TUCSON, Ariz. — BYU track and field wrapped up a successful weekend of competition at the Desert Heat Classic on Saturday, notching a school record, the third of the weekend, and a top-10 mark at Roy P. Drachman Stadium.

FULL RESULTS

Women’s Recap
Adaobi Tabugbo, Taye Raymond, Dolita Awala-Shaw and Annalise Hart clocked a 44.68 in the 4x100-meter relay to finish third, breaking a school record of 44.88, set in 2010.

In the javelin throw, Jessica Thompson’s personal best mark of 49.71 meters/163-1 was good for fourth place. It also entered her into the top-10 ranks, putting the sophomore at No. 6 all-time.

The Cougars also set seven other personal bests on the day: Hart (54.72) and Brilee Pontius (55.04) in the 400-meters, Awala-Shaw (12.04), Emma Johnson (12.15) and Lauryn Ford (12.56) in the 100-meters, Kate Thomas (1:00.59) in the 400-meter hurdles, and Awala-Shaw (24.27) and Pontius (24.51) in the 200-meters.

Men's Recap

BYU men’s track and field athletes posted nine personal records and one event win in Tucson on Saturday.

Colten Yardley improved his 400m hurdle time to 49.83, taking first in the event over Will Mundy of No. 5 Oregon and Jamar Marshall Jr. of No. 17 Arizona State.

Yardley’s new personal-best came just 0.02 seconds from surpassing his sprints and hurdles coach, Kyle Grossarth, for No. 4 all-time at BYU.

Freshman Spencer Carlile also clocked a personal-best time in the 400m hurdle at 52.49 to finish ninth.

Yardley combined with Jared Davis, Dallin Draper and Landon Maxfield to finish second in the men’s 4x100m relay. At 39.41, the Cougars beat the Sun Devils, but came in just 0.29 seconds behind the top-5 ranked Ducks.

Trey Jackson, Joshua Taylor and Eli Hazlett each recorded personal-bests and top-10 finishes in the 400m. Jackson finished fourth at 46.65, only 0.37 seconds short of the program’s top-10 board. Taylor slipped past host Arizona’s Carl Hicks by 0.23 seconds to take eighth. Hazlett’s personal-best came at 47.32.

Taylor, Hazlett, Jackson and Jensen took second in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:08.52, in front of Arizona and just behind Arizona State. 

Thrower Danny Bryant set personal-bests in the shot put and hammer throw, finishing fifth and ninth, respectively. Bryant held-off Arizona’s Zach Landa for a top-5 shot put finish with a mark of 18.32m/60-1.25. The freshman from Valencia, California coupled that mark with a hammer throw of 54.35m/178-3.

BYU athletes will compete at the Oregon Twilight meet at Hayward Field in a preview of the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships on Friday, May 6.

PROVO, Utah — Following a dominant showing at the Robison Invitational, No. 8/No. 8 BYU men's and women's track and field will compete at three meets across the country Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30. 

Meet Information

Penn Relays

• Dates: Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30
• Host: Penn
• Venue: Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Results/Tentative Event Schedule​​​​​​
• Live Stream ($)
• Events featuring BYU athletes are tentatively scheduled for:
  • Thursday at 6:15 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. EDT 
  • Friday at 1:45 p.m. 
  • Saturday at 12:30 and 2:47 p.m. 

A limited number of BYU women's athletes will compete at the prestigious Penn Relays. The Cougars will compete in the steeplechase and 1500m along with 4x800, 4x1500 and distance medley relay. 

Ninety-six Division I teams will be represented at the annual meet. BYU will be among six ranked in the USTFCCCA Women's Top-25. The Cougars will face top competition against the likes of No. 1 Texas, No. 6 Arkansas and No. 10 Ohio State. 

Payton Jordan Invitational

• Friday, April 29 
• Host: Stanford
• Venue: Cobb Track and Angell Field in Stanford, California
• BYU athletes will compete in the following events...
  • Garrett Marsing in the steeplechase at 7:55 p.m. PDT
  • Aidan Troutner in the 5000m at 8:56 p.m.
  • Brandon Garnica in the 5000m at 9:36 p.m.
  • Justin Hartshorn in the 10,000m at 10:31 p.m.
• Live Stream ($)
• Live Results
• Tickets

The Cougars will compete a limited number of men's distance runners at Stanford on Friday. Those athletes will seek to improve their times toward qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary in May. 

Desert Heat Classic

• Saturday, April 30
• Host: Arizona
• Venue: Roy P. Drachman Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. 
• Events scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. PDT for the women and 2:30 p.m. for the men.
• Live Results
• Tickets

Rankings and Recognition

Both the men's and the women's teams remained at No. 8 in the USTFCCCA rankings this week. BYU also continued to be one of eight programs in the country with both men's and women's teams ranked in the top-10 of the USTFCCCA National Rankings. The Cougars share this honor with four programs from the SEC, two from the Big 12 and one from the Pac-12.

Fifteen BYU athletes rank in the top-10 nationally for individual event results, with Courtney Wayment controlling the top spot in the steeplechase and Ashton Riner's performance last weekend earning her the No. 1 spot in the javelin.