Hilltoppers Make Record Book on First Day of C-USA Championships

Saturday, February 19

Birmingham, Ala.

Western Kentucky University

Conference USA Indoor Championships

Hilltoppers Make Record Book on First Day of C-USA Championships

2/19/2022 9:38:00 PM | Track & Field

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – WKU Track & Field had two performances in the first day of the 2022 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships that made the WKU Hilltopper indoor record book.

Devon Montgomery cleared a personal best 4.74 meters in the pole vault, the third-best mark in program history. The men's Distance Medley Relay squad of Clint Sherman, Jordan Eddy, Trey Kraimer and Dedrick Troxell ran a 10:09.13 relay time, the fourth-best in program history. Both performances placed fifth in their events, scoring four points for the Hilltopper squad.

Four other performances put points on the board for the Red and White at the Birmingham Crossplex on Saturday. Savannah Heckman placed fourth in the women's 5k, the entire squad's best finish of the day, to pick up five points for the women's side.

In the women's weight throw, Ajla Basic and Aitana Safont Falomir placed fifth and seventh, respectively, after both logging major personal bests on the day. Basic threw 17.97 meters while Safont Falomir recorded a 17.74-meter throw.

Finishing out the scoring on Saturday was Brett Brannon. He finished sixth in the men's weight throw, picking up three points, with a throw of 17.46 meters.

As a team, the men are currently in eighth with 11 points while the women are in 10th, also with 11 points.

Multiple Hilltoppers qualified for finals events out of Saturday's preliminary races. Demetrius Rolle will be running in the finals of the 60-meter after notching a new PR of 6.72. Cedric Johnson qualified for the hurdle finals after finishing sixth out of qualifying.

Both Sherman and Troxell are moving from prelims to finals in the mile as well. Sherman finished top two in his heat with a time of 4:16.31 while Troxell qualified as an at-large with a time of 4:12.09.

Action for WKU starts on Sunday with the women's high jump, men's shot put and men's triple jump, all beginning at 10 a.m. CT. The track will start with the finals of the men's mile at noon.

Women's Results
60m Prelims
15^th – Queen Couch – 7.73
800m Prelims
19^th – Elyssa Toal – 2:25.48
5000m
4^th – Savannah Heckman – 16:55.62 – 5 points
17^th – Lucy Rutherford – 17:52.69
Pentathlon
13^th – Samyzia Sears – 2911 points*
14^th – Rachel Payne – 2531 points
15^th – Audrey Griffin – 2508 points*
DMR
10^th – Jenna Vaughn, Abigail Green, Madeline Powell, Elyssa Toal - 12.48.87
Weight Throw
5^th – Ajla Basic – 17.97m (58' 11.5") – 4 points*
7^th – Aitana Safont Falomir – 17.74m (58' 2.5") – 2 points*
15^th – Ines Lopez Arias – 16.04m (52' 7.5")
18^th – Tayelor Thrasher-Walker – 15.08m (49' 5.75")
26^th – Mary Claire Redden – 13.13m (43' 1")*
Pole Vault
11^th – Grace Turner – 3.56m (11' 8")
Nikki Ogorek – NH

Men's Results
60m Prelims
7^th – Demetrius Rolle – 6.72 – qualified*
13^th - Steven Simmons – 6.93
60m Hurdles Prelims
6^th – Cedric Johnson – 8.49 – qualified
200m Prelims
15^th – Demetrius Rolle – 22.18
18^th – Gabriel Dozier – 22.26
400m Prelims
13^th – Zackery Martinez – 49.78*
800m Prelims
18^th – Jordan Eddy – 1:57.86*
19^th – Trey Kraimer – 1:58.07
Mile Prelims
6^th – Clint Sherman – 4:16.31 – qualified
7^th – Dedrick Troxell – 4:12.09 – qualified
5,000m
16^th – Keegan Barnette – 15:44.23
DMR
5^th – Clint Sherman, Jordan Eddy, Trey Kraimer, Dedrick Troxell – 10:09.13 – Fourth fastest in program history – 4 points
Pole Vault
5^th – Devon Montgomery - 4.74m (15' 6.5") – Third best in program history - 4 points*
Weight Throw
6^th – Brett Brannon – 17.46m (57' 3.5") – 3 points
10^th – John Elam – 16.30m (53' 5.75")
11^th – Joel Dittoe – 15.55m (51' 0.25")
12^th – Kaison Barton – 15.07m (49' 5.5")