AZUSA, Calif. — Led by its distance runners, BYU women’s track and field athletes competed at the Bryan Clay Invitational, 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays and the Beach Invitational on Friday.

BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL FULL RESULTS
MT. SAC RELAYS FULL RESULTS
BEACH INVITATIONAL FULL RESULTS

Bryan Clay Invitational
Alena Ellsworth (2nd, 53.68), Claire Seymour (3rd, 53.69) and Meghan Hunter (7th, 54.52) filled the top-seven of the 400m. Seymour’s new personal best time helped her enter the top-10 ranks at No. 5 all-time, where Ellsworth and Hunter currently reside at third and sixth, respectively.

Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes posted a runner-up finish in the invite heat of the 1500m, clocking a 4:13.60 to finish just in front of BYU alumnus Anna Camp-Bennett. Ellsworth-Barnes’ time moved her from No. 10 to No. 9 on the Cougars’ top-10 board.

Mt. SAC Relays
Rebekah Ross placed eighth in the collegiate B section of the pole vault, setting a new personal best mark of 4.00m/13-1.5 in her young freshman career.

Fellow freshman pole vaulter Nikki Naatjes made her BYU debut in collegiate section C, finishing ninth with a mark of 3.70m/12-1.5.

Beach Invitational
Women’s throwers began competition in Long Beach on Friday. Ashton Riner (55.14m/180-11), Alex McAllister (46.18m/151-6) and Libby Parkinson (45.72m/150-0) finished third, fifth and seventh, respectively, to place three Cougars in the top-seven of the javelin throw.

The Cougars will compete in the discus throw (10 a.m. PDT) and shot put (3 p.m. PDT) at the Beach Invitational, and Cierra Tidwell-Allphin will represent the BYU women in the high jump (12:30 p.m. PDT) at the Mt. SAC Relays to close out the weekend in Southern California on Saturday.

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.

USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 // April 11