SEATTLE, Wash. – Arizona Track and Field wrapped up the first day of the Ken Shannon Invitational on Friday. The team had three competitors finish second overall: Katie Daily, Talie Bonds, and Trayvion White-Austin.
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FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
In the women’s pole vault, Katie Daily finished second overall and posted a huge PR after clearing 4.30m (14-1.25). As of right now, that mark qualifies her for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Additionally, Malaya Abueg cleared a PR of 3.65m (11-11.75).
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The Wildcats had three competitors reach the final in the women’s long jump. Rylee Perkins had a PR leap of 12.32m (40-5) to finish fourth and Taylen Wise jumped 12.22m (40-1.25) to finish fifth. Esther Akinlosotu also placed ninth with a jump of 12.01m (39-5).
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In the men’s triple jump, Sir Jonathan Sims had a personal best leap of 14.84m (48-8.25) to finish fifth overall.
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Ava David had a big-time PR toss of 18.26m (59-11) in the women’s weight throw.
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TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
In the women’s 60m hurdles, Talie Bonds clocked an 8.11 in the prelims to qualify for the final. In that final, Bonds finished second overall in a tightly contested race after running a time of 8.05. Additionally, Ajaysha Lewis ran a new personal best time of 8.64 in the qualifying round.
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In the men’s 60m hurdles, Zachary Extine ran a PR time of 8.09 during the preliminary round to qualify for the final as well. Extine followed that up by running another 8.09 in the final and finishing seventh overall.
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In the men’s 200m, Trayvion White-Austin finished second overall with a time of 21.04, just narrowly being edged out at the finish line. Additionally, James Onanubosi finished seventh overall and first in his heat after running a 21.76. In the women’s 200m, Lauryn Ford ran a 200m PR time of 24.71 to finish sixth overall and first in her heat.
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The Wildcats had a pair of personal records in the women’s 5k: Brigid Hanley (16:41.95) and Sailor Hutton (16:45.19).
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MULTI’S HIGHLIGHTS
Dominic Gehr began the men’s heptathlon for the Wildcats on Friday. He finished the day in fourth place with 2871 points. Gehr had a PR throw in the shot put of 13.29m (43-7.25) and placed third. He also finished fifth in both the long jump (6.59m) and the high jump (1.88m).
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Skylar Sieben and Hollan Powers both completed the women’s pentathlon on the day. Powers…
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