BOBCAT INVITATIONAL RESULTS
TEXAS RELAYS RESULTS
SAN MARCOS, Texas & AUSTIN, Texas (March 28, 2019) - Northern Arizona University's track & field program competed in two premiere meets in the state of Texas on Thursday afternoon to kick off a weekend that has the 'Jacks spread across the country. The Bobcat Invitational hosted by Texas State University saw the "Jacks throws crew participate in the men's and women's discus; in Austin
Carter Bracken raced in the Men's 400m Hurdles event.
BOBCAT INVITATIONAL
Matilde Roe was the 'Jacks lone women's thrower on the day. She placed sixth in the Women's Discus competition while also setting a new PR. On her second attempt she hit a mark of 47.63m to top her previous personal best of 47.45m set at the 2019 Baldy Castillo Invitational earlier this month.
The men's squad saw
Parker Joens place first individually for NAU in the Discus with a mark of 51.49m, earning him a fifth-place finish. Joens threw for over 50m on four of his six throws.
William Beaudry set a new PR with a mark of 48.90m on his first attempt of the day. Beaudry would beat his previous personal best of 47.76m set at last season's 2018 Baldy Castillo Invitational. Beaudry would place 10th in the event.
TEXAS RELAYS
Bracken would place third in his heat in the Men's 400m Hurdles. His time of 55.22 would earn him the 46th best finish in the preliminary round in a field full of the nation's top male colligate hurdlers.
NAU will continue to compete at the Bobcat Invitational and Texas Relays this weekend. The 'Jacks distance squad will be ramping things up in California at the Stanford Invitational tomorrow.
