Golden Suns conclude Richard Martin Invitational with 7 PR's
By: Taylor Gamez
CONWAY, Ark. – The Golden Suns wrap up the two-day Richard Martin Invitational with seven athletes competing and a matching number of personal records.
Full Results
Haven Calavitta competed in the most events of the team with two field events and one track. She earned 5th overall in the Triple Jump at 4.66 meters, 15th overall in the Long Jump at 10.57 meters, and 10th in the 400 meters, her first track event of the season, with a 1:04.24 finishing time and setting a new PR.
For the 5000 meters, six Golden Suns competed and as a result made six new PR's and three in the Top-10. Leading the Golden Suns for the second meet in distance running is Callie Beshore. Beshore finished 5th overall at 18:27.89. Following in 7th is
Ashlynn Mays at 18:46.49, and closing out the Top-10 in 10th is
Felicity West at 19:37.60.
Maria Diaz-Fernandez follows in 11th at 19:44.91,
Mandy Sykora finished 12th at 19:59.03 and rounding out the team is
Kristen Bess at 22:20.93.
Head coach
Brock Hime emphasizes that the Golden Suns will see growth throughout the season, "The first night was fun because all of our ladies that competed in the 5k were freshman so it was their first time to race that far on the track. Haven competed really hard and is continuing to show that she's getting stronger and faster and those two things are needed for the events she's focused on. It will be fun to see how we continue to progress for the remainder of our season. FIGHT ON!"
The Golden Suns return for the Texas Relays, hosted by University of Texas, in Austin, Texas, March 24-27.
