LOS ANGELES – The Utah track & field team had a great start to its outdoor season on Saturday picking up two event victories to go with a broken record in the 100m dash at the Trojan Invitational inside Loker Track Stadium.
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Utah's 4x100m relay team of
Megan Rose,
Emily Martin,
Chelsea Amoah and
Rachel Bair just missed out on breaking the school record with a run of 44.72. That mark just missed tying the school record by .01 and .02 from breaking it.
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Kylie Hartnett was primed from the get-go for Utah, leading the 1500m race wire-to-wire for the event victory at 4:36.05. Newcomer
Claire Le Gallo just missed a top-3 finish with a new PR time of 4:39.25 for fourth-overall.
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Bailey Kealamakia started her day finishing sixth-overall after posting a new PB in the 100m hurdles (14.53). Freshman
Lela Divinity ran a 15.06 in her first collegiate outdoor race followed by Bair posting a new personal best time of 15.33.
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Martin crushed her previous school record in the 100m dash when she clocked a PR time of 11.388 for sixth-overall.
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Utah nearly swept the podium in the 800m run, taking up three of the top-4 spots led by Annie Ivin's PR run of 2:09.73 – which was good for second-overall. Freshman
Lauren Ayers made her outdoor debut with a third-place run of 2:10.71 while
Grace Moroney took fourth with a new personal best mark of 2:11.31.
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Kealamakia then stepped back onto the track for the 400m hurdles and picked up Utah's second event victory with her run of 1:00.57. Divinity was behind her at the finish line, recording a final mark of 1:03.28 for second-overall.
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In her first outdoor 200m dash, Amoah just missed out of a third event win for Utah and finished second with a sprint of 23.48.
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Over on the long jump pits, Bair was able to secure a new PR when she leapt a distance of 5.65m (18-6.5).
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The Utes will return home and regroup before sending a select group down south next Friday, March 28, at the UVU Invitational.
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