Landa Wins Third Consecutive Shot Put Competition

LUBBOCK, Texas & SEATTLE, Wash. – Arizona Track & Field wrapped up both the Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open and the Husky Invitational on Saturday. The Wildcats had three top-three finishers in Lubbock, highlighted by Zach Landa who won the men’s shot put for the third consecutive week. In Seattle, the distance crew had a day full of personal bests.
 
“Our final team competition out here in Lubbock was a really successful competition for us,” said Head Coach Fred Harvey. “We hit it in a lot of different areas. We had personal bests in the throws with Tapenisa Havea and Haedyn Bambolo. I thought we did a really nice job in the sprints as well where we had really good performances with Trayvion White-Austin setting the school record in the 60m dash yesterday. Overall, going into the USATF Indoor Championships we’ll have some opportunities to get into those top 16s for the NCAA Indoor Championships.”
 
TOP-THREE FINISHES
Zach Landa – First, Men’s Shot Put, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
Tapenisa Havea – Second, Women’s Shot Put, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
Keilee Hall – Third, Women’s 600y, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
 
FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
TEXAS TECH
The Wildcats started out strong on day two of the Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open. In the women’s shot put, Tapenisa Havea finished runner-up and Haedyn Bambolo finished fourth. Both Havea and Bambolo posted personal best throws on the day, with Bambolo doing so twice. Havea’s mark was 52-6 (16.00m), which is the first time she has surpassed 16 meters in the indoor shot put. Bambolo’s best was 49-9 (15.16m). Lauryn Love finished 10th in the event as well.
 
Arizona men’s shot put entered the meet ranked first in the nation in the USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings and they continued their strong season. Zach Landa won the event for the third straight week, posting a season best throw of 61-10.25 (18.85m). He has improved his season mark in every shot put competition this year. Youssef Koudssi placed fourth for the team with a throw of 58-5.75 (17.82m) and Tyler Michelini finished fifth with a toss of 58-2.5 (17.74m). Michael Ogbeiwi also made the event’s final and placed ninth.
 
Two Wildcats made it to the final of the women’s triple jump: Taylen Wise and Esther Akinlosotu. Wise’s best jump on the day was 41-4.25 (12.60m), which was good enough for a fifth-place…