AZUSA, Calif./LONG BEACH, Calif. (4/11/24) – Arkansas State track and field opened an action-filled weekend of competition on Thursday, competing on the West Coast at the Bryan Clay Invitational and Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.

Three athletes registered marks which rank among the program’s all-time top-10 on Thursday.

In Azusa at the Bryan Clay Invitational, freshman Miranda Burgett finished the first day of the heptathlon in third place with 3,248 points, while Izzy Daines was 15^th with 2,742. Burgett won the high jump portion, clearing 1.76m (5-9.25) for 928 points to move up to ninth in school history. She opened with a career-best time of 14.59 in the 100-meter hurdles, while Daines ran a season-best 14.81.

Cash Kunkel finished 39^th in the men’s steeplechase, running 9:06.90, while Elizabeth Martin ran a season-best 10:49.64 in the women’s race, placing 49^th.

At the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (PCI) in Long Beach, Menachem Chen moved to ninth in school history in the men’s discus, tossing the implement 53.89m (176-9) in Long Beach. Noa Isaia recorded a throw of 51.89m (170-3) and Chris Boyd had a mark of 50.63m (166-1).

Michelle Ogbemudia moved up to fifth in school history in the women’s hammer throw, hurling 54.55m (178-11).

Selase Sampram finished fifth in the women’s shot put with a throw of 15.37m (50-5.25) and Nyaluet Diew threw 13.44m (44-1.25) to place 23^rd. Sampram threw a season-best 48.55m (159-3) in an 11^th-place finish while Liya Guy placed 27^th with a throw of 44.49m (145-11).

Willem Coertzen placed 14^th in the men’s shot put at the PCI, throwing a distance of 17.21m (56-5.75). Chen threw 15.91m (52-2.5) and Boyd notched a mark of 15.15m (49-8.5).

Kenyon Parker placed seventh in the 110-meter hurdles, with Josh Jones finishing 18^th, running wind-aided times of 14.04 and 14.39.

In the long jump, Alexis Taylor leaped a personal-best 5.88m (19-3.5) to place 17^th in the women’s event, while Amarrion Reese was 41^st with a jump of 6.68m (21-11.0) in the men’s competition.

Reneisha Andrews clocked a wind-aided time of 11.94 to place 17^th in the women’s 100 meters, while Alden Wetzel ran a personal-best 10.91 in the men’s race.

Trace South tied for 23^rd in the men’s pole vault, clearing 4.71m (15-5.5).

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