SMU walked away from their last meet before the AAC championships with ten new personal best times. The Texas Invitational this weekend also produced three new season best times for the Mustangs as well as two SMU Top-10 performances.
"We put it together as a team with lots of schedule changes and shuffling of events," Head Coach A'Havahla Haynes said. "The women adapted well and came away with marked improvement."
K'Nyah Isaac had a great weekend with the best times of her career in both the 200 and the 400. She ran a time of 24.13 in the 200, which ties the eighth best time in SMU history. In the 400, she ran 55.71 -- shortly behind Whitney Williams with her time of 55.25.
Each Mustang that ran the 1,500 in Austin came away with a PR. Leoni Mierswa crossed the finish line first with a time of 4:26.78, which puts her at eighth fastest in SMU history. Macey Hilton followed closely behind in third with 4:28.14 with Kaitlyn Gearin right on her tail with 4:28.79. Jessie Crowley placed sixth with 4:32.37 and Kendall Saeger and Alanis Robineau placed seventh and eighth within a second. Nikoleta Rafailaki placed ninth and Maddie Hulcy placed tenth.
In the 400 meter hurdles, Emily Waller ran her best time of the season with 1:02.94 for fifth place. The season bests carried over to the field events as well where Hedda Kvalvag jumped 12.56 meters in the triple jump for third place. The 4x400 composed of Nea Sanders, Williams, Waller and Camryn McPhaul also ran their best time of the outdoor season with 3:48.70, which placed them second among the field.
SMU will now have one weekend off competition before traveling to Florida for the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, which begins on May 12.
FULL MUSTANG RESULTS
Long Jump
10 Raelyn Roberson 5.95m
14 Olivia Dobson 5.60m
20 Maykayla Jackson 5.10m
Javelin
3 Olivia Dobson 39.97m
400mH
5 Emily Waller 1:02.94
200
13 K'Nyah Isaac 24.13 (PR)
23 Camryn McPhaul 25.22
Triple Jump
3 Hedda Kvalvag 12.56m
High Jump
12 Olivia Dobson 1.60m
100mH
16 Nea Sanders 14.72
18 Olivia Dobson 15.75
400
11 Whitney Williams 55.25
14 K'Nyah Isaac 55.71 (PR)
Shot Put
14 Olivia Dobson 13.35m
100
20 Raelyn Roberson 12.23
800
5 Macey Hilton 2:13.36
7 Leoni Mierswa 2:15.44
13 Mackenzie Montandon 2:22.22
4x400
2 Sanders, Williams, Waller, McPhaul 3:48.70
1500
1 Leoni Mierswa 4:26.78 (PR)
3 Macey Hilton 4:28.14 (PR)
4 Kaitlyn Gearin 4:28.79 (PR)
6 Jessie Crowley 4:32.37 (PR)
7 Kendall Saeger 4:32.56 (PR)
8 Alanis Robineau 4:32.95 (PR)
9 Nikoleta Rafailaki 4:33.54 (PR)
10 Maddie Hulcy 4:36.15 (PR)