Track and field to compete at Mt. SAC Relays on southern California circuit

BYU Women's T/F USTFCCCA Ranking #8 April 11, 2022

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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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