LOS ANGELES / STANFORD, Calif. – The Utah track & field team closed out a busy day of competition with seven PRs and a pair of new entries into the school record between the Stanford Invitational and Rafer Johnson / Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitationals.
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Utah's 4x100m relay team of
Megan Rose,
Emily Martin,
Chelsea Amoah and
Rachel Bair kicked off the day of competition in Los Angeles, finishing second with a time of 44.82.
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Bailey Kealamakia (14.71) and
Lela Divinity (15.27) rounded out the top-10 in the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line in ninth and tenth respectively.
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Amoah continued her stellar freshman season on Saturday after she ran the second-fastest 100m dash in program history with a mark of 11.64 to take third-overall. It also happened to be Amoah's first time running the 100m event this year for the outdoor season.
Megan Rose wasn't far behind teammate and crossed the finish line at 11.851 for fifth-overall while
Chloe Shewell made it 3-for-3 with PRs in the event after recording 12.52.
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Kealamakia then notched a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.30 while Divinity placed fourth with a narrow PR time of 1:03.12.
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In the 200m dash, Martin was Utah's top finisher taking third-overall with a run of 23.69 while
Megan Rose just missed out on a top-10 finish with her run of 25.30 – which was good for 11th-place.
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The 4x400m relay squad of Martin, Amoah, Ivins and Shewell closed out the day on the track with a second-place finish time of 3:42.30.
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STANFORD INVITATIONAL
Utah's lone event at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday was the 800m run. The Women of Utah were led by
Millie Wilcox – who posted a new PB time of 2:05.39 to win her section.
Kyla Martin had the second-fastest time, checking in at 2:05.73 for fourth-overall in her section.
Bri Rinn recorded yet another PR after finishing at 2:06.52 in her section while
Erin Vringer closed out the day for Utah on The Farm with a new PR mark of 2:07.96.
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UP NEXT
The Women of Utah return home to host the Utah Spring Classic, their lone meet of the season, next weekend at the McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex. Admission is FREE for all in attendance. Fans can visit
UtahUtes.com for a complete schedule of events for the meet.
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