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Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Stadium
Weber State University Ogden UT 84408
OGDEN, Utah—The BYU men’s track and field team headed up north to participate in the Weber Twilight meet on Wednesday and returned with top marks in seven different events.
On the track, Cade Lindahl won the 200m in 21.70 and Steven Hart pulled in second with a time of 22.08. Jason Hinds also secured first in the 400m, finishing in 48.03.
Ryan Waite and Shaquille Walker finished two-three in the 800m race with times of 1:52.36 and 1:52.59 respectively.
In the 1500m, Ryan Jones took first with a time of 3:54.44 and Taylor Farnsworth finished second in 3:55.78.
Hyrum Iverson grabbed the victory in the 400m hurdles, finishing in 55.14, and Kevin Nielsen came in second, with a time of 56.08, and Jacob Cosby secured another victory for the Cougars in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing the event in 9:50.78.
Rounding off the running events, BYU’s 4x100m relay team of Fanfan Charles, Hart, Hinds and Lindahl also grabbed first place with a time of 41.02.
On the field, Brayden Bringhurst took second in the pole vault, clearing 4.85m (15’ 11.00”), and Kyle Mills took first in the triple jump, jumping 15.05m (49’ 4.50”), with Konrad Rywelski finishing in second with a distance of 13.64m (44’ 9.00”).
The Cougars now look to the Georgia Tech Invitational on May 11-12, their last regular season meet. Because of BYU’s independence, the Georgia Tech Invite takes the place of a conference championship meet this season.
Finals results from the Weber State Twilight are available at weberstatesports.com.
PROVO, Utah – The BYU men’s and women’s track and field teams will head north on Wednesday to compete at the Weber State Twilight meet.
The annual Twilight meet is an opportunity for athletes to improve their marks before engaging in postseason competition. It is typically used as a final chance to qualify for the NCAA West Region meet, but the Cougars will also be competing at the Georgia Tech Invitational on May 11.
In order to compete at the NCAA West Regional, athletes must rank in the top 48 in their respective events. The BYU men’s team currently has 33 athletes that would be eligible to compete at the meet, while the women’s team features 19 eligible athletes.
The top-12 finishers in each event at the West Regional will move on to nationals. Junior Nachelle Mackie, currently ranked first in the NCAA in the 800-meters, and Victor Weirich, ranked third in the pole vault, are the highest ranked athletes for the women’s and men’s teams, respectively.
As the athletes look to improve their marks at Weber State, they will face competition from Idaho State, Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley and Westminster College, along with the host Wildcats.
Field events will kick off the meet at 3 p.m. MT while the first running event, the women’s steeplechase, will begin at 4:30 p.m. The final event will be the men’s 4x400m relay, which is scheduled to begin at 8:35 p.m.
A full schedule is available at weberstatesports.com. Final results will be posted following the conclusion of the meet.