Track & Field Back on the Road this Weekend

Friday, April 21

Waco, Texas

All Day

Abilene Christian

Michael Johnson Invitational

Photo by: Addison Franklin

4/20/2023 12:56:00 PM | Track & Field

ABILENE – Abilene Christian heads to Waco this weekend for Baylor's Michael Johnson Invite.

ACU gets things rolling at noon on Friday with Payton Kirk in the pole vault. Kevin Castruita is scheduled to wrap up the first day in the men's 5000 meters.

Saturday gets going at 11 a.m. with Kaitlyn Callaway in the javelin and finishes with the traditional men's 4x400 relay, featuring Jared Williams, Matthew Mills, Jamal January and Jack Marshall for ACU.

The field includes ACU, Baylor, Arizona State, Boston College, Illinois State, Incarnate Word, Iowa, Kansas State, Kent State, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Northwestern State, Sam Houston, Texas A&M-Commerce, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and Texas-Arlington.

This will be the last road meet of the regular season. The Wildcats close out at home next week with the Jackson Twilight Meet on Thursday.

Michael Johnson Invite Schedule
Friday
Noon – Women's Pole Vault: Payton Kirk
2 p.m. – Women's Long Jump: Kirk
4 p.m. – Women's Discus: Zoe Burleson, Kailey Roskop
5:15 p.m. – Men's Long Jump: William Harris
6 p.m. – Women's 400 Hurdles: Courtney Latham
6:15 p.m. – Men's Discus: Athan Huelskamp, Nathanial Collier
6:20 p.m. – Men's 400 Hurdles: Jamal January
6:40 p.m. – Women's 200: Hannah Foster, D'anna Smith
7:10 p.m. – Men's 200: Addison Franklin, Jack Marshall, Jared Williams
7:40 p.m. – Women's 1500: Kate Hansen, Prudence Kiyeng
8 p.m. – Men's 1500: Neal Helgerson, Gabe Trevino
8:20 p.m. – Women's 5000: Peyton Bornstein, Katelyn Coldicott, Kiyeng, Grace White
8:45 p.m. – Men's 5000: Kevin Castruita
Saturday
11 a.m. – Women's Javelin: Kaitlyn Callaway
Noon – Women's Triple Jump: Ella Anttila
Noon – Women's 100 hurdles prelim: Paige Boucher, Kirk
12:20 p.m. – Men's 110 hurdles prelim: Ethan Christian, January, Jeremy King
2 p.m. – Women's High Jump: Ja'Dasia Sims
2:30 p.m. – Men's Triple Jump: Harris
2:30 p.m. – Women's 4x100: Savannah Walker, Kirk, Smith, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath
2:40 p.m. – Men's 4x100: Addison Franklin, Matthew Mills, January, Marshall
3 p.m. – Women's Shot Put: Burleson
3:05 p.m. – Men's 3000 Steeplechase: Gabe Embree, Maxwel Kiplagat
3:25 p.m. – Women's 100 Hurdles Finals
3:35 p.m. – Men's 110 Hurdles Finals
4:15 p.m. – Men's 400: Christian, Mills, Williams
4:30 p.m. – Men's Shot Put: Huelskamp
4:45 p.m. – Women's 100: Foster, Smith
5:10 p.m. – Men's 100: Franklin, Harris, Marshall
5:35 p.m. – Women's 800 – Riley Pyeatt
5:50 p.m. – Men's 800: Cooper Goggans, Keaton Raney, JP Trook
6:05 p.m. – Women's 4x400: Walker, Sims, Sabbath, Latham
6:25 p.m. – Men's 4x400: Williams, Mills, January, Marshall