MSU’s Jaynes Advances to Quarterfinals to Highlight Day One at NCAA West Prelims

Thursday, May 24

Sacramento, CA

1 p.m.

Montana State University

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds - Day One

Photo by: Spencer Farrin

MSU’s Jaynes Advances to Quarterfinals to Highlight Day One at NCAA West Prelims

5/24/2018 8:12:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results

Five Bobcats completed action in individual events at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round on Thursday, May 24, at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium

By: Andrew Pedersen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Six Bobcats completed action in individual events at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round on Thursday, May 24, at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium.

Senior Amanda Jaynes provided the strongest performance of the day in the 400-meter hurdles. She placed fourth in the fourth heat of the event with a time of 58.33 seconds. Despite finishing outside of the top three of her heat and missing out on automatically advancing to the quarterfinals, Jaynes completed the ninth fastest time of all competitors to move into Friday's heats.

MSU senior thrower Calvin Root rose 19 spots in the individual standings between his first and second appearances at the NCAA West Preliminaries. Root, who placed 43rd as a junior in the hammer throw, finished 24th overall on Thursday with a throw of 202 feet, 4 inches (61.67m). Root sat in 10th through two of three heats and recorded the fourth best throw of his collegiate career.

Sophomore Carley VonHeeder and junior Tiffany Shearman each competed in the women's javelin. VonHeeder finished 29th overall with a throw of 143-01 (43.62m), up from a 40th-place showing she earned at the 2017 prelims in Austin, Texas. Shearman wrapped up her debut at the preliminaries by taking 45th with a mark of 131-00 (39.93).

Junior Alex Lewis, who was the 48th seeded athlete in the men's long jump, placed 33rd behind a leap of 23-08.75 (7.23).

MSU junior Kelsi Lasota registered a personal-best time and finished 22nd to close out the day in the women's 10,000. Lasota improved her lifetime best, which was already second all-time in program history, by crossing the line in 33:47.95. That mark topped her previous best by almost four seconds.

Montana State is set to have four athletes compete on Friday, May 25, at the West Preliminaries starting with Kyle Douglass participating in the discus at 1 p.m.