The day's events were highlighted by the men's pole vault where Sam Crenshaw won the event and for the fourth time this indoor season set a new program record in the event with a mark of 5.27 meters. In the lower division Jackson Gray won with a mark of 4.97 meters.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The meet opened up with the men's weight throw where LeAndre Bolen managed a toss of 14.10 meters.
The first track event of the day for the Hilltoppers was the women's 400. Dreeanna Wade led the way for WKU with a 17th place finish. Sarah Payne logged a season best time of 1:00.10.
For the men, the first action on the track came with the 800 open. Senior Wade Balcom led the charge with a top-15 finish. Ben Dunkle finished right outside the top-20 in 21st place.
The men's pole vault proved successful for the Hilltoppers on Friday. Jackson Gray finished atop the B Division with a mark of 4.97 meters. In the A Division Sam Crenshaw won the event with a new program record vault of 5.27 meters, marking the fourth time this indoor season the sophomore has broken his own program record.
In the women's weight throw Ajla Basic managed a top 10 finish and Jayla Gilbert managed a season best throw of 15.10 meters.
The men's and women's 3000 meter races saw a pair of PR's. In the women's event Brooke Greenwell managed a top-15 finish and set a new personal best time of 9:52. In the men's event Sam Herbig set a new PR of 8:46.
The final event of Friday for WKU was the 200 meter C Division race. Freshman Carter Vinson managed a top-10 finish in the event.
NOTABLES
- In total, five Hilltoppers set a personal best on Friday.
- Sam Crenshaw won the men's pole vault (A division), setting a new program record with a vault of 5.27 meters, marking the fourth occasion that Crenshaw has done so this season.
- Crenshaw now holds the top-seven marks in the history of WKU Indoor Track and Field.
- In the men's pole vault b division Jackson Gray won the event with a PR of 4.97 meters.
- Jackson Tweed also set a PR in the event with a mark of 4.67 meters.
- Freshman Brooke Greenwell claimed a top-15 finish in the 3000 and set a PR with a time of 9:52.72.
- In the men's 3000, another freshman in Sam Herbig set a PR of 8:46.23.
- Ajla Basic claimed a top-10 finish in the women's weight throw.
Women's Results
200 C Division
60th - Endya Rice - 27.12
400 C Division
17th - Dreeanna Wade - 59.05
31st - Sarah Payne - 1:00.10
42nd - Morgan Moore - 1:06.15
3000 Open
14th - Brooke Greenwell - 9:52.72*
37th - Hannah Glassmeyer - 10:29.15
53rd - Lucy Spaw - 11:22.11
Weight Throw Open
10th - Ajla Basic - 18.05 (59-02.75)
42nd - Jayla Gilbert - 15.10 (49-06.5)
Men's Results
200 C Division
10th - Carter Vinson - 21.86
41st - Jayden Freeman - 22.78
400 C Division
37th - Joey Raybourne - 53.98
800 Open
11th - Wade Balcom - 1:53.13
21st - Ben Dunkle - 1:54.27
81st - Rowen Wilkinson - 2:14.56
3000
64th - Sam Herbig - 8:46.23*
66th - Mikie Carnell - 8:47.48
Pole Vault A Division
1st - Sam Crenshaw - 5.27 (17-03.5)**
Pole Vault B Division
1st - Jackson Gray - 4.97 (16-03.5)*
6th - Jackson Tweed - 4.67 (15-03.75)*
Weight Throw
43rd - LeAndre Bolen - 14.10 (46-03.25)
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