ASU track and field saw a whole lot of individual success come this weekend — 23 athletes set personal records.
Head coach Greg Kraft saw this meet as proof the building blocks for his team.
“It’s the ones who have a baseline of consistency,” Kraft said in a statement after the game. “The people that continue to move up the list are the people that have been the most steady.”
One of the most consistent athletes has been junior Tim White, who has won every triple jump this season. On Saturday, he broke his personal record with a leap of 16.15. Despite this, he had to settle for third place.
He wasn't the only one experiencing highs on the triple jump. Senior Josh Dixon tied his personal best with a leap of 15.80, finishing seventh, and junior Keyasia Tibbs broke her record (12.91, seventh place).
ASU competed at three different locations over the weekend: in Iowa, Flagstaff and New Mexico.
The distance team set four different personal records in Iowa. In the women's 3000-meter, junior Chelsey Totten got eighth place with a time of 9:22.86. In the men's, redshirt junior C.J. Albertson broke his record with an 8:8.91, senior Riley Wattier got an 8:28.38 and Daniel Wong ran in 8:37.71.
In Flagstaff, the pole vaulters had a strong two-day run.
Sophomores Kristiana Warth and Haleigh Fritts tied for first place with a jump of 3.81 meters, and freshman Vanessa Davis finished fourth with 3.66. On men's pole vaulting on Feb. 13, Matthew Eckles leapt for 5.07 meters. It was the same as the winner; however, it took Eckles one more try than the champion, so he had to settle for second place.
Junior Nathan Hiett was slighty behind Eckles, jumping 4.92, and senior Jacob Flores and junior Dillon Groener got fifth (4.62).
Even with all this success, the field events stood out once again for ASU. Multiple athletes finished in the top-five and five got personal bests.
Redshirt sophomore Maggie Ewen set her record in shot put (16.7 meters) and weight throws (19.23 meters), placing second and third, respectively. Senior Ginger Jarchow also set a career-high in weight throws, launching it 16.46 meters.
Redshirt junior Kyle Long broke his record in weight throw with an 18.45 meter toss, edging out senior Ahmed Hassan (18.14, third place) and redshirt junior Thomas Anderson (18.06, fourth).
Redshirt senior Isaiah Underwood got two personal bests. In the 60-meter dash he ran a 6.71, but it was a short-lived record: he smashed it with a 6.68 race in the finals, getting fourth place.
Every ASU competitor in the women's 200-meter dash broke their personal record: junior Latroya Franklin ran a 23.80, senior Jasmine Gibbs got a 24.67, sophomore Sierra Irvin did it in 25:04 and sophomore Melese Crozier finished in 25.55.
The team did very well in three different locations and they have a big challenge coming up in the indoor MPSF championship at February 26 and 27 at Seattle.
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