Guerrant and Reynolds Bring Home Titles on Day Two of Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Saturday, May 11

Iowa City, Iowa

Michigan State University

Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Saturday Results (PDF)

Guerrant and Reynolds Bring Home Titles on Day Two of Big Ten Outdoor Championships

5/11/2019 11:15:00 PM | Track and Field

Saturday Results (PDF)

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Juniors Nick Guerrant and Asya Reynolds each earned championships for Michigan State on Saturday, May 11, at the 2019 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Guerrant posted a personal-best 7,717 points in the decathlon while Reynolds posted a career-best 5,520 points in the heptathlon.

📣: Director of Track & Field Walt Drenth recaps day two of the 2019 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships.#GoGreen pic.twitter.com/lZ8qzqMa7C
— MSU Track & Field/XC (@MSUTrackFieldXC) May 12, 2019

Combined Events:
Reynolds entered day two of competition in third place of heptathlon competition, but opened Saturday's competition with a first-place finish in the heptathlon long jump with a best jump of 18-11 1/4 (5.77m). Carrying that momentum into the javelin, Reynolds posted a career-best throw of 121-1 (36.91m) to vault into first place. Leading by 75 points heading into the finale event, Reynolds ran the 800m in a season-best 2:22.49 to defeat Iowa's Jenny Kimbro by a 19-point margin, 5520-5501.

Already the indoor heptathlon champion earlier this season, Guerrant added a second medal to his trophy case on Saturday. Entering the day in second-place, Guerrant opened his day with a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.91. Guerrant held steady in second place following a first-place finish in the discus throw after hitting his best throw of the day (132-8, 40.45m) in his final try. A career-best pole vault of 15-5 (4.80m) put Guerrant into first place for good as he wrapped up his competition with a career-best 1500-meter run of 4:41.74.

Track Events:
Competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Saturday night junior Karrigan Smith clocked a time of 10:13.51 to place second in the event. Smith improves upon a 15th place finish in last year's Big Ten Outdoor Championships in which she finished in 10:43.91. Junior Mackenzie Weiler posted a personal-best time in the event, finishing in tenth-place with a time of 10:28.14.

Senior Will Agodu was Michigan State's first track finals qualifier of the day competing in the 110-meter hurdles. Agodu placed second in his heat with a time of 13.98 and finished with the second-best time overall trailing the leader by .01 seconds.

Freshman Jaiden Paris qualified in the 100-meter hurdles at her first Big Ten Outdoor Championships, clocking in at 14.06 which was the eighth-fastest time of the day in the event.

Juniors Dillon McClintock and Carlyn Arteaga each qualified for Sunday's final in the women's 800-meter run. McClintock, who was the Big Ten Indoor runner-up in the 800m won her heat with a time of 2:06.95 to qualify, while Arteaga crossed the finish line with a personal-best 2:07.07 to advance.

Senior Denise Spann posted a new PR in the 400m with a time of 56.35.

Field Events:
The Big Ten Indoor Champion in the pole vault this season, sophomore Sophia Franklin took third on Saturday after rain forced all pole vaulting action indoors. Franklin tied for third-place in the event clearing 13-6 1/4 (4.12m) alongside Andrianna Jacobs of Nebraska. Freshmen Calli Ostapowicz and Libby Jefferson also had strong performances in the pole vault, with Ostapowicz finishing in eighth and Jefferson turning in a season-best, clearing 12-8 3/4 (3.87m).

Junior Jon Edwards needed just his first jump of the afternoon to take sixth-place in the long jump. Edwards jumped 23-6 3/4 (7.18m) which is the second-longest jump of his career, only being bested by 24-4 1/2 (7.43m) he jumped at this seasons Jesse Owens Invitational.

Sophomore Jerimiah Evans placed seventh in the shot put at this year's outdoor championships, finishing the day with a best throw of 58-8 (17.88m). His best throw came in round one of the finals after a throw of 17.53m qualified him.

Also in the finals for throwers was sophomore Niki Sargent who finished in ninth-place for the women's shot put. Sargent used her first throw of the day to set a new personal best of 50-8 (15.44m) which qualified her for the finals.

Up Next
Championships Sunday will feature the finals for 25 events, starting at 11:00 a.m. CT with the trials and finals for the men's triple jump. Track events will get started at 12:45 p.m. with the men's 4x100 relay. Michigan State has nine field athletes going in five events and will compete in 13 track events on the final day of competition.