Results
LUBBOCK, Texas – West Texas A&M's
Betty Bajika won the 5,000-meter race on Saturday afternoon at the Masked Rider Open in Lubbock at the Texas Tech Fuller Track & Field Complex.
No. 1 Lady Buffs
Taylor Mixon finished eighth in discuss with a personal best 128-7.0 (39.21m) before she returned to throw 134-4.0 (40.95m) in the hammer throw.
Zada Swoopes placed third in the hammer with the school's third-best mark of 177-9.0 (54.18m).
Joey Zimmerman finished sixth in the women's pole vault at 11-0.25 (3.36m) followed by
Jayna Lueders in ninth with a clearance of 10-0.5 (3.06m).
Hekla Sif Magnusdottir finished eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 38-9.5 (11.82m) followed by
Stefani Vasileva in ninth (11.57m). The duo returned for the long jump where
Daniela Pesic finished seventh with a personal-best 18-11.75 (5.78m) with Vasileva and Sif Magnusdottir in 14
th and 16
th.
Tiana Melton finished 14
th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.04 with Makayla Thomas closesly behind in 16
th at 1:00.71.
Cheyann Shadden placed 11
th in the 400-meter hurdles while
Kara Stout finished 20
th in the 100 with a time of 12.86.
No. 2 Buffs
Jahmaal Wilson picked up a provisional mark as the top finisher for the Buffs in the 110m hurdles as the sophomore placed-second behind
Tyrin Lewis who competed unattached. Wilson ran 13.99 with
Christian Marshall running 14.65 to come in 12
th followed by
Traise Cain (14.89) and
Gerard Bryant (15.64).
Luke Holcombe finished sixth in the shot put with a mark of 48-8.75 (14.85m) followed by
Jon Tucker in eighth (13.49m).
Gabe Imery led the Buffs in the pole vault after clearing 14-5.5 (4.38m) to place ninth while Dawson and
Dylan Gilliam finished 10
th and 11
th.
Peniel Richard finished fourth in the triple jump with mark of 48-0.25 (14.65m) with
Sifiso Miya placing seventh and
Hunter Warminski in 11
th.
Jeremiah Lauzon grabbed a provisional mark in the 100m with a time of 10.36 to place fourth with the fourth-fastest time in DII.
Briggs Wittlake and
Gustavo Posada finished 4-5 in the 5,000-meter run with Wittlake running 15:23.13 and Posada 15:24.76.
Up Next
WT will return home to host the annual Jo Meaker Classic and Multi at the WTAMU Track & Field Complex in Canyon on April 7-9.
