CLOVIS, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV track & field team sits third overall after two days of action at the 2021 Mountain West Outdoor Championships. The Rebels have accumulated 33 total points and only trail Colorado State and New Mexico who have racked up 74 and 43 points through seven events, respectively.
UNLV recorded 22 points alone in the long jump, as
Jonon Young and
Jazlynn Shearer finished 1-2 to claim 18 points. Young won the event behind a jump of 20-4.25 (6.20m), while Shearer was runner-up with a personal-best distance of 19-10.75 (6.06m). Additionally,
Tenia Landrum was fifth and chipped in four points with her jump of 19-1.50 (5.83m).
The Scarlet & Gray got 10 more points from
Gaby Palmer's win in the pole vault – the first by a Rebel in MW history. Palmer, a transfer from UNR, rewrote the UNLV outdoor mark, once again, with a height of 13-7.5 (4.16m). Moreover, Palmer is the first Rebel to score in the event since Charlotte Covington scored two points with a seventh-place finish in 2001.
The Rebels picked up one point from
Acacia Astwood's eighth-place finish in the hammer throw (186-2/56.74m PB).
On the track, UNLV's
Cassondra Hall,
Kaysha Love and
Tianna Randle advanced out of the preliminary rounds to run in Saturday's 100m and 200m finals.
Azaria Hill will join the aforementioned trio in the 100m final, as well.
Amari Prude and
Avi'Tal Wilson-Perteete will represent the Rebels in the 400m and 800m finals, respectively.
In addition to her second-place finish in the long jump, Shearer qualified for the 100m hurdles finale and will also compete in the triple jump with Young,
Aaliyah Graves and
Jaylen Walker.
Rosalie Breems also advanced to Saturday's 100m hurdles, while
Taylor Shorter and
Alia Scott moved on to the 400m hurdles.
CURRENT STANDINGS: Through two days of action, Colorado State (74 points), New Mexico (43) and UNLV (33) sit 1-2-3 in the Championships standings. San Diego State (25) sits fourth, while UNR and Fresno State are deadlocked in fifth (22). Air Force (20), Utah State (13), Boise State (nine), Wyoming (seven) and San Jose State (five) round out seventh through 11th.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE: Day three's slate will have the trials and finals of four field events (javelin, triple jump, discus and high jump) and the finals of nine track events (Friday's seven – 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 150m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles and 1500m – plus the 5000m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay).
