Track & Field Posts Strong Performances at Portland Twilight

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Track & Field Posts Strong Performances at Portland Twilight

5/4/2019 8:24 AM | Track & Field

Portland Twilight Results

The Utes earn six new PR's while nine out of 10 competitors record top-10 finishes.

PORTLAND, Ore. – The University of Utah competed in their second "last chance" meet on Friday competing at the Portland Twilight where six Utah runners earned and posted new personal-records that moved them into the Utah all-time top-10 lists.

Sophomore Jackie Martin and freshman Maya LeBar highlighted the meet for the Utes as Martin captured the event title while LeBar crossed right behind her earning the second-place finish. Martin finished the race in a new PR time of 24.71 and LeBar also finished in a new PR time of 24.74. Both of these times moved Martin and Lebar into fourth and fifth-place all-time at Utah.

LeBar also competed in the 400-meter race alongside freshman Skyler Blair who competed in her first 400-meter race this season and her college career. Blair finished in second-place with a time of 55.27 while LeBar ran just off her PR pace to finish in fourth-place posting a time of 56.75. Blair's time moved her into sixth-place all-time.

In the 800-meter race, junior Sarah Newton posted a new PR time of 2:05.88 to secure a sixth-place finish and move herself from fifth to fourth-place all-time. Freshman Brooklyn James also recorded a new PR time of 2:08.57 to capture a ninth-place finish. This time moves James into 10th-place all-time at Utah. Sophomore Whitney Hessler rounded out the competitors for Utah as she crossed in 14th-place with a time of 2:09.79.

Freshmen Cara Woolnough and Scarlet Dale led the Utes in the 1,500-meter race as they finished in fifth and sixth-place, respectively. Woolnough finished in a new PR time of 4:24.89 and keeps her place eighth all-time at Utah. Dale also crossed with a new PR time of 4:25.31, topping her previous record by three seconds, and moved herself into ninth all-time at Utah. Freshman Sophie Ryan also competed finishing in 10th-place with a time of 4:28.78, just missing her PR time of 4:28.73.

The Utes will be back in action today as senior transfer Kolbi Sims will be representing Utah at the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships taking place in Tucson, Ariz. Blair will be competing in four events at Day 1 of the championships and is slated to begin at 5:00 pm (MST) with the 100-meter hurdles.

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