Cardinals Set Three School Records at Louisville Invitational

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Cardinals Set Three School Records at Louisville Invitational

April 13, 2019 | Track & Field

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Louisville finishes with nine wins on the weekend

By: Kim Pemberton

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville track and field team wrapped up the 2019 Louisville Invitational with nine wins and three new school records on Saturday afternoon in Cardinal Park.

The Cardinals swept the long jump, winning both the men's and women's. Renate van Tonder recorded the first win of the day for the Cardinals. She leaped 6.22m/20-5.00 to win the event. Senior Marcus Jegede won the event with a jump of 7.64m/25-0.75.

Louisville also swept the pole vault, sophomores Gabriela Leon and Lucas Weaver scored wins for the Cards. Leon broke her school record and her personal best, clearing the bar at 4.27m/14-00. Weaver collected his first collegiate win in the pole vault. He won the event with a new personal best mark of 4.85m/15-11.0.

Dorcas Wasike won the 3000m, racing the event for the first time this outdoor season. She ran a personal best time of 9:08.53, besting her previous mark by over 10 seconds and breaking her previous school record. Emmanuel Cheboson also won the 3000m, giving the Cards another sweep for the day. Cheobson finished with a personal best time of 8:20.04.

Kayla Alexander also broke a school record in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.44. She broke Theresa Lewis' record of 13.52 set at the 2007 Big East Championships. Luke Nichols won the high jump with a personal best mark of 2.21m/7-03. The win was the first collegiate win for the freshman.

The Cardinals will be back in action on Saturday, April 20 at the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky.

Louisville Invitational
Cardinal Park | Louisville, Ky.
April 13, 2019

Women's Javelin
2. Holly Hankenson – 36.09m/118-05

Men's Javelin
4. Clay Moss – 42.50m/139-05

Men's 110m Hurdles (Prelims)
3. Martice Moore – 14.28 (+0.9)
6. Tyler Ettel – 14.63 (+2.0)
11. D'Onte Blount – 15.93 (+2.0)
12. Clay Moss – 16.85 (+0.9)

Women's 100m Hurdles (Prelims)
2. Kayla Alexander – 13.73 (+1.2)
3. Sydney Hill – 13.76 (+1.2)
6. Kelsey Heyward – 14.22 (+1.2)
8. Holly Hankenson – 14.35 (+1.8)

Women's 100m (Prelims)
1. Angel Amadi – 11.76 (+1.7)
6. Sharnae Alston – 12.05 (+1.2)

Men's 100m (Prelims)
2. Sterling Warner – 10.53 (+1.5)
3. Donald McClinton – 10.63 (+1.5)
12. Tron Talton – 11.15 (+1.6)

Women's 3,000m Steeplechase
3. Abigail Wright – 11:19.96

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
5. Cameron Stephens – 9:40.22

Women's Long Jump
1. Renate van Tonder – 6.22m/20-05 (+1.6)
5. Gabriela Leon – 5.83m/19-01.50 (+1.6)
9. Maranda Mills – 5.29m/17-04.25 (+1.6)

Women's 4x100m Relay
3. Louisville - 45.97 (Alston, Amadi, Heyward, Alexander)
Women's Shot Put
3. Rashida Harris – 15.57m/51-01
5. Victoria Farley – 14.25m/46-09
6. Makenli Forrest – 13.80m/45-03.50

Men's Shot Put
3. Cade Richeson – 17.52m/57-05.75

Women's 1500m
9. Aurilla Wilson – 4:28.65
29. Britney Hansen – 5:01.43

Men's 1500m
2. Albert Kosgei – 3:51.25
12. Alex Lynch – 4:03.41

Men's Pole Vault
1. Lucas Weaver – 4.85m/15-11
6. Rohan Kaushal – 4.25m/13-11.25

Women's 100m Hurdles (Finals)
2. Kayla Alexander – 13.44 (+1.2)
7. Kelsey Heyward – 14.07 (+1.2)
8. Holly Hankenson – 14.38 (+1.2)

Men's 100m Hurdles (Finals)
2. Martice Moore – 14.01 (+1.5)
6. Tyler Ettel – 14.56 (+1.5)

Women's Discus
2. Gianna Gaul – 48.75m/159-11
4. Lilli Popovich – 46.71m/153-03

Men's Long Jump
1. Marcus Jegede – 7.64m/25-00.75 (+2.6)
3. Chris Woody – 7.27m/23-10.25 (+1.5)
9. Clay Moss – 6.42m/21-00.75 (+2.4)

Women's 100m (Finals)
2. Angel Amadi – 11.69 (+1.7)
4. Sharnae Alston – 11.85 (+1.7)

Men's 100m (Finals)
2. Sterling Warner – 10.46 (+2.2)
3. Donald McClinton – 10.58 (+2.2)

Men's 800m
7. Albert Kosgei – 1:53.48

Women's 800m
8. Holly Hankenson – 2:15.42
10. Aurilla Wilson – 2:15.69
11. Lindsay Fanz – 2:16.00

Men's High Jump
1. Luke Nichols – 2.21m/07-03
3. Skyler VanMeter – 2.05m/06-08.75

Women's 400m Hurdles
6. Kelsey Heyward – 1:03.43

Men's Discus
5. Cade Richeson – 47.49m/155-10

Men's 400m Hurdles
2. Martice Moore – 51.13
8. Kameron Jones – 54.90

Women's Pole Vault
1. Gabriela Leon – 4.27m/14-00
3. Morgan Zacharias – 4.17m/13-08.25
4. Aliyah Welter – 3.87m/12-08.25

Women's 200m
6. Sydney Hill – 25.27 (+1.6)

Men's 200m
3. Donald McClinton – 21.08 (+2.0)
4. Noah McBride – 21.35 (+2.0)
11. Lucas Weaver – 23.52 (+1.7)

Women's 3,000m
1. Dorcas Wasike – 9:08.53
7. Ivine Chemutai – 9:43.75
12. Bailey Beery – 9:52.65
16. Bailey Davis – 9:58.94