HOUSTON – Day one of the Robert Platt Invitational opened with the women's weight throw and featured the first multis event of the season, as well as a combination of running and field events.
In the pentathlon,
Glodis Thuridardottir started her day off right with a PR in the 60m hurdles at an 8.78s pace to claim the early lead with 956 points. In the high jump, the native of Iceland matched her PR with a 1.53m leap to bring herself up to 1611 points through two events. In the shot put, the third event of the pentathlon, Glodis produced a throw of 10.92m to gain 590 points. On to the long jump, she claimed another collegiate indoor PR with a 5.43m leap to secure 680 points to place her in the lead. In her final event of the day, Glodis shattered her previous 800m collegiate indoor PR by almost 10 seconds, with a scorching 2:26.26s dash to secure 1st place. Her 3621 points in the women's pentathlon are the 4th most points scored in an indoor event in UTA history. She also currently ranks 1st the WAC.
"We are super excited she performed well today," said head coach
John Sauerhage. "She did an excellent job overcoming a few nagging injuries. We still have a lot of work to do, and I'm excited to see what's in store next."
In his first multis event of the season,
Brady Shadrick opened the door to a potential top-3 finish tomorrow after a strong start in the heptathlon. The Killeen, Texas native accomplished three consecutive indoor PRs in the 60m dash (7.21s), the long jump (6.66m) and the shot put (12.70m) to place him in 7th. In the final heptathlon event of the day, Shadrick claimed a 4th consecutive indoor PR with a 1.93m high jump to bump his current heptathlon ranking to 5th place with 2,932 points, just 184 points away from 1st. The heptathlon concludes tomorrow, with the 60m hurdles starting at 10 a.m., followed by the pole vault and 1000m.
Jarvis Miles cruised to a 2nd place finish in the 400m dash with a sizzling 48.16 mark, narrowly missing on a PR. His pace marks the 4th fastest current time in the WAC.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH
"Looking forward to tomorrow's competition," said head coach
John Sauerhage. "We are looking to get something out of this meet to feel better about where we are each week individually and as a team."
ADDITIONAL INDOOR PRS AND TOP-10 FINISHES
- In the first event of the day, Abigail Flores was able to secure a 5th place finish with an impressive 17.78m hurl in the weight throw, just shy of her indoor PR in which she set in the 2023 WAC indoor championships (18.00m).
- Smashing his indoor PR by almost a full meter, Luke Bontke accomplished a 12.13m shot put toss during his heptathlon.
- Simona Cabella captured a 5th place finish in the pole vault, with a mark of 3.70m.
- Alexis Cain dashed to a 7th place finish in the 400m with an indoor PR of 56.45, she currently sits 4th in the WAC standings.
- With a 15.03m toss in the weight throw, Joey Haws recorded a new indoor PR, besting his previous hurl by over 1.2 meters.
- Adam Herrera claimed a PR in the 400m with a 48.63 pace to cruise his way into to an 9th place finish.
- Also in the 400m, Javaris Bonner claimed a new collegiate indoor PR with a dazzling 48.51 mark to finish 7th in the event.
- In the 3000m, Andrés Gurrola shaved his PR down almost 10 seconds, producing a time of 8:39.40.
- Additionally in the 3000m, Josue Granados picked up a new PR with a pace of 8:33.82
- To round out the final heat of the 3000m, Rogelio Aguirre and Alfredo Reina Corona placed 4th and 6th. They also accomplished PRs with times of 8:22.60, and 8:25.24, respectively.
NEXT UP
UTA will conclude the men's heptathlon tomorrow morning with the final three events, starting with the 60m hurdles. The women's high jump will kick off the rest of the field events at 11 a.m., while the running events begin at 1:30 p.m. with the women's 60m semifinals dash.
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