Bryan Clay Results & Long Beach Results 

BRYAN CLAY/LONG BEACH, Calif. (SMU) -- SMU spent the weekend in California competing at the Bryan Clay Invite and Long Beach Invitational and came away with numerous personal bests.  

The weekend began at Bryan Clay with Emily Little running 35:31.90 in the 10,000 – a new PR. Leoni Mierswa won her race of the 5,000 running a new personal best time of 15:56.85 Kaitlyn Gearin ran a season's best time of 16:15.07. Macey Hilton also won her heat and ran a new personal best time of 2:08.60 in the 800. 

When distance wrapped up at Azusa Pacific, sprints and jumps began their weekend at the Long Beach Invitational and personal bests continued to be set. 

Ariana Sutton now sits ninth all-time at SMU in the 400 after running her fastest time of 54.73. She finished seventh at the meet. Hali Murphy ran 57.98, and Magnolia Crissup ran a PR time of 58.04. 

Hurdles brought strong finishes for the Mustangs. Nea Sanders placed sixth with a time of 13.59, and Kelis Jules ran 13.91 for 13th in the 100-meter hurdles. SMU had two top 10 finishes in the 400-meter hurdles. Kirin Chacchia ran 59.48 for fourth and Emily Waller placed ninth with 1:00.97. 

The 4x400 placed third with a team of Sanders, Sutton, Waller and Chacchia running 3:42.21. 

"We had major breakthroughs across all events," Head Coach A'Havahla Haynes said. "This team is on the rise with big things ahead." 

The season continues at Stanford next weekend. 

FULL MUSTANG RESULTS 

BRYAN CLAY 

10,000 Invite Heat 2 

25 Emily Little 35:31.90 (PR) 

800 Invite 

54 Macey Hilton 2:08.60 (PR) 

5,000 Heat 4 

9 Kaitlyn Gearin 16:15.07 (SB) 

5,000 Invite Heat 4 

1 Leoni Mierswa 15:56.85 (PR) 

1,500 Open B 

27 Kendall Saeger 4:35.42 

1,500 Elite 

87 Macey Hilton 4:24.24 

88 Leoni Mierswa 4:24.25 

LONG BEACH 

100mH 

6 Nea Sanders 13.59 

13 Kelis Jules 13.91 

400  

7 Ariana Sutton 54.73 (PR) 

29 Hali Murphy 57.98 

30 Magnolia Crissup 58.04 (PR) 

100 

13 Jasmine Franklin 12.10 

400mH 

4 Kirin Chacchia 59.48 

9 Emily Waller 1:00.97 

200 

20 Gabriella Ayiteyfio 25.04 

36 Kelis Jules 25.53 

4x400 

3 Sanders, Sutton, Waller, Chacchia 3:42.21 

High Jump 

19 Gabriella Ayiteyfio 1.58m 

Long Jump 

25 Raelyn Roberson 5.47m 

Triple Jump 

15 Maykayla Jackson 11.66m 

Shot Put  

49 Gabriella Ayiteyfio 11.66m