Five Wildcats climb Southland rankings at Baylor

Saturday, April 22

Waco, Texas

All Day

Abilene Christian

Baylor / Michael Johnson Invitational

Photo by: Rick Yeatts

Five Wildcats climb Southland rankings at Baylor

4/22/2017 11:30:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

WACO – 5K runners Carnley Graham and Sierra Bennett, javelin throwers Reagan Mabery and Natalie Jackson, and hurdler Riley Ellis all improved their standing on the Southland Conference performance list following their performances Saturday at Baylor's Michael Johnson Invitational hosted by Clyde Hart Stadium.

Graham once again was one of the Wildcats' top finishers as she placed fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a season-best mark of 17 minutes, 16.18 seconds that is the sixth fastest among all Southland runners. Texas A&M freshman Kelsie Warren won the race in 16:57.48 followed by SMU senior Shanoah Souza (17:07.77) and TCU junior Nicole Hicks (17:11.83).

Bennett placed 16th with her PR of 18:39.22 that ranks her 16th in the Southland.

ACU's men had two distance runners place among the top 10 in the 1,500-meter run. Ryan Cleary was fifth in 3:57.51 – 4.02 seconds behind winner Matthew League of Baylor (3:53.03), while Reid Rivers was seventh in the 20-man field in 3:59.92.

Cleary's finish matched Josh Hunter for the highest showing on the men's side as the discus thrower also placed fifth with his launch of 51.76 meters (169 feet-10 inches). Texas A&M senior Jeff Bartlett won the discus with an effort of 58.65m (192-05) that broke the previous stadium record of ACU's Kai Schmidt (57.47m) from two weeks ago. Texas sophomore Brian Peterson (55.46m / 181-11) was the distant runner-up to Bartlett.

Elsewhere in the throws, Mabery and Jackson finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the javelin while improving their individual conference rankings. Mabery tossed the javelin a PR distance of 40.04m (131-04) and now owns the fifth-best conference mark, and Jackson moved into 10th with her lifetime best of 38.01m (124-08).

Additional PRs today were recorded by Jessica King in the 100m (12.31), John Baker in the 5K (16:37.23), Irene Akwitti in the 100m hurdles (15.20) and Ellis in the 110m hurdles. Ellis' time of 16.40 moved him into the conference's top 20.

Saturday's meet featured a large number schools, including Air Force, Angelo State, Baylor, Cal State-Fullerton, George Mason, Lamar, Miami, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-CC, TCU and Texas Tech.

The Wildcats return to action next Thursday, April 27 for the Wildcat Open. Events begin at 3 p.m.

ACU Track and Field Results at Michael Johnson Invitational
Women's 100m Dash
30.) Jessica King – 12.31 (3.6w) (PR)

Men's 100m Dash
13.) Ryan Linton – 10.70 (1.1w)

Women's 200m Dash
31.) Jessica King – 25.90 (1.5w)
49.) Irene Akwitti – 27.57 (3.0w)

Men's 200m Dash
10.) Ryan Linton – 21.65 (2.7w)

Women's 400m Dash
21.) Kimone Green – 57.98
28.) Chartia Hurt – 59.18

Men's 400m Dash
16.) Blaze Brownlow – 48.70
35.) Avery Williams – 51.28

Men's 800m Run
14.) Sterlen Paul – 1:54.85

Men's 1500m Run
5.) Ryan Cleary – 3:57.51
7.) Reid Rivers – 3:59.92
13.) Drew Cummings – 4:08.80

Women's 5,000-meter Run
4.) Carnley Graham – 17:16.18 (6th in SLC)
16.) Sierra Bennett – 18:39.22 (PR and 16th in SLC)

Men's 5,000-meter Run
15.) John Baker – 16:37.23 (PR)

Women's 100m Hurdles
31.) Irene Akwitti – 15.20 (2.2w) (PR)

Men's 110m Hurdles
17.) Riley Ellis – 16.40 (1.8w) (PR and 20th in SLC)

Men's 400m Hurdles
11.) Lee-Andrew Bloomfield – 55.08
24.) Samuel Garcia – 58.54

Men's 4x400m Relay
10.) Abilene Christian – 3:18.40
Blaze Brownlow, Lee-Andrew Bloomfield, Avery Williams and Ryan Linton

Women's Pole Vault
13.) Kenzie Walker Mascorro – 3.76m (12-04.00)
20.) Mackenzie West – 3.61m (11-10.00)

Women's Shot Put
14.) Taylor Posey – 13.08m (42-11.00)

Men's Shot Put
11.) Joshua Hunter – 14.90m (48-10.75)
12.) Ryan Simmons – 14.47m (47-05.75)
21.) Riley Ellis – 9.99m (32-09.50)

Women's Hammer Throw
16.) Taylor Posey – 43.94m (144-02)
18.) Reagan Mabery – 42.27m (138-08)

Men's Hammer Throw
17.) Ryan Simmons – 46.69m (153-02)

Men's Discus
5.) Joshua Hunter – 51.76m (169-10)
14.) Ryan Simmons – 46.01m (150-11)

Women's Javelin
4.) Reagan Mabery – 40.04m (131-04) (PR and 5th in SLC)
5.) Natalie Jackson – 38.01m (124-08) (PR and 10th in SLC)
15.) Brielle Collett – 16.17m (53-01)

Men's Javelin
15.) McKennon Cecil – 50.37m (165-03)
17.) Ryan Simmons – 46.40m (152-03)