Petty won five of the seven events and his nearest competitor (Kingsville's Matt Busker) finished 700 points behind. Petty's teammate Matthew Stark placed third with a personal best 4,315 points - 285 points short of the provisional standard - and registered career-best marks in the high jump (5-10.75, 1.80m), 55 hurdles (7.11) and 1000m (2:49.17).
Cassie Brooks placed fifth out of nine pentathlon competitors, scoring 3,231 points. Brooks missed the provisional standard by 69 points despite recording a personal best of 17-0.5 (5.19m) in the long jump, and a season best high jump of 5-1 (1.55m).
In addition to Petty's effort, five additional Wildcats plus the women's 4x400m relay improved on their provisional marks. Karolyn Palmer ran the relay's first leg and was followed by Shennae Steele, Ayesha Rumble and Karla Hope in producing a track and altitude-adjusted time of 3:50.41. This mark was a four-second season best and could earn all of them a berth at the national meet.
Individually, Rumble posted her first provisional time in the 800m with a first-place mark of 2:16.01 that beat the remaining competitors by over seven seconds. Hope won the 400m in 55.62 and moved up to eighth on the national list, and Steele improved her provisional times in winning both the 55 (7.16) and 200 (24.52).
Chloe Susset won the mile in 5:04.98, but with no one to push her toward the end of the race she was unable to match her season best of 4:57.77. Susset led the race from start to finish and beat runner-up Irma Garza of Incarnate Word by 16 seconds.
In the men's distance races, Will Pike and Erik Forrister finished third and fifth, respectively, in the 5K with indoor personal records of 15:43.79 and 15:58.61. Forrister followed that performance with another career best in the 3K, placing third in 9:04.37.
Jordan Geary clocked two provisional times during Sunday's first day of action. He just missed beating his PR in the 400m prelims with a time of 48.49, and later recorded a 200m time of 21.47. Geary, Paris Robertson, and Dennis Bain all made the 200m finals, where they claimed the third through fifth spots.
Banjo Jayesimi, meanwhile, finished first in the 800m with a season best time of 1:54.66.
In the field events, senior
Nick Jones easily won the shot put (60-7.25, 18.47m) in addition to the weight throw with his first provisional mark of the season measured at 58-5.25 (17.81m). Additional personal records also were registered in weight throw by Wildcats Baptiste Kerjean (54-4, 16.57m), Milo Parsons (50-10, 15.49m), and Lauren Hartwick (52-2.5, 15.91). Alexis Wilder won the women's weight throw with a toss of 54-3 (16.54m).
Levance Williams won the long jump with a provisional distance of 23-4 (7.11m), although it was a foot short of his personal best. Williams owns one of about 20 provisional marks recorded by the Wildcats this season, but he and the rest of his teammates won't know for sure if they've qualified for NCAAs until Feb. 28 when the official entry list is revealed.
ACU's list of automatic qualifiers includes Petty, Jones (shot put), Bain (60m hurdles) and Amanda Ouedraogo (triple jump), who again won another triple jump title with a leap of 39-2.5 (11.95m).
ACU will announce if any of its student-athletes will be competing at any last-chance meets sometime Wednesday.
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Women 55 Meter Dash (prelims)
1.) Shennae Steele - 7.16
Women 55 Meter Dash (finals)
1.) Shenne Steele - 7.17
Women 200 Meter Dash (prelims)
1.) Shennae Steele - 24.60
8.) Karolyn Palmer - 25.85
Women 200 Meter Dash (finals)
+ 1.) Shennae Steele - 24.52 (altitude and track adjusted - 24.99)
Women 400 Meter Dash (prelims)
1.) Karla Hope - 56.02
Women 400 Meter Dash (finals)
+ 1.) Karla Hope - 55.62 (altitude and track adjusted - 56.13)
Women 800 Meter Run
1.) Ayesha Rumble - 2:16.01(altitude and track adjusted - 2:16.02)
Women 1 Mile Run
1.) Chloe Susset - 5:04.98
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
+ 1.) Karolyn Palmer, Shennae Steele, Ayesha Rumble, Karla Hope - 3:48.37 (altitude and track adjusted - 3:50.41)
Women Pole Vault
7.) Kayla Calvert - 8-04.25 (2.55m)
Women Long Jump
4.) Amanda Ouedraogo - 17-00.00 (5.18m)
Women Triple Jump
1.) Amanda Ouedraogo - 39-02.50 (11.95m)
Women Shot Put
3.) Tara Riley - 39-08 (12.09m)
4.) Alexis Wilder - 39-01.25 (11.92m)
Women Weight Throw
1.) Alexis Wilder - 54-03.00 (16.54m)
2.) Lauren Hartwick - 52-02.00 (15.91m)
3.) Shalania Lakey - 50-02.00 (15.30m)
Women Pentathlon
5.) Cassie Brooks - 3,231 pts.
(800m - 9th, 2:44:03, 528 pts./55H - 6th, 8.55, 869 pts./HJ - T3rd, 5-1, 1.55m, 678 pts./LJ - 5th, 17-00.50, 5.19m, 612 pts./SP - T2nd, 33-06.50, 10.22m, 544 pts.)
Men 55 Meter Dash (prelims)
4.) Levance Williams - 6.49
5.) Paris Robertson - 6.53
Men 55 Meter Dash (finals)
4.) Paris Robertson - 6.48
5.) Levance Williams - 6.52
Men 200 Meter Dash (prelims)
+ 2.) Jordan Geary - 21.47 (altitude and track adjusted - 21.94)
4.) Dennis Bain - 21.82
5.) Paris Robertson - 22.11
Men 200 Meter Dash (finals)
3.) Jordan Geary - 21.52
4.) Paris Robertson - 22.22
5.) Dennis Bain - 22.29
Men 400 Meter Dash (prelims)
1.) Jordan Geary - 48.59
3.) Banjo Jayesimi - 49.83
7.) Osei Allyne-Forte - 50.20
11.) Michael Rasor - 54.84
Men 800 Meter Run
1.) Banjo Jayesimi - 1:54.66
Men 1 Mile Run
3.) Daniel Gleimar - 4:33.79
7.) Trey Knight - 4:41.22
8.) William Lynn - 4:41.85
Men 3000 Meter Run
3.) Erik Forrister - 9:04.37
4.) William Pike - 9:08.29
9.) Trey Knight - 9:24.37
Men 5000 Meter Run
3.) William Pike - 15:4379
5.) Erik Forrister - 15:58.61
Men 55 Meter Hurdles
1.) Dennis Bain - 7.73
3.) Michael Rasor - 7.84
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
4.) Dennis Bain, Osei Allyene-Forte, Banjo Jayesimi, Jordan Geary - 3:23.68
Men Pole Vault
5.) Austen Wooten - 13-03.50 (4.05m)
6. Blair Agan - 12-09.50 (3.90m)
Men Long Jump
1.) Levance Williams - 23-04.00 (7.11m)
Men Shot Put
7.) Milo Parsons - 47-02.25 (14.38m)
Men Weight Throw
2.) Baptiste Kerjean - 54-04.00 (16.57m)
5.) Milo Parsons - 50-10.00 (15.49m)
Men Heptathlon
*** 1.) Parker Petty - 5,174 pts.
(55m - 1st, 6.86, 755 pts./1000 - 2nd, 2:44.89, 820 pts./55H - 2nd, 8.39, 739 pts./HJ - 1st, 6-03.50, 1.92m, 731 pts./PV - 1st, 15-05.00, 4.70m, 819 pts./LJ - 1st, 21-03.25, 6.48m, 693 pts./SP - 1st, 39-11.25, 12.17m, 617 pts.)
3.) Matthew Stark - 4,315 pts.
(55m - 5th, 7.11, 668 pts./1000 - 3rd - 2:49.17, 774 pts./55H - 5th, 8.79, 648 pts./HJ - T3rd, 5-10.74, 1.80m, 627 pts./PV - 4th, 12-01.50, 3.70m, 535 pts./LJ - 3rd - 19-04.25, 5.90m, 565 pts./SP - 5th, 33-06.00, 10.21m, 498 pts.
*** NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark
+ NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark
