Men’s pole vault sweeps the rostrum, Bowen and Brzyszkowska climb up VT’s all-time leaderboard

Athens, Ga. — The first two days of competitors on the Spec Towns Invite and Oklahoma Throws Series World Invite noticed excellent performances from males’s pole vault and Yekini Bowen within the discus throw.

Bowen continued to soar up Virginia Tech’s all-time leaderboard for discus on the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invite. His 60.41m (184 toes 10 inches) throw moved him up from fourth to 3rd in program historical past. 

Conner McClure, Maddox Hamm, and Layne Studer swept the rostrum for pole vault on the Spec Towns Invitational, with McClure ending first, Hamm second, and Studer third. 

Both McClure and Hamm cleared the 5.53m (18 toes 1.75 inches) bar, a season-best for McClure. Studer completed with a mark of 5.23m (17 toes 1.75 inches).

The girls’s pole vault noticed the rostrum as nicely, with Chiara Sistermann inserting second with a 4.31m (14 toes 1.75 inches) mark.

Katrin Brzyszkowska improved her mark in discus on the Oklahoma Throws Series Invite. She recorded a private greatest 50.76m (166 toes 6 inches), which locations her fifth all-time in program historical past.

Nate Paris secured a private greatest within the shot put in the course of the decathlon with a 12.98m (42 toes 7 inches) throw, ending third. He would additionally place first within the 100m (10.58) and lengthy bounce (7.12m (23 toes 4 inches)), and positioned second within the 110H (11.69).

Fellow decathlete, Stuart Pirtle, completed first within the 110H with a private greatest time of 14.44, and positioned third within the 100m (10.97), excessive bounce (2.00m (6 toes 6.75 inches)), and discus (37.78m (123 toes 11 inches)).

Alex Hoffman hit a private greatest within the hammer throw with a 60.74m (199 toes 3 inches) toss on the Spec Towns Invite.

Freshman Joseph Rozynski hit a private greatest time of twenty-two.26 within the 200m.

Up subsequent
The Hokies will return to the Spec Towns Invite and the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invite tomorrow.

 

Day 1

Spec Towns Invite

Men’s 

Decathlon:

Nate Paris – 2nd (4108 pts)

100m – 1st (10.58) (956 pts)

Long Jump – 1st (7.12m (23’ 4”)) (842 pts)

Shot Put – third (12.98m (42’ 7”)) (666 pts) (PB) 

High Jump – 4th (1.94m (6’ 4.25)) (749 pts)

400m – third (48.37) (891 pts)

Stuart Pirtle – third (3901 pts)

100m – third (10.97) (867 pts)

Long Jump – seventh (6.66m (21’ 10.25”)) (734 pts)

Shot Put – fifth (12.42m (40’ 9”)) (632 pts)

High Jump – third (2.00m (6’ 6.75) (803 pts)

400m – 4th (48.92) (865 pts)

Oklahoma Throws Series World Invite

Women’s 

Discus

Katrin Brzyszkowska – eleventh (50.76m (166’ 6”)) (PB) (fifth all-time for VT)

Men’s 

Discus

Yekini Bowen – third (60.41m (184’ 10”)) (PB) (third all-time for VT)

Day 2

Spec Towns Invite

Women’s 

Pole Vault

Chiara Sistermann – 2nd (4.31m (14’ 1.75”))

Erin Kelleher – 4th (4.11m (13’ 5.75”)) (SB)

Kelsey Lovercheck – eighth (3.76m (12’ 4”))

200m

Zoey McFadyen – twenty seventh (24.30)

Marvellous Asemota – forty second (25.06)

Farah Nasir – forty fifth (25.11)

Jaala Thymes – forty sixth (25.43)

McKenzie Hadfield – fiftieth (26.48)

Men’s

Decathlon

Nate Paris – DNF

110H – 2nd (14.69) (887 pts)

Discus – fifth (36.55m (119’ 11”)) (595 pts)

Pole Vault – DNS 

Javelin – DNS

1500m – DNS

Stuart Pirtle – DNF

110H – 1st (14.44) (918 pts) (PB)

Discus – third (37.78 (123’ 11”)) (620 pts)

Pole Vault – DNS

Javelin – DNS

1500m – DNS

Hammer Throw

Lukas Baroke – sixth (64.70m (212’ 3”)

Alex Hoffman – eleventh (60.74m (199’ 3”) (PB)

Pole Vault

Conner McClure – 1st (5.53m (18’ 1.75”)) (SB)

Maddox Hamm – 2nd (5.53m (18’ 1.75”))

Layne Studer – third (5.23m (17’ 1.75”)) 

Jack Helmich – eighth (4.78m (15’ 8.25”))

200m

Calvin Meyer – twenty eighth (21.65)

Joseph Rozynski – thirty seventh (22.26) (PB)

Evan Taylor – thirty eighth (22.49) (SB)

Armaan Dhillon – thirty ninth (22.62) 

Oklahoma Throws Series World Invite

Women’s

Hammer Throw

Mariana Pestana – third (65.52m (214’ 11”))