The SMU Mustangs track and field team recorded ten new personal bests and four top ten performances in program history at the Bryan Clay Invitational held over three days in Azusa, California, according to an April 19 announcement.
These results highlight a strong showing for the Mustangs as several athletes moved up the all-time school rankings. One athlete lowered her times in both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter events, now holding second place in SMU history for both. She finished with times of 2:04.89 in the 800 Invitational and 4:16.73 in the 1,500 Invitational, meeting conference standards to compete at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship.
In field events, another Mustang moved up to fourth place all-time at SMU in the triple jump after reaching a distance of 13.05 meters and securing second place in that invitational event. The freshman is currently ranked seventh within the conference for this discipline. Teammates Hedda Kvalvag placed seventh with a mark of 12.57 meters while another athlete took eighth with a jump of 12.49 meters.
Distance runner achievements included a late-night race on Friday where one Mustang set a personal record of 16:22.19 in the women’s 5,000 meters, making her ninth all-time at SMU for that event.
In other results from jumping events, an athlete finished second overall in long jump invitational competition with a leap of 6.46 meters while others achieved season or personal bests—one marking a PR at 5.55 meters, another recording her season’s best at 5.35 meters, and yet another achieving her PR with a jump of 5.32 meters.
Additional notable performances came from Preston who had two personal records—one clearing high jump at 1.63 meters and another reaching shot put distance of 9.22 meters—and from Smits (seventh place) and Correia (fourteenth) who each set new personal marks running under four minutes thirty-one seconds for their respective heats in the women’s open B section of the mile run.
The Mustangs will continue their outdoor campaign next weekend as they compete at meets hosted by Baylor University and Stanford University.
