witsken cleared a personal-best 5.50m/18-0.5 in the men's pole vault, tying him for seventh nationally on the season and No. 5 all-time at BYU with a mark Trent Powell set in 2005.
Nathan Burnett also competed in the pole vault on Friday, taking eighth at 5.00m/16-4.75.
Shurts tossed a 60.93m/199-11 to finish second in the discus, nearly topping a new personal best he set on Thursday at the Pacific Coast Invitational. There, the junior from Banks, Oregon recorded a throw of 61.10m/200-5.5, finishing third of 55. This jumped Shurts past a 1974 mark from former Cougar Zdravko Pecar for No. 7 all-time at BYU.
Jake Grimsman took second in the high jump collegiate open with a clearance of 2.10m/6-10.75.
Beach Invitational // Jack Rose Track Stadium // Long Beach, California // Host: Long Beach State
Danny Bryant recorded a throw of 49.54m/162-6 in the men's hammer throw to finish 45th. Bryant finished 11th and 20th, respectively, in the shot put and discus throw at Thursday's Pacific Coast Invitational.
The Cougars wrap up the week's action with a few more events on Saturday at Mt. SAC and Long Beach State.
Joseph Hovey
| Posted: 11 Apr 2022 | Updated: 20 Apr 2022
Joseph Hovey
Track and field to compete at Mt. SAC Relays on southern California circuit
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PROVO, Utah – No. 8/No. 11 BYU track and field will compete athletes in three meets throughout southern California this week, including the Mt. SAC Relays at historic Hilmer Lodge Stadium on Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16.
Meet Information
Bryan Clay Invitational
- Host: Azusa Pacific
- Location: Azusa, California // Cougar Athletic Stadium
- Wednesday-Friday, April 13-15
- Wednesday women's events begin at 8 a.m. PDT and men at 12 p.m.
- Thursday men's events begin at 8 a.m. and women at 8:30 a.m.
- Friday men's events begin at 9 a.m. and women at 10 a.m.
- Live Stream ($)
- Live Results
- Fan Admission: $10.00
- Parking
- Competition: BYU is one of 17 Division I teams expected to compete athletes in Azusa. These include Utah, Northern Arizona, Iowa State, and for the women, two top-25 opponents in No. 6 Arkansas and No. 18 New Mexico.
Mt. SAC Relays - "Where the world's best athletes compete"
- Host: Mount San Antonio College
- Location: Walnut, California // Hilmer Lodge Stadium
- Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16
- Thursday BYU women's events begin at 12 p.m. PDT and men at 6:05 p.m.
- Friday, BYU women's events begin at 10 a.m. and men at 11 a.m.
- Saturday, BYU athletes will compete in just two events with women's high jump elite at 12:30 p.m. and men's pole vault elite at 2:20 p.m.
- Live Stream ($)
- Live Results
- Tickets
- Since 1959, the Mt. SAC Relays have been one of collegiate athletics' premiere outdoor track and field meets. Hilmer Lodge Stadium, a venue with a legendary past, hosts the meet. The stadium has played home to 21 world record-setting performances, seven alone on Aug. 12, 1960. This week, Hilmer Lodge welcomes athletes from 89 NCAA Division I teams.
- The Cougars will compete 42 athletes at the Mt. SAC Relays, including reigning All-Americans Courtney Wayment, Cierra Tidwell-Allphin, Dallin Shurts, Zach McWhorter, Casey Clinger and Garrett Marsing
- Competition: BYU will face opponents from nine top-25 men's teams and 10 top-25 women's teams at Mt. SAC. These include athletes form No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 7 Texas Tech.
Beach Invitational
- Host: Long Beach State
- Location: Long Beach, California // Jack Rose Track Stadium
- Friday-Saturday, April 15-16
- Friday women's events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT and men's at 9 a.m.
- Saturday men's and women's events begin at 9 a.m.
- Live Results
Rankings & Recognition
Both BYU men's and women's teams jumped two spots in the USTFCCCA top-25 on Monday. The women came in at No. 8 and the men at No.11, making BYU one of just eight programs with both men's and women's teams ranked in the top-15.
The Cougars also boast 13 athletes with top-10 times or marks nationally.
| Event | Name | National Ranking | Time/Mark | Date Set |
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| W 1500m | Courtney Wayment | No. 2 | 4:12.81 | April 1 - Stanford Invitational |
| M PV | Zach McWhorter | No. 3 | 5.55m/18-2.5 | April 8 - John McDonnell Invitational |
| W 800m | Claire Seymour | No. 4 | 2:03.70 | April 9 - Sun Angel Classic |
| M 10,000m | Casey Clinger | No. 5 | 28:16.15 | April 1 - Stanford Invitational |
| M 10,000m | Brandon Garnica | No. 8 | 28:19.60 | April 1 - Stanford Invitational |
| W JT | Ashton Riner | No. 8 | 54.58m/179-1 | April 9 - Sun Angel Classic |
| W 800m | Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes | No. 8 | 2:04.53 | April 9 - Sun Angel Classic |
| W 3000 S | Lexy Halladay | No. 8 | 10:06.09 | April 1 - Stanford Invitational |
| W 10,000m | Aubrey Frentheway | No. 9 | 33:18.36 | April 1 - Stanford Invitational |
| M DT | Dallin Shurts | No. 9 | 60.35m/198-0 | March 26 - Aztec Invitational |
| Dec. | Dallin Vorkink | No. 9 | 7,544 | March 26 - Texas Relays |
| Hep. | Halley Folsom Walker | No. 10 | 5,575 | March 26 - Texas Relays |
| M 400H | Colten Yardley | No. 10 | 50.01 | April 9 - Sun Angel Classic |
USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 // April 11
| Ranking | Team |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | Texas |
| No. 2 | Texas A&M |
| No. 3 | Florida |
| No. 4 | Kentucky |
| No. 5 | LSU |
| No. 6 | Arkansas |
| No. 7 | Texas Tech |
| No. 8 | BYU |
| No. 9 | Baylor |
| No. 10 | Oregon |
