Erikson achieved the No. 2 spot on the program's all-time indoor top-10 boards, vaulting a personal best 4.33-meters/14-2.5. The junior's previous best was 4.21m/13-9.75.
"I feel like it just turned out really well today," Erikson said. "It's been a little bit of a tougher training cycle this fall with changes in coaching and adapting to a new workout style, but I felt like I was able to do that. I feel like it just turned out really well today."
Taylor won the pentathlon with the program's eighth-best all-time pentathlon score at 3896. The sophomore opens the seaon with the current third-best score nationlly. Taylor's previous-best was 3654.
"Honestly, it was a perfect start for my first meet," said pentathlete Mayci Taylor. "I definitley think there is more in the tank. The amount of offseason work that I have put into this makes me emotional. I'm so happy and I know there are even better things to come."
Bryant placed first overall in both the men's shot put and weight throw, recording personal bests in each event. Bryant tossed for 18.37m/60-3.25 in the shot put, as another personal best throwing for 18.76m/61-6.5 in the men's weight throw.
"I was pretty happy with how I performed," Bryant said. "This season I finally feel healthy, especially since I was injured last year and had surgery two seasons ago. It was definitely a lot better than my last season opener, which is a good sign of things to come."
The Cougars will continue action on day two of the meet. Live results as well as video streaming is available on the Meettrax app or at meettrax.com.
