TOPEKA, Kan. – Competing in her first collegiate pentathlon, Maïa Maury won the event at the Washburn Open for the Texas A&M University-Commerce track and field team at the Washburn Indoor Athletic Facility on Saturday.
As a team, the Lions won three events, two on the men's side and Maury's pentathlon.
FULL RESULTS
"Maïa's win in the Pentathlon was impressive, while Julia's strong return was inspiring, and Iniuto had another strong weekend in the throws," said assistant coach
Rock Light. "Cameron got us fired up with big win in hurldes, with a personal best and a provisional time, Jordan now has the fastest team in the LSC in the 400."
"Our distance group had several multiple bests and our men's sprint group was on fire. We saw domination from our men's jumpers.
(Dallas – Carter) set the meet record time of 7.96 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles final. His time is second in the Lone Star Conference this season and sixth in the country.
Jordan Johnson (Gauteng, South Africa) and
Maxime Woirin (Lyon, France) clocked in times of 8.42 and 8.50 during qualifying, both are top 12 in the conference.
The relay team of Woirin,
Delan Edwin (Castries, Saint Lucia),
Conner Stockerl (The Woodlands), and
Jordan Hollis (Lancaster) ran a provisional time of 3:14.97 in the 4x400 meter relay. That time gives the quartet the fastest time in the LSC this season and eighth in the country.
The Lions had two of the three fastest times in the 60 meter dash.
Emmanuel Agenor (Spanishtown, Jamaica) finished second with a provisional time of 6.81 seconds, just behind the Tulsa's Joshua Sutton's time of 6.80 seconds. Agenor's time is the fourth fastest in the Lone Star Conference this season and 15
th in the country.
J.T. Smith (Klein Oak) sprinted to a time of 6.85, finishing third.
Hollis ran a time of 48.62 seconds in the 400 meter dash to tie for sixth. Both him and Iowa Western Community College's Shamar Brown timed 48.612 seconds. Hollis' time is the fastest in the LSC this season.
Two more top 15 times in the conference came for the Lions in the 800 meter run.
Octopias Ndiwa (Eldoret, Kenya) placed fifth in the race with a time of 1:55.60, which is sixth fastest in the conference this season.
Timon Kemboi (Eldoret, Kenya) ran a time of 1:57.21 to place 10
th. His time is 13
th in the LSC thus far this season.
Dakari Hill (Orlando, Fla.) recorded a meet record of 6 ft 6.75 inches in the high jump, placing in a tie for second place, but finished fourth based on attempts. The mark is second best in the LSC this season.
The Lions had three jumpers in the top five in the lone jump.
Dodley Thermitus (Elizabeth, N.J.) finished as the runner up with a jump of 23 feet 8.75 inches (7.23m), Tryis Jefferson (Tyler – Lee) jumped 22 feet 0.25 inches (6.90m) to place fourth and
Trayveon Franklin (Montgomery) finished in fifth place with a jump of 21 feet 11.75 inches (6.70m).
Ryan Amador (Jonesboro, Ark.) threw 51 feet 7.25 inches (15.73m) for fourth place in the meet and third in the LSC this season.
WOMEN
Maury (Noisy-Le-Grand, France) won the Pentathlon with a facility record of 3,407 points. She was the top finisher in three of the five events. She had the second best mark in the high jump among all athletes in the LSC this season and eighth fastest time in the 800 meter run.
Her total score is third in the LSC this season and 16
th nationally. Teammate
Jessie Payne (Grapeland) also competed in the pentathlon, placing 10
th with a score of 2,147.
Maury won the first two events of the day. She clocked in a time of 9.51 in the 60 meters hurdles, which is 13
th best in the LSC. She was the lone athlete to clear 5 ft 4.50 inches (1.64 m) in the high jump, which is second best in the LSC this season. Payne finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 5 feet 1 inch (1.55m).
The Lion duo placed ninth and tenth, respectively in the shot put. Maury jumped 17 feet 2 inches (5.23m) in the long jump to finish third, that mark is also 11
th overall in the LSC this season. She closed out the event by winning the 800 meter run with a time of 2:23.30, which is eighth fastest in the LSC.
Ashley Benton (Dallas - Waxahachie) and
Sofia Khenfar (Lyon, France) qualified for the 60 meter dash finals. Benton finished fifth with a time of 7.76 seconds and Khenfar took seventh, clocking in a time of 7.84 seconds. Benton's time is seventh in the LSC this season, Khenfar's is eighth.
In the 60 meter hurdles,
Julia Seigerroth (Jonkoping, Sweden) clocked in a time of 8.92 in the final to finish fourth. Her time is fifth in the LSC this season.
Chelsea Cheek (Baytown – Lee) cleared 5 feet one inch (1.55m) in the high jump to place fourth.
Iniuto Ukpong (Arlington – Mansfield Summit) placed fourth in the shot put, throwing 43 feet 4.5 inches (13.22m). Ukpong's throw puts her in third place in the LSC this season.
"As we move into February, our expectations are high," concluded Light. "We have many talented newcomers that will begin their careers as Lions and defending national champion
Ushan Perera will begin his indoor season at Texas Tech in two weeks."
UP NEXT
The Lions are off next weekend and head to Lubbock for the Texas Tech Shootout on February 11-12.
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