WALNUT, Calif. - BYU track and field posted three top-10 program marks on day one of the Mt. SAC Relays Friday at Hilmer Lodge Stadium.
Cougs post three top-10 program marks on day one of Mt. SAC Relays
BYU track and field posted three top-10 program marks on day one of the Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, California.
Women's Recap
Sami Oblad ran 53.66 in the 400-meters to earn the program's No. 5 all-time mark and place eighth overall. Oblad owns the program's indoor school record in the event with a career-best time of 53.06 run at the 2024 Big 12 indoor championships.
Lainey Jones clocked 23.69 in the 200m to claim the No. 7 all-time spot on the BYU record board as she placed seventh overall. A freshman from Gilbert, Arizona, Jones is also tied for BYU's No. 9 all-time mark in the 60m with a time of 7.57 at the 2023 BYU December Invite.
School record-holder Jaslyn Gardner placed second in the 100m, running just .01 under her record of 11.35. Gardner has a season best of 11.23: a wind-aided time achieved at the Texas Relays in March.
Men's Recap
Abram Schaap broke the 21-second barrier and earned a personal-best by nearly half of a second in the 200m, sprinting to 20.66 and BYU's No. 9 all-time mark in the event. Schaap's previous personal best was a 21.14 run at the 2024 Big 12 indoor championships. He also holds the program's No. 6 all-time mark in the indoor 200m.
Riley Hunt placed second in the 110m hurdles with a 14.03 mark. Hunt's all-time personal best is 13.94, a time he ran at the 2024 Arizona Spring Break Fiesta to put his name at No. 5 on the BYU record board.
Jace Jensen placed eighth in the 400m hurdles with his 52.06. The performance was just .19 off of his all-time personal best. Logan Hubler and G Kire Goulding earned personal bests in the event, clocking 52.47 and 52.45, respectively.
In the 400m, Eli Hazlett and Josh Taylor placed seventh and eighth, running 46.67 and 46.95.
"The group had a long training cycle leading up to today. They were really excited to get back out competing and I was pleased with how they took advantage of great weather and competition. We had some very solid performances today in the 400m hurdles and 400m with Sami breaking into the top-10 board, as well as Lainey and Abram having breakthrough performances in the 200m to put their names on the top-10 board as well."
Kyle GrossarthSprints and Hurdles CoachThe Cougars will return to Hilmer Lodge Stadium tomorrow for day two of the Mt. SAC Relays. Live results can be found here.