EUGENE, Ore. – Nine Mountaineers represented App State at the USATF U20 Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday and Friday. The Mountaineers tallied a trio of top-five finishes on the week.
"It was a great learning experience for the U20 athletes to come out here to historic Hayward Field," said director of track & field/cross country
Damion McLean. "For those who may qualify next year, it will be a different story for them, but this meet is a great opportunity for our newcomers who qualify to build excitement to compete in the Black and Gold and be part of the Mountaineer family."
Rising sophomore
Henry Stark finished fourth with a time of 8:30.53 and fellow rising sophomore
Memphis Rich placed fifth with a time of 8:32.46 in the men's 3,000 meters. The pair moved to fourth and fifth in the App State all-time list for the event. In the men's 1,500 meters, incoming freshmen Bryant Young and Tate Shore placed fourth (3:55.31) and sixth (3:55.86), respectively.
Incoming freshman Allie Kinlaw placed eighth in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:15.71. Rising sophomore
Thomas Wlazlowski also finished eighth in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, clocking a time of 9:18.80. He remains 10th in the App State all-time list in the event with a personal best of 9:03.65, which he set at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 8-10).
In the women's triple jump, incoming freshman Alana Braxton recorded a leap of 12.24m (40' 2") to place eighth overall. Braxton went on to place 11th in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.55m (18' 2.5"), while fellow incoming freshman Kelly MacBride took 12th with a leap of 5.25m (17' 2.75").
