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Остин  – Lucia Mokrasova set the school record with 5,671 points in the heptathlon while freshman All-American Michael Saruni broke a meet standard to win the 800m at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, presented by Spectrum on Thursday afternoon at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

“Lucy didn’t have the start that we wanted today, but I think she recovered well and finished strong to break her record from last year,” UTEP head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “She competed well and looks like she has a lot more left in the tank.”

Отправяйки се във втория ден на конкуренция с 3,517 точки, Мокрасова отвори деня, като изскочи до 5.30m (17-4.75) в скока на дълги, където спечели 643 точки. Тя събира 666 точки след хвърляне за 39.94m (131-0).

След две събития младшите отбелязаха 4,942 точки и трябваше да изкара времето си от преди година (2: 22.59), за да завърже предишния си рекорд от 5,615 точки. Джуниорът пусна 2: 18.44 в 800m, за да спечели 845 точки, счупи предишния си рекорд с 56 точки.

Мокрасова завърши на осмо място в поле на 23 и нейният общ резултат се класира на първо място в Conference USA.

The other big highlight of day two at the Texas Relays for UTEP Saruni’s star-studded performance. The Kenyan competed in the Invitational (including professionals) 800m run and finished by setting a Texas Relays meet record with the fastest time in the nation (1:48.82). In his heat was the 2012 Olympic silver medialist (Leonel Manzano) and the collegiate record holder (Donavan Brazier). Saruni will participate in the mile run scheduled for Saturday at 2:45 p.m. MT.

“Michael, what can you say a freshman running that times, considering the competition he faced,” Laaksonen said. “For him to come in and break the record is impressive.”

In the women’s Invitational 800m run, Lilian Koech finished in eighth place with a time of 2:11.42. She was the fourth collegiate athlete to finish.

Yanique Bennett прекара време на 59.92 в препятствията на 400m по пътя си към финал на 20th място в поле на 73. Съотборникът Dreshanae Rolle последва с време на 1: 00.23 до финала на 24th място.

Cosmas Boit спечели сребърен медал в хода на 1,500m с време на 3: 49.90 и Daniel Cheruiyot постави 9: 18.57, за да завърши на пето място в безкрайната покупка на 3,000m.

Winny Koech, Gladys Jerotich, Linda Cheruiyot and Antony Kosgei closed out the night in the 5,000m run. Koech (16:22.26) led the way to a gold-place finish with the fifth-fastest time in the nation, Cheruiyot (16:44.76) finished fourth and Jerotich (17:34.28) finished 17th overall. In the men’s race, Kosgei paced to a bronze showing with a time of 14:16.60.