Young, Birk-Jarvis set school records at Iowa State Classic

AMES, Iowa – All-Americans Clayton Young and Erica Birk-Jarvis broke BYU indoor records as BYU track and field completed the first day of competition at the Iowa State Classic and Texas Tech Shootout.

Iowa State Classic

Birk-Jarvis broke the all-time record at BYU on her way to winning the women’s 3000m invite at the Iowa State Classic. Her time of 9:00.69 broke the previous record of 9:04.06 set in 2004 by All-American Michaela Mannova.

Young took first in the men’s 5000m invite at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 13:34.46 to set the new school record. The senior also ran the fastest times in meet and facility history breaking the previous records by almost three seconds. Current teammate, All-American Rory Linkletter set the previous 5000m school record at the Iowa State Classic last season.

All-American Connor McMillan and Conner Mantz moved up BYU’s top 10 record boards in the 5000m as well. McMillan clocked 13:38.63 to move up five spots to No. 2 all-time while Mantz finished with a time of 13:39.27 for the third-best time in school history. Linkletter and Jacob Heslington both finished under 14 minute in the 5000m with times of 13:42.07 and 13:58.46, respectively.

Texas Tech Shootout

Michael Bluth ran a career-best 46.94 in the men’s 400m to earn a spot on the school record boards with the fourth-best time in BYU history. Teammate Colten Yardley also finished with a personal best in the 400m with a time of  48.11.

Clark Brown clocked a 6.81 in the men’s 60m prelims to advance to the final where he took fifth place with a time of 6.75. Haley Rogers ran a season-best 7.71 in the women’s 60m while Kaitlyn Gunnerson-Burrup earned a personal record in the women’s 60m hurdles with a time of 8.76.

Rickey Fantroy matched his career best in the men’s triple jump for the third time this season with a distance of 14.93m/48-11.75 on his way to finishing seventh. Jacob Foutz took fifth in the men’s weight throw with a toss of 18.58m/60-11.5.

The Cougars will conclude competition at both meets tomorrow. Follow @BYUTFXC on Twitter for team updates and links to live results can be found on the BYU track and field schedule page.