The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
03.30.2017 | Texas Relays
One collegiate record, two stadium records and three meet records were broken on Thursday.
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AUSTIN – Day two of the 2017 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays saw three meet records broken, including one collegiate record, as the action heated up in Austin.
Texas A&M's Lindon Victor scored 8,472 points in the men's decathlon to set a new collegiate record, breaking Texas Ex Trey Hardee's previous record of 8,465 points set at the 2006 Texas Relays. Victor had the record in his sights after eight events, but struggled in the pole vault and fatigued in the 1500-meter run quickly. However, he was able to power through, crossing the finish line with just over a second to spare in order to set the record.
In the women's heptathlon, Erica Bougard of Chula Vista Elite (graduate of Mississippi State) was victorious with 6,246 points. Her score was a new Texas Relays record.
Two meet records fell in the Invitational 800 meters. On the men's side, UTEP's Michael Saruni won with a time of 1:45.82. It was not only a meet record, but a Mike A. Myers Stadium record. He bested Leo Manzano's previous meet record of 1:46.63. On the women's side, Nike's Crishauna Williams set a new Texas Relays record with a time of 2:02.25 to edge out defending back-to-back champion Kendra Chambers (2:02.43).
Impressive marks were not only set on the track Thursday, but also in the field events. Northern Arizona junior Brooke Anderson was victorious in the women's hammer throw with a distance of 220-10 (67.32m). Her throw was the longest winning throw at the Texas Relays since 2013 (Amanda Bingson, Nike/NYAC) and was the longest throw for a collegiate winner in Relays history.
There were several other finals on Thursday afternoon:
>>Alexander Young of Southeastern Louisiana won the men's hammer throw with a toss of 235-5 (71.77m)
>>Dylan Ahrens of Clemson won the men's javelin (section B) with a throw of 213-10 (65.19m)
>>Hussain Alhizam of Kansas won the men's pole vault (section B) with a height of 17-9 (5.41m)
>>Victor Castillero of Charleston (W.V.) won the men's pole vault (section C) with a height of 16-11 (5.16m)
>>Kristyn Archuleta of North Texas won the women's javelin (section B) with a throw of 151-3 (46.10m)
>>Lindsay Joyce of South Dakota won the women's 1500m (section B) in a time of 4:31.79
>>Jacob Simmons of South Dakota won the men's 1500m (section B) in a time of 3:56.47
>>Bryan Kamau of Georgia won the men's 1500m with a time of 3:49.72
>>Melina Gryschka of Eastern New Mexico was victorious in the women's 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:28.99
>>Texas' John Rice won the men's 3000m steeplechase in 9:04.30
>>Ryle Bowen of Sonoma Academy (Calif.) won the girls 2000m steeplechase with a time of 7:02.06
>>Zephyr Seagraves of College Station won the boys 2000m steeplechase in 6:06.21
>>Winny Koech of UTEP was victorious in the women's 5000m with a winning time of 16:22.26
>>Sid Vaughn of Georgia won the men's 5000m in 14:15.42
