Texas Relays / Texas State Meet
AUSTIN, Texas - One school record fell and four other top 10 performances were added Saturday at Texas Relays and the Bobcat Relays. The Boilermakers added a Texas Relays event win to the final day of the prestigious meet.
SCHOOL RECORD
The women's 4x100-meter relay team of Autumn Heath, Carmiesha Cox, Savannah Roberson and Savannah Carson broke the school record Saturday after qualifying for the finals Friday. The team ran a time of 43.66 seconds, more than a second better than their time yesterday, which broke the school record by 0.31 of a second. The previous record was set by Carson, Cox, Devynne Charlton and Brionna Thomas last year at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
NEW PROGRAM TOP 10s
Carson had a big day in the women's 100-meter dash at the Texas Relays, running a time of 11.50 seconds to finish second. The time was a personal best by 0.04 of a second and ranks second in program history.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team ran the fourth-fastest time in program history at the Texas Relays. The team of Taylor Dunlap, Cox, Symone Black and Thomas ran a time of 3:35.05 to win the college/university race by four seconds.
Jessica Harter tied her PR and the fourth best jump in program history at the Bobcat Invitational. Harter won the event after clearing 4.10m (13-5.25).
Shantyra Delaney had a huge PR and ran the fourth fastest 100m hurdles in program history at the Bobcat Invite. Delaney ran a time of 13.44 seconds (+1.1) to win the event.
OTHER STRONG PERFORMANCES
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi was the top collegiate finisher in the shot put at the Texas Relays. Enekwechi threw 19.35m (63-6.00) to finish second overall. His mark is fifth in the country.
The women's 4x200m relay team of Roberson, Thomas, Heath and Cox finished third with a time of 1:33.34 at the Texas Relays. The time is the third fastest in the country.
Chelsie Meeks finished third in the discus at the Texas Relays. She threw 48.06m (157-08).
COMING UP NEXT
The Boilermakers head to another big meet next weekend as they travel to LSU for the LSU Invitational.