Facility records fall for Rasmussen, Oblad, 4x400-meter relay at Weber State Indoor Invitational

OGDEN, Utah — Paje Rasmussen, Sami Oblad and the 4x400-meter relay squad each posted facility-record performances, highlighting three top-10 program finishes Saturday at the Weber State Indoor Invitational at Stromberg Arena.

Rasmussen broke BYU multis & jumps coach Tiffany Hogan’s 22-year old facility record in the 55m dash by 0.05 seconds, finishing in 6.85. Her time ranks No. 2 in program history, just behind Windy Jorgensen’s 6.81 set in 1998.

Oblad added another facility record for BYU, clocking 2:08.49 in the 800m to break the previous mark set by former Cougar Heidi McGill in 2005 by more than one second. Mayci Taylor placed second with a time of 2:10.65.

Rasmussen, Kali McEuen, Cambria Hasler and Marianne Barber also set a facility record in the 4x400m relay, finishing in 3:46.54. The previous record of 3:51.92 was set by host Weber State in 2018. BYU finished more than eight seconds ahead of second-place Utah State.

After moving into the top 10 in program history in both the 60m hurdles and the pentathlon last month, Zoey Bonds added another leaderboard finish Saturday, winning the 55m hurdles in 7.85 to claim the event by more than one-tenth of a second. Teammate McEuen placed second with a time of 7.97. Freshmen Tia Brown and Berklie Ahlander also competed, finishing fourth and eighth, respectively.

Friday night’s events were highlighted by Lia Katoa’s throw of 17.60m/57-9 in the weight throw, which ranks No. 9 in program history. Katoa placed third in the event.

Cailee Faulkner and Abbie Scott finished first and second in the pole vault, respectively. Faulkner cleared 3.85m/12-7.5, while Scott posted a mark of 3.75m/12-3.75.

Stanford transfer Kaiah Fisher won the shot put with a throw of 13.85m/45-5.25. Lia Pili placed second at 13.72m/45-0.25.

Brown captured the long jump with a leap of 5.97m/19-7, while Bonds and Mae Johnson tied for first in the high jump after clearing 1.52m/5-9.

Up Next

The Cougars’ throw crew will travel to Pocatello, Idaho to compete at the Snake River Open from Jan. 15-16 at Idaho State’s ICCU Dome.