HOW IT HAPPENED
Action on the track opened up with a couple of personal bests in the men's 110-meter hurdles. Van Thrasher led the way with a fourth place mark and Ricardo Smith followed suit with a seventh place finish.
Brunel Desinor managed a top-20 finish in the men's 400. Joey Raybourne charted a PR as well. In the women's race, Morgan Moore had her season best mark of 1:04.
The men's 4x100 relay team had a season best finish with a mark of 40,35, earning the team a second-place finish. This stands in the top-50 in the NCAA East Region and the top-85 in all of NCAA DI.
A trio of Hilltoppers managed personal bests in the women's 1500. The duo of Kalina Urbaniak and Nayla Martin finished fifth and sixth and Addie Frisch finished within the top-20. In the men's 1500, Trevor Hudnall managed a season best finish.
In the women's pole vault, Natalie Papes secured the first PR in field events with a mark of 3.81, good for a second place finish.
NOTABLES
- In total, the Hilltoppers managed eight new personal bests when the action concluded Saturday. Both teams managed four apiece.
- The Tops saw a pair of PR's in the men's 110-meter hurdles with both competitors finishing in the top-10. Van Thrasher's personal record of 14.22 earned him a fourth place finish.
- Ricardo Smith also set a PR in the event with a time of 14.49, good for seventh place.
- In the men's 400 meter dash, Joey Raybourne set a PR with a time of 50.11.
- In the women's 400, Morgan Moore had a season best finish of 1:04.76.
- The men's 4x100 relay team had a season best finish in the event with a mark of 40.35, good for second place. This stands at No. 48 in the NCAA East Region and No. 82 in all of NCAA DI.
- In the men's 100 meter dash, Zachariah Taylor managed a PR with a 10.48 finish, good for 11th place.
- In the women's 1500, in her outdoor debut, Kalina Urbaniak managed a top-five finish, setting a new personal best of 4:34.35.
- Also making her outdoor debut for WKU, Nayla Martin set a new PR in the 1500 with a 4:35.79 finish, good for sixth place.
- Addie Frisch also set a PR in the event with a time of 4:44.98.
- Natalie Papes managed a new personal best in the pole vault with a mark of 3.81, good for second place.
NEXT UP
WKU will travel to Lexington, Ky. for the Jim Green Invitational on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3. The meet will be hosted by the University of Kentucky.
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Men's Results
100
10th - Kameron Horton - 10.48
11th - Zachariah Taylor - 10.48*
16th - Jayden Freeman - 10.55
400
16th - Brunel Desinor - 48.66
40th - Joey Raybourne - 50.11*
42nd - Henry Fisher - 50.32
1500
8th - Trevor Hudnall - 3:54.44 SB
33rd - Wade Balcom - 4:04.25
47th - Hollis Johnson - 4:11.63
110 Hurdles
4th - Van Thrasher - 14.22*
7th - Ricardo Smith - 14.49*
4x100
2nd - WKU - Horton, Desinor, Taylor, Freeman - 40.35 SB
4x400
13th - WKU - Taylor, Hudnall, Balcom, Johnson - 3:27.90
Discus
4th - LeAndre Bolen - 47.48 (155-09)
8th - Connor Owens - 45.87 (150-06)
Discus Invite
11th - Luke Stegman - 48.29 (158-05)
Triple Jump
14th - Taurian Smith - 13.76 (45-01.75)
Women's Results
400
59th - Morgan Moore - 1:04.76 SB
1500
5th - Kalina Urbaniak - 4:34.35*
6th - Nayla Martin - 4:35.79*
19th - Addie Frisch - 4:44.98*
3000 Steeplechase
14th - Arielle Phillips - 11:53
100 Hurdles
28th - Gianna Huerta - 14.77
37th - Madison Rabe - 15.29
Pole Vault
2nd - Natalie Papes - 3.81 (12-06)*
