LOUISVILLE, Ky. – WKU Track and Field finished the regular season this weekend at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational hosted by Louisville. Between the Hilltopper and Lady Topper squads, the Red and White brought home 16 top-five finishes.
Hilltoppers Jonathan Hayden and Julius Morris earned the two individual first-place finishes for WKU. Hayden ran the second best 110-meter hurdle time of the season for WKU with a time of 14.11 to finish in first. Morris ran the 200-meter dash and placed first with a season best time of 20.45.
WKU came up big in the relay events, placing in the top-three with four teams across the 4x100 and 400-meter relays. In the 4x100-meter relay, the team of Kymari Gates, Eli Minor, Austin Hayes, and Morris earned first place with a time of 39.99. Another WKU relay team consisting of Will Bush, Alec Tanksley, David Saruni and Maor Seged placed third with a mark of 41.32.
In the 4x400-meter relay, Oliver Alexandre, Tanksley, Gates and Hayes earned second place with a time of 3:13.16. Hayden, Denzel Villaman, Bush and Morris finished third, clocking 3:14.77.
Other top-five finishes in the male running events included Bush, Hayes and Gates finishing second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 100-meter dash. Bush clocked a 10.52, just one one-hundredth of a second off his personal record. Hayes and Gates both ran a 10.55. Alexandre finished third in the 400-meter after running a 47.98 and Bush placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.44.
The Hilltoppers continued to notch strong performances as Tanksley placed fifth in long jump and notched a personal record of 7.21 meters. Desmond Mobley earned fourth in triple jump with a mark of 14.40 meters.
Taylor Scarbrough and Alex Schell each notched personal records in the 1500 meter run with times of 4:02.30 and 4:08.05, respectively. Julien Cuyeu notched the new season best with a time of 4:01.88.
In the women's competition, the Lady Toppers earned three top-four finishes. In the seeded pole vault competition, Morgan McIntyre was at the top of the pack in a four-way tie. After a jump-off was completed, the Ashland, Ky., native was able to tie for second with a mark of 3.87 meters. Nicole Ogorek competed in the open pole vault competition and earned third with a jump of 3.57 meters.
Juannae Lewis brought home a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.30. Savannah Ames notched a personal record and season best for WKU in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:34.70.
WKU will rest for the next two weeks before heading to the Conference USA Outdoor Championships on May 10-13 in Houston, Texas.
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