Thursday, April 28
Arlington, TX
University of Texas Arlington
vs
UTA Under Armour Invitational
4/27/2022 8:00:00 PM | Track & Field
ARLINGTON – The UT Arlington track and field team prepares to host the Under Armour Invitational on Thursday evening inside Maverick Stadium.
Over 11 schools will be represented during the event with field action starting things off at 1 p.m. followed by the track portion at 6 p.m.
UTA comes off a great weekend at Baylor that saw Arthur Petersen named Sun Belt Conference Field Athlete of the Week.
Petersen stole the show for the Mavs with a mammoth throw of 79.90, breaking his previous school record and moving up to third in the nation in the javelin.
The Denmark native's record throw surpassed the previous stadium record of 76.08 and would have been tops in the nation if not for Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi of Baylor, who hit on a throw of 81.07. Petersen set a new Sun Belt record, breaking the previous mark of 78.69 by Ignacio Guerrera of Western Kentucky.
Additionally the men remained ranked 27th in the country behind top national performances from Bryson DeBerry (5th - High Jump, 2.21m | 7-03), Joel Bengtsson (6th -Â 110m Hurdles, 13:54), and Lucas Van Klaveren (11th -Â Decathlon, 7,760). All four athletes will be in action on Thursday.
On the women's side, Iyana Gray had another huge day in Waco, making an impact in two different events. Gray got the day started along with teammates Adeyemi Talabi, Tatyana Terrell, and Vanessa Ugorji as they blazed to an impressive 44.62 in the 4x100, the second-fastest time in school history and just .03 seconds off the school record of 44.59.
Gray followed that up with an incredible run in the 100-meter dash, setting a new PR, and again, the second-fastest time in school history at 11.31, just .01 seconds off the school record. Her time was good for 28th in the country. It was one of five PRs in the 100 which included Madison Pippins (11.76), Adeyemi Talabi (11.77), Mikeya Washington (11.84), and Terressia Grant-Corsey (12.06). Â
Five Mavs set new PRs in the 100-meter hurdles led by Krystal Igbo at 13.88 followed shortly by Shelby West at 13.93. Jade Bontke crushed her PR at 14.17, while McKinley Novacek (15.45) and Julia Glenn (16.58) set new bests.
Liv Cantby got the day rolling strongly with a throw of 49.60 in the javelin to take a fourth place finish, while Obi Ugwu was part of a strong day in field events as he set a new PR in the triple jump at 14.50.
All of the women will be in action on Thursday.
Click here for the official home page and more information on Thursday's event.
FOLLOW ALONG
Follow the UTA track and field and cross country teams on Twitter (@UTAMavsTFXC), Instagram (@UTAMavsTFXC) and Facebook (/UTAMavsTFXC).
Over 11 schools will be represented during the event with field action starting things off at 1 p.m. followed by the track portion at 6 p.m.
UTA comes off a great weekend at Baylor that saw Arthur Petersen named Sun Belt Conference Field Athlete of the Week.
Petersen stole the show for the Mavs with a mammoth throw of 79.90, breaking his previous school record and moving up to third in the nation in the javelin.
The Denmark native's record throw surpassed the previous stadium record of 76.08 and would have been tops in the nation if not for Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi of Baylor, who hit on a throw of 81.07. Petersen set a new Sun Belt record, breaking the previous mark of 78.69 by Ignacio Guerrera of Western Kentucky.
Additionally the men remained ranked 27th in the country behind top national performances from Bryson DeBerry (5th - High Jump, 2.21m | 7-03), Joel Bengtsson (6th -Â 110m Hurdles, 13:54), and Lucas Van Klaveren (11th -Â Decathlon, 7,760). All four athletes will be in action on Thursday.
On the women's side, Iyana Gray had another huge day in Waco, making an impact in two different events. Gray got the day started along with teammates Adeyemi Talabi, Tatyana Terrell, and Vanessa Ugorji as they blazed to an impressive 44.62 in the 4x100, the second-fastest time in school history and just .03 seconds off the school record of 44.59.
Gray followed that up with an incredible run in the 100-meter dash, setting a new PR, and again, the second-fastest time in school history at 11.31, just .01 seconds off the school record. Her time was good for 28th in the country. It was one of five PRs in the 100 which included Madison Pippins (11.76), Adeyemi Talabi (11.77), Mikeya Washington (11.84), and Terressia Grant-Corsey (12.06). Â
Five Mavs set new PRs in the 100-meter hurdles led by Krystal Igbo at 13.88 followed shortly by Shelby West at 13.93. Jade Bontke crushed her PR at 14.17, while McKinley Novacek (15.45) and Julia Glenn (16.58) set new bests.
Liv Cantby got the day rolling strongly with a throw of 49.60 in the javelin to take a fourth place finish, while Obi Ugwu was part of a strong day in field events as he set a new PR in the triple jump at 14.50.
All of the women will be in action on Thursday.
Click here for the official home page and more information on Thursday's event.
FOLLOW ALONG
Follow the UTA track and field and cross country teams on Twitter (@UTAMavsTFXC), Instagram (@UTAMavsTFXC) and Facebook (/UTAMavsTFXC).
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