Mustangs To Compete At Baylor, Stanford
Apr 1 | Track & Field
| SMU at the Baylor Invitational | |
| Date | Friday, April 3 |
| Location | Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium | Waco, Texas |
| Live Results | Meet Central |
| SMU at the Stanford Invitational | |
| Date | Friday, April 3 |
| Location | Cobb Track & Angell Field | Stanford, Calif. |
| Live Results | Meet Central |
| Live Video | FloTrack |
| SMU Notes | Notes (.pdf) |
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DALLAS -- The SMU women's track and field team will split its squad for the second weekend in a row on Friday. The sprinters and field performers head to Waco for the Baylor Invitational, while the distance runners travel to California for the Stanford Invitational.
Last weekend, the Mustangs competed in a pair of Texas meets. Sprinters competed at the Texas Relays and field athletes competed at the Texas State-hosted Bobcat Invitational. The Mustangs had an impressive showing at Texas State, as Isabella Marten (triple jump), Tochi Nlemchi (shot put) and Lucija Cvitanovic (javelin) all captured individual titles. Marten's jump of 13.21 meters set the top mark in the country.
This weekend's competitions will serve as the fourth and fifth meets of SMU's outdoor season.
BAYLOR INVITATIONAL
When: Friday, April 3
Where: Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium | Waco, Texas
Tickets: $10 adults | $5 ages 2-17
Who: Sprinters and field performers will compete in Waco. Field events begin at 11 a.m. with the hammer throw and running events begin at 3 p.m. The event will feature top runners from Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, North Texas, Oklahoma, Texas State, TCU and UTA.
STANFORD INVITATIONAL
When: Friday, April 3
Where: Cobb Track & Angel Field | Stanford, Calif.
Who: The distance squad is set to compete at Stanford. Holly Archer, Caitlin Keen, Agnes Sjostrom, Karoline Skatteboe, Shanoah Souza and Melanie Stemper will all represent SMU in California.
SMU NOTES
MUSTANGS IN THE TOP 100
Five individual have marks that rank in the top 100 nationally. Additionally, one relay team has a top-100 time. Isabella Marten's 13.21-meter mark in the triple jump at the Bobcat Invitational is the best in the country. Two student-athletes, Rayann Chin and Stephanie Kalu, have two top 100 marks.
100-meter
15. Stephanie Kalu (11.67)
200-meter
36. Stephanie Kalu (24.00)
4x100 Relay
92. Ehiemua / Kalu / Scruggs / Washington (46.60)
Triple Jump
1. Isabella Marten (13.21m)
Shot Put
24. Tochi Nlemchi (15.49m)
90. Rayann Chin (14.07m)
Discus
36. Rayann Chin (50.59m)
Javelin
38. Lucija Cvitanovic (46.12m)
KEY DATES
March 1: First day of NCAA Championship qualifying
May 14-17: AAC Championship
May 17: Last day of NCAA Championship qualifying
May 28-30: NCAA Preliminary Rounds competition (East: North Florida; West: Texas)
June 10-13: NCAA Championship competition (Eugene, Oregon)
REIGNING AAC CHAMPIONS
SMU will look to repeat as American Athletic Conference champions after claiming the title last year in the conference's inaugural season. Seven Mustangs won individual titles, four of which return to this year's squad. Stephanie Kalu (100-meter), Agnes Sjostrom (5,000-meter) and Rayann Chin (Discus) all won one title, while Lucija Cvitanovic won two (Javelin, Heptathlon) and was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer.
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS
Senior Stephanie Kalu holds school records in the indoor 60-meter (6.75 in 2014), as well as the outdoor 100-meter (11.53 in 2014) and 200-meter (23.21 in 2014). Kalu was also a member of the record-setting 4x100 (outdoor) and 4x400 (indoor, outdoor) relay teams. Current sprinters Rachel Scruggs and Craishia Washington also land in the record books as members of the relays teams.
UP NEXT - MT. SAC INVITATIONAL
SMU will have a two-week hiatus before resuming action on April 16-18 at the Mt. SAC Invitational in Walnut, California.
