LOS ANGELES – BYU track and field had athletes earn potential regional-qualifying times at the Mt. SAC Relays, Beach Invite and Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday.
Mt. SAC Relays
Late Thursday night, All-American Clayson Shumway ran the seventh-best 10,000m in school history with a time of 28:36.07. Shumway also holds the No. 7 mark all-time at BYU in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. He now has potential regional-qualifying times in both the 3000m steeplechase and 10,000m.
Michael Bluth ran a career-best 46.50 in the men’s 400m to better his regional-qualifying position. Ellie Heiden Quackenbush and Lauren Rawlinson both ran season bests in the 400m with times of 54.81 and 56.03, respectively.
Colten Yardley earned a potential regional-qualifying time in the 400m hurdles after clocking a time of 51.75. In the women’s 100m hurdles, Kaitlyn Gunnerson-Burrup earned a personal record with a time of 14.16.
Rickey Fantroy Jr. put himself in position to potentially qualify for the 2019 NCAA West Prelims in the triple jump with a mark of 15.11m/49-7. Jake Peister also had a season-best 14.93m/48-11.75 in the triple jump.
The Cougars swept the men’s discus with Jefferson Jarvis taking first overall on a toss of 52.24m/171-05. Jacob Foutz finished second with a throw of 52.13m/171-00 and Harrison Gould placed third earned a season-best 50.43m/165-05.
Bryan Clay Invitational
Whittni Orton improved her position as No. 4 on the BYU all-time record board with a career-record 4:14.02. Anna Camp-Bennett ran a 4:15.15 for the fifth-fastest time in school history. Orton, Camp-Bennett and Kate Hunter (4:22.22) improved their regional-qualifying positions. Due to late start times, the remaining women’s 1500m will be covered in Saturday’s recap. Results can be found before then on finishedresults.com.
Talem Franco ran 3:42.51 in the 1500m for the No. 9 mark all-time at BYU. Franco, Marcus Dickson (3:43.56), Matt Owens (3:44.25), Kenneth Rooks (3:44.44) and Patrick Parker (3:44.50) all finished with times that put them in contention to qualify for the NCAA West Prelims.
Karina Haymore clocked 2:07.51 for a personal best in the women’s 800m to bolster a BYU women’s 800m squad that is ranked No. 1 in the country by the USTFCCCA. Her time puts her in a better position to potentially qualify for regionals.
Beach Invite
Freshman Cameron Bates solidified his regional-qualifying position in the javelin with a career-best toss of 69.17m/226-11. The mark also improves his hold on the seventh-best javelin throw in BYU history. In the women’s javelin, Sydnie Martindale and Payge Cuthbertson had marks of 46.15m/151-5 and 42.47m/139-04, respectively.
Foutz threw for over 60 meters for the fourth consecutive week in the men’s hammer. In the Beach Invite, he had a mark of 62.81m/206-1. Sable Lohmeier had a toss of 49.73m/163-02 in the women’s hammer.
The Cougars will wrap up all three meets on Saturday, April 19. Meet information and streaming options can be found on the BYU track and field schedule page. A recap of day one can be found here.