Feb. 19, 2016 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Baylor track and field's five athletes produced a pair of event titles at the Arkansas Qualifier Friday at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Freshman Taylor Bennett highlighted the Baylor contingent's night by winning the 200-meter dash in a personal-best time of 23.24. That time moved Bennett up to No. 11 on the NCAA indoor performance list and registered as the ninth-fastest time in school history.
Rachel Toliver followed Bennett's lead and won the triple jump competition with a leap of 41-5.25 [12.63m]. Toliver notched her top mark on both the second and third attempts of her six-jump series.
In the 60-meter dash, Bennett (7.54) and Juanita Mainoo (7.68) both qualified for the finals of the event by placing fourth and seventh, respectively in prelim action. Bennett did not run in the final, but Mainoo placed sixth with a time of 7.69.
Baylor's lone men's competitor on the night, Bryce Grace, placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.87.
NOTABLES
- Bennett's previous season-best time had been 23.50, which she set last week at the Tyson Invitational on the same track.
- The only woman to run a faster indoor 200-meter times in a BU uniform than Bennett is Tiffany Townsend, who had owned all 10 of the fastest 200-meter indoor marks in school history.
WHAT'S NEXT
On Saturday at the Alex Wilson Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind., the women's distance medley relay team of Charlotte Myers, Kiana Hawn, Olicia Williams and Maggie Montoya will try for an NCAA-qualifying time. Meanwhile, Chelsea Orr is entered in both the mile and 3,000 meter events, while Hawn is also in the individual 400 meters. The distance medley relay race is slated to be run at 10:50 a.m. CT, while Orr will compete in either the mile at 12:05 p.m. or the 3,000 meters at 2:15 p.m. and Hawn is slated to run the quarter mile at 12:45 p.m.
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COMPLETE BAYLOR ARKANSAS QUALIFIER RESULTS
Q or q = qualifying time
60 Meters
Women - Prelims
4. Taylor Bennett (FR), 7.54q
7. Juanita Mainoo (SO), 7.68 (personal best)
Women - Final
6. Juanita Mainoo (SO), 7.69
-- Taylor Bennett (FR), DNS
200 Meters
Women
1. Taylor Bennett (FR), 23.24 (personal best, ninth-best in BU history & 11th-best currently in NCAA)
6. Juanita Mainoo (SO), 24.62
60 Hurdles
Men
3. Bryce Grace (SR), 7.87
Triple Jump
Women
1. Rachel Toliver (JR), 41-5.25 [12.63m]
