AZUSA, Calif./LONG BEACH, Calif./LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (4/13/24) – A pair of Arkansas State track and field athletes moved into the all-time top-10 on Saturday at the Beach Invitational.

Menachem Chen moved up to eighth in program history in the men’s discus throw, uncorking a toss of 55.31m (181-5). Noa Isaia threw the implement 51.80m (169-11) while Willem Coertzen recorded a season-best mark of 51.10m (167-8).

Bella Coscetti cleared a career-best 3.91m (12-10) in an 11^th-place finish, which tied for 10^th in school history. Trace South competed on the men’s side, tying for fourth with a height of 4.86m (15-11.25).

Josh Jones (5^th, 14.21w) and Kenyon Parker (8^th, 14.30w) earned top-10 finishes in the 110-meter hurdles at the Beach Invitational, while Alden Wetzel ran a wind-aided time of 15.19 to place 21^st. Jones also placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.65. Parker was 18^th, finishing the distance in 56.74.

Coertzen led four throwers in the men’s shot put, placing 10^th with a throw of 17.60m (57-9). Chen hurled the implement 16.14m (52-11.5) and Chris Boyd recorded a mark of 15.63m (51-3.5), while Isaia registered a throw of 13.62m (44-8.25).

In the women’s discus, Selase Sampram threw 47.16m (154-8) and Liya Guy had a top mark of 44.38m (145-7). Nyaluet Diew also competed, recording a toss of 39.30m (128-11). Diew was also 10^th in the women’s shot put (14.79m/48-6.25) and Sampram was 11^th (14.66m/48-1.25).

Alden Wetzel placed 20^th in the men’s 400 meters in Long Beach (49.12), with Mehki Hoo crossing in 50.36, while Reneisha Andrews ran the 100 meters in 12.01 to place 24^th. Spencer Taylor clocked a wind-aided mark of 22.09 in the men’s 200 meters.

In the men’s long jump, Amarrion Reese jumped 6.72m (22-0.75) in a 46^th-place finish.

At the Bryan Clay Invitational, Cadence Lapp ran a personal-best 4:41.48 in section C of the women’s 1500 meters, placing 32^nd. Rahel Broemmel raced in the invite section, finishing in 4:20.53.

Competition in Azusa continued as of 11 p.m. CT, with results to be published online after conclusion.

Also on Saturday, several athletes competed in the capital city at a windy Little Rock Invitational.

Matthew Williams placed fourth in the men’s long jump with a wind-aided mark of 6.97m (22-10.5), and later jumped a season-best 13.61m (44-7.75) to place third in the triple jump. Madison Holloway finished sixth in the women’s event, leaping 5.63mw (18-5.75).

Freshman Je’Breiya Chapman ran a collegiate-best 1:00.84 in a seventh-place finish in the women’s 400 meters, while Jeremiah Green ran 49.66 to place sixth in the men’s race. Chapman finished the 200 meters in 25.98, behind Hanyla Milligan’s 15^th-place time of 25.10w.

CJ Burge clocked a wind-aided time of 10.69 in a sixth-place result in the men’s 100 meters before finishing the 200 meters in 22.23.

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