TEMPE, Ariz. (March 25, 2022) — Northern Arizona returned to the Arizona State track for the first day of the ASU Invitational on Friday.
Jack Murphy found success in the ring once again, setting another personal record for the second week in a row, of 60.13 meters in the men's hammer throw; Jacob Kaufman (59.12m) and McKenna Chaney (52.82m) respectively competed in mens and women's event finals as well.
Meanwhile, Rudy Tapia and Matilde Roe advanced to men's and women's discus finals to respectively finish with 49.90 meters and 48.55 meters.
As for the jump squad, Madeline Wilson and Jack Normand high jumped 1.61 meters and 2.01 meters.
On the track, all Lumberjack hurdlers qualified for tomorrow's event finals, with Kiana Kai (14.62) and Wilson (14.67) advancing to the women's 100-meter finals and Trenton Givens (14.11) and Wil Peralta (14.69) making the cut for the men's 110-meter hurdles.
Several sprinters set personal best times as well, including Alyssa Colbert (24.40), LiNay Perry (24.74) and Kyle Smith (21.77) in the women's and men's 200 meter dash; David Dunlap (20.80) and Colbert now own the fastest men's and women's 200-meter times in the Big Sky this season.
The distance crew participated in the men's and women's 3000-meter race, as well as the men's 3K steeplechase.
The ASU Invitational will continue tomorrow, beginning at 10:30 A.M. (PT).
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