LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV track & field team's
Acacia Astwood and
Alondraa Smith will travel to the Beehive State to compete at BYU's Clarence Robison Invitational. The Rebel duo will participate in the women's hammer throw Friday afternoon (1:00 pm MT/12:00 pm PT) at the Clarence Robison Track & Field Complex in Provo, Utah.
Besides the pair of Rebels and host BYU Cougars, the meet will also feature entrants from Dixie State, Fort Lewis College, Idaho State, Northwest Nazarene, Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley and Weber State.
MOUNTAIN WEST RANKINGS: UNLV has a total of 15 student-athletes as well as its 4x100m relay (44.79) and 4x400m relay (3:40.89) ranked in the top eight of 13 events in the current Mountain West performance list. Overall, the Rebels have four of their own in the top seven of the 100m and three in both the 200m and 100m hurdles.
Both relays sit first overall, while
Cassondra Hall and
Jonon Young are first in two events apiece, with the former leading the 100m (11.27) and 200m (23.08), while the latter tops the long jump (20-8/6.30m) and triple jump (43-8.5/13.32m). Additionally,
Avi'Tal Wilson-Perteete is first in the 800m (2:04.44). Hall and Wilson-Perteete are also sixth (54.54) and seventh (55.16) in the 400m, respectively.
Three more Rebels sit in the top eight of two events apiece, as
Tianna Randle is second in the 100m (11.38) and fourth in the 200m (23.62),
Kaysha Love is fourth in the 100m (11.63) and sixth in the 200m (23.69), and
Taylor Shorter is fourth in the 100m hurdles (13.89) and sixth in the 400m hurdles (1:01.38).
NATIONAL RANKINGS: Three of the aforementioned student-athletes are in the top 25 of the national rankings in a total of four events. Hall is 15th in the 100m and 22nd in the 200m, while Wilson-Perteete and Young come in 17th in the 800m and triple jump, respectively.
LAST TIME OUT: The Rebels collected 11 event victories and 37 top-eight finishes at their own Silver State Classic at Myron Partridge Stadium & Sheila Tarr-Smith Field last week. They recorded wins in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay as well as three more in field events – pole vault, long jump and triple jump.
