CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah University track & field teams are back on the road this week for three prominent meets. The program will participate in the Texas Relays from Mar. 27-30, along with the UVU Collegiate Invite and Stanford Invitational from Mar. 29-30.

MEET INFORMATION

TEXAS RELAYS

UVU COLLEGIATE INVITE

STANFORD INVITATIONAL

RESULTS

TEXAS RELAYS

UVU COLLEGIATE INVITE

STANFORD INVITATIONAL

Head Coach Eric Houle Said:

"Texas Relays and the Stanford Invitational are the two biggest track & field meets this weekend. The fact that we can compete at this level is a credit to our athletes. These meets present an opportunity for the athletes to improve their performances and set NCAA regional qualifying marks."

Meet Info

The Texas Relays will be hosted at the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium on the University of Texas campus.

The field will feature some of the year's biggest competition for the Thunderbirds, including Washington State, Southern Methodist, and the University of Houston.

Competition will begin with the women's heptathlon and the men's decathlon at 9:00 a.m. MT on Wednesday, Mar. 27, and will wrap up with the men's and women's 4x400m relay on Saturday, Mar. 30 at 3:05 p.m. MT.

The UVU Collegiate Invite will take place at the Hal Wing Track & Field Center at Utah Valley University.

Among those participating include many in-state rivals, such as host school UVU, the University of Utah, and Brigham Young University.

The Stanford Invitational will play out at Cobb Track & Angell Field, north of Stanford's main campus.

The competition will feature plenty of well-known opponents, including the University of Kentucky, the University of Missouri, and Nebraska.

The invite will kick off on Friday, Mar. 29 with the men's javelin throw at 10:00 a.m. MT and will finish with the women's discus at 6:00 p.m. MT.

Last Time Out

Last weekend, the Thunderbirds opened their outdoor season at the Aztec Invitational and Utah Tech Invite.

With 53 points at the Aztec Invitational, the Thunderbird men's team took fourth in a field of 25 teams, in front of programs like Oregon, Colorado, and BYU.

Dylan Gibson impressed in the 400m, placing second with a time of 47.19 seconds. Nick Pembroke and Dawson Stokes took 23rd and 26th with times of 50.15 and 50.77 seconds respectively.

Ashton Miller and Jace Rodgers went back-to-back in the 400m in third and fourth place with times of 55.49 and 55.89 seconds.

With 1.93 points, the women's team took 28th place.

In the pole vault, Ariana Baker and Makenna Skoczylas each broke the school record with a height of 12'02.25"

Jessica Thurman took eighth place in the high jump with a distance of 5'03.25". Madisyn Baillie was close behind with a distance of 5'01.25", good for 11th place.

In the discus throw at the Utah Tech Invite,  Morgan Blackburn took the top spot for the women's team with a throw of 153'01.00", setting a new meet record. Logann Laws and Jackalyn Hatch also entered the record books in the javelin, with Laws' throw of 150'02.00" putting her in second all-time at SUU, and Hatch's throw of 140'06.00" putting her at ninth all-time.

For the men's team, Hayden Harward and Travis Feeny took first and second in the 1500m with times of 3:49.57 and 3:50.71 respectively. Lanse Larsen followed with a sixth-place finish and a time of 3:53.43 and Clayton Adams rounded out competition for the 'Birds in eighth with a time of 3:53.64. Jared Sharp took first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.76 seconds.

In the javelin throw, five Thunderbirds finished in the top ten with Bronis MacDougall leading the way in fourth with a throw of 197'00.00".

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