Blair & Martin Move Into All-Time Lists With Strong Performance at Texas Tech

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Blair & Martin Move Into All-Time Lists With Strong Performance at Texas Tech

1/31/2020 10:44 PM | Track & Field

Texas Tech Invite Friday Results UW Friday Results

The Utes collect five PR's during Friday's events at Texas Tech and UW.

LUBBOCK, Texas & SEATTLE — The University of Utah track and field team continued competition at day 2 of the Texas Tech Invite with stellar performances from Skyler Blair, Jackie Martin and Lauren O'Banion in the 600m event that saw Blair and Martin move themselves into the Utah all-time list.

Blair highlighted the day for Utah winning her heat in the 600m and secured the seventh-place finish with a PR time of 1:32.41. Jackie Martin also PR'd, placing third in her heat and finished two-spots back in ninth (1:33.36). Blair moved into third all-time while Martin jumped into seventh after the race. O'Banion wrapped up the entries with a PR time of 1:37.58 and came in 13th overall.

Jackie Martin, Lauren O'Banion, and Skyler Blair all with HUGE 600m PR's and shaking up the top 10 leaderboards!!! #goutes #utahtfxc pic.twitter.com/sUH6XYSC2a
— Utah T&F/XC (@Utah_trackfield) February 1, 2020

Utah capped its day of racing in Texas with the 400m race where Oneillia Fuller and Jasie York represented the Utes. Fuller crossed the finish line in 56.67, just beating her previous PR (56.69) by two-tenths of a second to place 23rd. York captured second in her heat, which was good for 28th-place (57.43).

In Seattle, Emma Christensen kicked things off recording a new PR in the 5k race and finished with a mark of 17:56.57, topping her previous by 15 seconds.

"In the 600m they were able to record a couple of all-time top-10 times and I'm really excited about for those gals. We know we have a great middle distance crew and they ran really well. I also thought the 400m crew ran well, especially Jasie, competing in a really good field," heach coach Kyle Kepler said.

The Utes will cap off the weekend tomorrow with a full day of racing at both the Texas Tech and UW Invites. Running events at Texas Tech will begin at 11 a.m. (MT) while the UW events are slated to begin at 11:20 a.m. (MT).

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