No. 8 Track and Field awaits triple meet weekend with women at Penn Relays

BYU Women's T/F set for Mile at 2022 BYU Robison Invitational

Landon Maxfield and Trey Jackson compete at the 2022 Robison Invitational

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
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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
Distance events scheduled to begin at 7:07 p.m. PDT and run through 10:40 p.m.
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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 1 p.m. PDT for the women and 3 p.m. for the men.
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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.

Event	Name	National Ranking	Time/Mark	Date, Meet Achieved
W Javelin	Ashton Riner	No. 1	60.36m/198-1	April 23 - BYU Robison Invitational
W 3000 S	Courtney Wayment	No. 1	9:26.88	April 14 - Mt. SAC Relays
M 3000 S	Kenneth Rooks	No. 2	8:32.75	April 14 - Mt. SAC Relays
W 1500m	Courtney Wayment	No. 3	4:12.81	April 1 - Stanford Invitational
M PV	Zach McWhorter	No. 3	5.70m/18-8.25	April 16 - Mt. SAC Relays
W Mile	Anastaysia Davis	No. 4	4:56.25	April 23 - BYU Robison Invitational
W Mile	Aubrey Frentheway	No. 5	4:56.50	April 23 - BYU Robison Invitational
W 800m	Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes	No. 5	2:01.72	April 13 - Bryan Clay Invitational
M 5000m	Casey Clinger	No. 6	13:23.33	April 14 - Bryan Clay Invitational
M 10,000m	Casey Clinger	No. 7	28:16.15	April 1 - Stanford Invitational
W 1500m	Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes	No. 8	4:13.60	April 15 - Bryan Clay Invitational
Heptathlon	Halley Folsom Walker	No. 8	5,699	April 14 - Bryan Clay Invitational
M DT	Dallin Shurts	No. 8	61.10m/200-6	April 14 - Pacific Coast Invitational
M 10,000m	Brandon Garnica	No. 10	28:19.60	April 1 - Stanford Invitational
M 400H	Colten Yardley	No. 10	50.01	April 9 - Sun Angel Classic