Baldwin, Stephenson Set School Records at Mt. SAC Relays

WALNUT, Calif. – Michigan State track & field wrapped up action at the four-day Mt. SAC Invitational on Saturday in Walnut, California, highlighted by a pair of school records. 

“I’m happy with how everyone performed this weekend,” said MSU jumps/combined events coach Ceith Creekmur. “Heath (Baldwin) getting over 8000 (points) for the first time is huge milestone.  Ryan (Talbot) completed his first full combined event since Big Tens last year, which is a big step forward for him.  I thought Dylan (Terryberry) did a great job of taking it event by event and opened his career with a great score.” 

 

“For the vaulters, it’s great to get into some highly competitive meets,” continued Creekmur. “It’s good prep for Big Tens and NCAAs down the road.  They both performed well and competed well.” 

DAY 1 

MSU began the week in California with the first day of the decathlon. Seniors Heath Baldwin and Ryan Talbot competed in the elite section of the event, while sophomore Dylan Terryberry, competing in his first career decathlon, competed in the collegiate/open section. Baldwin ended the day in sixth place with 4,223 points, while Talbot finished with 3,788 (14th place) and Terryberry finished with 3,419 (12th place). 

Baldwin’s best event during the first day was the high jump, where he cleared 2.07m to tie for the top mark in the field. He also posted marks of 7.24m in the long jump and 15.07m in the shot put and ran 11.02 in the 100m and 49.58m in the 400m for a personal best in the event. 

Talbot ran 10.83 in the 100m and 48.26 in the 400m, while recording a mark of 6.30m in the long jump, 12.90m in the shot put and 1.86m in the high jump. Terryberry cleared 1.74m in the high jump and recorded marks of 6.55m in the long jump and 12.51m shot put, while running 11.43 in the 100m and 51.90 in the 400m. 

DAY 2 

Baldwin posted impressive performances in the final five events on the second day of the decathlon en route to the Spartans’ first school-record performance of the weekend. Setting personal bests in the 110 hurdles (14.14), discus (42.50m) and javelin (64.64m), while recording a jump of 4.50m in the pole vault and a time of 4:49.73 in the 1500m, Baldwin finished with 8,084 points, topping the previous record of 8,064 points set by Talbot in 2022. He finished in second place behind world-qualifier…