Wildcats win six events on WKI’s final day

Thursday, March 14

Abilene, Texas

Abilene Christian

Wes Kittley Invitational (Texas Tech, SMU, North Texas, Sam Houston State)

Photo by: Tim Nelson

3/16/2019 7:51:00 PM | Track & Field

Results

ABILENE – A day after placing second five times at its Wes Kittley Invitational, Abilene Christian Saturday won six events, including the men's 4x400-meter relay by less than a second over Texas Tech.

In the day's final running event, the team of Jared Williams, Le'Gari Daniels, Ryan Linton, and Avery Williams thrilled the crowd at Elmer Gray Stadium as Avery – a junior from Katy, Texas – out-hustled Isaac Marquez down the final stretch for the .55 second win.

ACU's relay finished the course with a time of 3:09.97 to the Red Raiders' 3:10.52. Angelo State was a distant third with its mark of 3:10.52.

Jared Williams also was a winner on the track earlier in the day, beating out 17 other competitors for the 400-meter dash title, which he claimed with a time of 47.24 seconds.

The 800m crown additionally went to the Wildcats with senior Ryan Cleary topping the 16-man field by three seconds with his winning mark of 1:53.80.

ACU's three remaining wins came in the field events.

Senior Kai Schmidt won the shot put against Texas Tech's Eric Kicinskig and Sam Houston State's Michael Nichols with his best effort of 18.21m (59-9). Kicinski was second at 17.49m and Nichols took third in the competition at 17.40.

The Red Raiders and Bearkats also fell to Wildcat senior Lonnie Smith in the A section of the hammer throw. Her winning launch measured 56.90m (186-8), while her closest competitor – Yarixza Rivera of Sam Houston St. – topped out at 54.35m.

And in the jumps, ACU freshman Zoe Spinn today won her first collegiate competition in the high jump after reaching a height of 1.68m (5-6).

Today's Wildcat results also featured six personal records which included throwers Morgan Knight and Annina Brandenburg moving up on the ACU's all-time performer lists.

Knight's third-place hammer throw of 56.54m (185-6 ) lifted him to No. 6 on ACU's all-time performer list, while Brandenburg's bronze-medal shot put effort of 14.55m (47-9) has her at No. 9 in the record books.

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Waco, Texas for the Baylor Invitational on Saturday, March 23.

ACU Results at the Wes Kittley Invitational
Men's 100m Dash
6. Le'Gari Daniels - 10.84 (w1.2)
14. Bo Lott - 11.35 (nwi)

Men's 200m Dash
2. Ryan Linton - 21.31 (w0.0)
4. Avery Williams - 21.49 (w0.0)
5. Le'Gari Daniels - 21.66 (2.8)
20. Bo Lott - 23.42 (PR) (w0.0)

Men's 400m Dash
1. Jared Williams - 47.24

Men's 800m Run
1. Ryan Cleary - 1:53.80
13. Drew Cummings - 2:09.88

Men's 1,500m Run
6. Denis Lagat – 4:04.18
17. Seth Crockett – 4:15.25
23. Troy MacDonald – 4:40.73

Men's 5,000m Run
14. John Baker – 15.55.36 (PR)
15. Conner Miller – 15.55.96 (PR)
19. Travis Nichols – 16.13.90
20. Colton Gates – 16:14.77

Men's 110m Hurdles
5. Jamal January – 14.86 (w-0.5)
6. Harrison Manuel – 15.02 (w-0.5)
17. Jimmie Horton – 16.57 (w0.5)

Men's 400m Hurdles
4. Jamal January - 55.61
8. Samuel Garcia - 56.59
9. Cole Palka - 57.07
11. Harrison Manuel - 57.88
12. Jimmie Horton - 58.62

Men's 4x400m Relay
1. Ryan Linton, Jared Williams, Avery Williams, Le'Gari Daniels - 3:09.97
10. Ryan Cleary, Seth Crockett, Drew Cummings, Denis Lagat - 3:30.41
11. Samuel Garcia, Jamal January, Harrison Manuel, Ryan Cleary - 3:34.52

Pole Vault
7. Kyle Mann - 4.70m / 15-5
9. Ross Dean - 4.55m / 14-11

Shot Put
1. Kai Schmidt - 18.21m (59-9)
4. Morgan Knight - 16.69m (54-9.25)
9. Josh Hunter - 15.13m (49-7.75)

Men's Hammer Throw A
3. Morgan Knight - 56.54 / 185-6 (PR and No. 6 on ACU's all-time performer list)
5. Thomas Wilson - 52.06m / 170-9 (PR)
7. Ryan Simmons - 50.36m / 165-2

Discus
2. Kai Schmidt – 58.27m / 191-2
3. Morgan Knight – 57.23m / 187-9 (PR and No. 7 on ACU's all-time performer list)
5. Joshua Hunter – 55.35m / 181-7
8. Thomas Wilson – 51.57m / 169-2 (PR)
12. Ryan Simmons – 47.85m / 157-0
13. McKennon Cecil – 46.76m / 153-5

Javelin
4. McKennon Cecil – 55.18m / 181-0
5. Ryan Simmons – 50.74m / 166-5

Decathlon Final
2. Riley Ellis – 5,897 pts.
4. Cole Palka – 5,419 pts. (PR)
6. AJ Brown – 4,732 pts.
7. Ross Dean – 4,329

Decathlon (Day One)
1. Riley Ellis – 3,750 points
2. Cole Palka – 3,423 points
4. Ross Dean – 3,145 points
7. AJ Brown – 2,723 points

Decathlon 100m Dash (w1.3)
1. Riley Ellis – 11.06 (PR) [847 pts.]
3. Ross Dean – 11.34 [786 pts.]
4. Cole Palka – 11.36 [782 pts.]
6. AJ Brown – 11.68 [715 pts.]

Decathlon Long Jump
1. Riley Ellis – 6.93m / 22-9 (w1.0) (PR) [797 pts.]
3. Cole Palka – 6.57m / 21-6.75 (w2.8) [713 pts.]
5. Ross Dean – 5.92m / 19-5.25 (w0.9) [569 pts.]
7. AJ Brown – 5.42m / 17-9.5 (w.5.2) (PR) [465 pts.]

Decathlon Shot Put
1. Riley Ellis – 10.82m / 35-6 (PR) [535 pts.]
3. Ross Dean – 10.32m / 33-10.25 (PR) [505 pts.]
4. Cole Palka – 9.95m / 32-7.75 (PR) [483 pts.]
6. AJ Brown – 8.85m / 29-0.50 [417 pts.]

Decathlon High Jump
1. Riley Ellis – 2.00m / 6-6.75 [803 pts.]
3. Cole Palka – 1.94m / 6-4.25 (PR) [749 pts.]
5. Ross Dean – 1.73m / 5-8 [569 pts.]
6. AJ Brown – 1.67m / 5-5.75 [520 pts.]

Decathlon 400m Dash
1. Riley Ellis – 51.02 [768 pts.]
2. Ross Dean – 52.19 [716 pts.]
3. Cole Palka – 52.66 [696 pts.]
6. AJ Brown – 54.81[606 pts.]

Decathlon 110m Hurdles
1. Cole Palka - 15.88 (w3.2) (PR) [746 pts.]
2. Riley Ellis - 16.00 (w2.4) (PR) [733 pts.]
5. AJ Brown - 17.81 (w2.4) [543 pts.]
7. Ross Dean - 20.80 (w3.2) [289 pts.]

Decathlon Discus
3. Ross Dean - 29.41m / 96-6 [453 pts.]
4. Riley Ellis - 27.94m / 91-8 (PR) [424 pts.]
5. Cole Palka - 25.96m / 85-2 (PR) [386 pts.]
7. AJ Brown - 18.54m / 60-10 [245 pts.]

Decathlon Pole Vault
3. Cole Palka – 3.45m / 11-3.75 (PR) [469 pts.]
– Ross Dean – NH
– Riley Ellis – NH

Decathlon Javelin
1. Riley Ellis – 44.51m / 146-0 (PR) [508 pts.]
2. Ross Dean – 39.99m / 131-2 [442 pts.]
4. AJ Brown – 38.41m / 126-0 [419 pts.]
5. Cole Palka – 36.75m / 120-7 (PR) [395 pts.]

Decathlon 1500m
4. Riley Ellis – 5:13.96 [482 pts.]
5. AJ Brown – 5:23.32 [433 pts.]
– Cole Palka – DNF
– Ross Dean – DNF

Women's 100m Dash
8. Taylor Tolen – 12.19 (w2.1)

Women's 200m Dash
3. Karrington Lewis - 24.72 (w2.4)
6. Mya Henson - 25.00 (w2.4)
10. Taylor Tolen - 25.18 (w2.4)
18. Jordan Anglin - 26.17 (PR) (w2.8)
23. Gloria Jones - 27.10 (PR) (w2.4)

Women's 400m Dash
7. Brianna Douglass – 1:01.12

Women's 1500m Run
3. Carnley Graham – 4:53.20
26. Taylor Reinhold – 5:28.78
29. Chase Nolan – 5:42.04

Women's 5,000m Run
2. Briahna Gerlach – 17:31.34 (PR)
5. Sarah Wagler – 18:51.94
8. Hannah Marut – 19:08.73
11. Aubrey Young – 20:04.82
12. Loren Rivera – 20:44.61

Women's 100m Hurdles
5. Irene Akwitti – 14.90 (w0.8)
6. Jaycee Pannell – 14.98 (w0.8)
8. Abby Claire Brown – 16.82 (w0.8)

Women's 400m Hurdles
6. Payton Kirk - 1:07.36
8. Irene Akwitti - 1:09.01
9. Jaycee Pannell - 1:10.18
10. Abby Claire Brown - 1:13.72

Women's 4x400m Relay
5. Taylor Tolen, Karrington Lewis, Mya Henson, Megan Kirby - 3:57.30
9. Irene Akwitti, Soren Underwood, Jenna Macias, Jaycee Pannell - 4:03.48

Women's High Jump
1. Zoe Spinn - 1.68m / 5-6

Women's Pole Vault
3. Mackenzie West – 3.65m / 11-11.75
8. Payton Kirk – 3.35m / 10-11.75
9. Kacey Middlekoop – 2.90m / 9-6.25

Women's Shot Put
2. Kayla Melgar - 14.81m / 48-7.25
3. Annina Brandenburg - 14.55m / 47-9 (PR and No. 9 on ACU's all-time performer list)
8. Calyha Brown - 13.22m / 43-4.25
13. Lonnie Smith - 11.80m / 38-8.75

Women's Hammer Throw A
1. Lonnie Smith - 56.90m / 186-8
5. Kayla Melgar - 50.86m / 166-10

Women's Hammer Throw B
1. Reagan Mabery - 48.77m / 160-0

Women's Discus
3. Kayla Melgar – 51.37m / 168-6
4. Lonnie Smith – 50.57m / 165-11
6. Annina Brandenburg – 49.53m / 162-6
15. Calyha Brown – 39.46m / 129-5

Women's Javelin
2. Annina Brandenburg – 43.65m / 143-2 (PR and No. 4 on ACU's all-time performer list)
3. Reagan Mabery – 42.30m / 138-9
10. Zoe Spinn – 28.82m / 94-6

Heptathlon (Final)
2. Megan Kirby – 4,701 points
4. Payton Wall – 3,533
DNF – Payton Kirk

Heptathlon (Day One)
2. Megan Kirby – 2,991 points
4. Payton Kirk – 2,453 points
5. Payton Wall – 2,140 points

Heptathlon 100m Hurdles (w4.4)
2. Megan Kirby – 14.24 (PR) [945 pts.]
4. Payton Kirk – 15.90 [727 pts.]
5. Payton Wall – 16.80 [619 pts.]

Heptathlon High Jump
2. Megan Kirby – 1.62m / 5-3.75 (T-PR) [759 pts.]
4. Payton Kirk – 1.44m / 4-8.75 (PR) [555 pts.]
5. Payton Wall – 1.35m / 4-5 (PR) [460 pts.]

Heptathlon Shot Put
2. Megan Kirby – 9.86m / 32-3.75 [520 pts.]
4. Payton Wall – 7.75m / 25-5.25 [383 pts.]
5. Payton Kirk – 7.66m / 25-1.75 (PR) [377 pts.]

Heptathlon 200m (w3.0)
3. Megan Kirby – 26.35 [767 pts.]
4. Payton Kirk – 26.04 [794 pts.]
5. Payton Wall – 27.41 [678 pts.]

Heptathlon Long Jump
2. Megan Kirby – 5.47m / 17-11.5 (w4.2) [691 pts.]
4. Payton Wall – 4.57m / 15-0 (w4.9) [446 pts.]

Heptathlon Javelin
3. Megan Kirby – 29.12 / 95-6 [460 pts.]
4. Payton Wall – 23.35 / 76-7 [351 pts.]

Heptathlon 800m
3. Payton Wall – 2:38.00 [596 pts.]
4. Megan Kirby – 2:41.20 [559 pts.]