It was déjà vu all over again for the ASU track and field team last weekend at the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque and for the Sun Devil throwers at the Northern Arizona Team Challenge in Flagstaff.
“We really wanted to measure the progress from week one to two, and you can really do that when they have the same schedule at the same place,” ASU coach Greg Kraft said. “And we made definite improvements there.”
In her second trip to Albuquerque in as many weeks, redshirt senior Jasmine Chaney flew out of the gates again with a first place 200-meter dash and a second place 400-meter dash.
Chaney ran a time of 23.22 seconds in the 200-meter, second in ASU history and seventh in the NCAA this season. She also ran a time of 53.37 seconds in the 400-meter, third on the ASU list and currently fifth in the NCAA. Both were also personal records.
“Jasmine Chaney has definitely taken her game to another level and backed it up,” Kraft said.
The Sun Devils had a one-two finish in the pentathlon as sophomore Keia Pinnick and senior Samantha Henderson each set personal records.
Pinnick scored 3,908 points to win the event, provisionally qualify for the NCAA championships, rank No. 14 this season in the NCAA, and vault to second all-time in ASU history.
“Keia Pinnick has made tremendous strides with what she’s been able to do two weekends in a row,” Kraft said.
Henderson accrued 3,785 points which puts her right behind Pinnick at third all-time on the Sun Devil pentathlon list.
Senior Dominique’ Maloy rounded out the women’s Top 10 finishes with a third-place time of 7.48 seconds in the 60-meter dash, fifth in ASU history.
On the men’s side, junior John Kline bested his own personal and facility record in a first-place finish in the 600-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 17.38 seconds. His time stands at No. 12 in NCAA history.
“On the men’s side, we just keep continually getting reps and getting better,” Kraft said.
Freshman Bryan McBride became the seventh man in ASU history to clear seven feet in the high jump with a third-place jump of 7-feet 0.25 inches, fifth on the all-time ASU list.
Redshirt sophomore Austin Prince was the final men’s top 10 finisher in Albuquerque, with a fifth-place finish in the heptathlon with 4,900 points, which is fourth in ASU history.
At the NAU Team Challenge, the Sun Devil throwers pulled in four top 5 finishes, all of which were made the top 10 in their respective ASU lists.
Redshirt freshman Anna Jelmini took second in women’s shot put with a 15.89-meter throw, fifth in ASU history, and junior Ashley Lampley threw a personal record 17.21 meters for third place in the women’s weight throw, sixth in ASU history.
Redshirt sophomore Jordan Clarke was the lone men’s thrower in the top 10 with a 18.76-meter weight throw, fifth in ASU history.
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