LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV track & field team collected 11 event victories and a total of 37 top-eight finishes amongst collegiate competition to finish first overall at the Silver State Classic at Myron Partridge Stadium & Sheila Tarr-Smith Field Saturday. Additionally, the program held a ceremony for its nine outgoing seniors.
The Rebels, who had 13 individuals record personal-best collegiate times/marks on the day, accumulated a total of 245 points. Cal State Fullerton took second with 132 points. Utah (84), Idaho (79), Northern Arizona (54) and Fort Lewis (34) rounded out third through sixth place, respectively.
The Scarlet & Gray recorded eight wins on the track – 100m (top collegian), 200m, 400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay as well as three victories in field events – pole vault, long jump and triple jump.
Cassondra Hall,
Kaysha Love,
DeAndra Greer and
Tianna Randle combined to win the 4x100m relay in a time of 44.86. Hall, Love and Randle were successful in individual events, too. Randle won the 200m in a personal-best time of 23.62, while Hall was first in the 400m (54.54), and Love was second overall in the 100m (11.63) – finishing behind Rebel alumna and former teammate
Destiny Smith-Barnett; however, she was the top collegian.
Alexis Surrell,
Taylor Shorter, Amari Prude and
Alia Scott partnered on the 4x400m relay triumph in 3:49.59. Individually, Shorter and Scott were first (1:01.38) and third (1:02.64) in the 400m hurdles, while Surrell finished seventh in the 100m (12.59).
Jonon Young claimed both the long jump and triple jump, winning the former in a distance of 20-8 (6.30) – tying a season-best mark – and the latter with a measurement of 42-0.50 (12.81m).
Rounding out the individual winners on the track were
Jazlynn Shearer in the 100m hurdles (13.65) and
Emma Wahlenmaier in the 800m (2:11.73).
Gaby Palmer was tops in the pole vault with a height of 12-0 (3.66m).
UNLV also saw four more take second place, with
Acacia Astwood in the hammer throw (177-8/54.17m),
Rosalie Breems in the 100m hurdles (13.84 PB),
Azaria Hill in the 100m (11.81),
Elisa Rovere in the 200m (2:12.15).
QUOTEABLE: "Today was a good day. We were able to get some things accomplished that we wanted to do and had some improvements in a lot of areas. We still have room to get better as we get to the last few competitions of the season. The winds have been tough for us at home in some event areas, but we use it to get better under any conditions and stay mentally tough." –
Yvonne Wade, the Director of UNLV Track & Field and Cross Country.
NEXT TIME OUT: A small contingent of Rebels will travel to Provo, Utah, next week to participate in Friday's portion of BYU's Robinson Invitational. The team will return to competition in Tucson, Arizona, at Arizona's Desert Heat Classic on May 1.
