PITTSBURG, Kan. – Two school records fell this weekend as the Truman State Track & Field teams competed at the future site of the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Jacob Morris exceeded the 20-meter mark in the men's weight throw on Friday as his fifth toss of the event flew 20.34 meters breaking his own school record from earlier this year. Morris' best prior was 19.92 meters. He finished second overall and sits ninth in the NCAA Division II performance list.
After waiting 18 years to break the women's 4000-meter distance medley relay record last season, it was nearly a year to the date as the relay team did it again.
Lexy Henrikson,
Kendall Dascher,
Raina Baker and
Addie Mathis ran 11:59.99 to break the record for the second year in a row. Henrikson and Mathis were on last year's record-setting team at 12:00.18. That time was an NCAA provisional mark and is 29
th in Division II and second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Baker set a PR on Saturday in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.44. She was one of seven women and four men to achieve personal best at the meet.
McKenna Ledgerwood ran 11:03.53 and
Kate Yates ran 10:39.62 for bests in the 3000-meter run.
Cora Stimpson ran 18:17.80 in the 5000-meter run.
Audrey Gilmore posted 10.02 in the 60-meter hurdles.
Lydia Lehmbeck ran 2:21.57 in the 800 and
Destiny Zimdars tossed the weight 15.08 meters for a PR.
In addition to Morris' PR and school record in the weight,
Tyler Davis set a best in the Shot Put at 15.51 meters.
Brycen Compton ran 1:58.15 in the 800 and Jacob Gutzman broke the nine-minute barrier at 8:58.72 in the 3000-meter run.
The meet featured several top teams in Division II looking to feel out the facility at Pittsburg (Kan.) State prior to the national championships in March.
The Bulldogs will have one final tune-up before the GLVC championships in two week. The team will send athletes to the Hilltop Classic at Illinois College in Jacksonville next Friday.
