Jordan West wins, Rojé Stona 2nd in Stanford Invitational shot put

STANFORD – A 1-2 end within the shot put produced huge throws from winner Jordan West and runner-up Rojé Stona on the second day of the Stanford Invitational.

A successful toss of 66-0.25 (20.12) by West got here from his first throw. Three further spectacular marks adopted with measurements of 63-11.75 (19.50) in spherical three, a 65-4.75 (19.93) in spherical 4 and 65-3.5 (19.90) to shut out the sequence.

“Having consistency was my important purpose,” famous West. “First outside meet of the yr and it’s good to get out in some respectable climate. It helps to throw a smaller diameter shot after indoor nationals.

“Rojé is a extremely good shot putter. It was a fairly good day for each of us and a superb weekend for all of the throwers. We’ll take it and go into our subsequent two weeks of coaching onerous and have higher performances.”

Whereas West established an absolute Arkansas document along with his indoor UA faculty document of 67-2 (20.47), he strikes to No. 2 on the UA outside all-time checklist.

Stona, who completed an inch forward of third place, set an out of doors profession better of 62-11.5 (19.19) and strikes to No. 5 on the UA outside all-time checklist. This indoor season Stona improved his profession greatest to 65-6 (19.96).

“To throw over 19 meters is an effective begin for me, understanding I used to be constant over 19m indoors,” mentioned Stona. “To me outdoor is a totally totally different occasion than indoors, as a result of the indoor ball is way greater than the outside ball, plus coping with the circumstances outdoors.

“It’s a superb feeling understanding the particular person you’re coaching with is doing in addition to you.”

Late night time distance racing on Friday included a 28:00.58 profession greatest by Patrick Kiprop within the 10,000m, which moved him to No. 2 on the UA all-time checklist, solely trailing the Arkansas faculty document of 27:52.10 set by Shawn Forrest in 2009.

After difficult late and transferring into the lead during the last couple of laps, Kiprop completed sixth. Arkansas alum Gilbert Boit positioned tenth with a 28:19.04. Jacob McLeod was additionally within the race and he registered a profession better of 28:28.73, transferring to No. 9 on the UA all-time checklist. Myles Richter posted a 29:23.38.

Within the 5,000m, a profession better of 13:43.82 positioned Elias Schreml third within the second part of the race. Schmrel improved his earlier better of 13:58.48 from 2021. Ben Shearer ran a profession greatest of three:44.14 within the first part of the 1,500m to position sixth.

On Saturday, Arkansas posted a time of 40.55 to win the primary part of the 4 x 100m relay with a crew of Jeremy Farr, Lance Lang, Connor Washington, and James Benson II. A second squad within the race ran 41.82 with a line-up of Matthew Lewis-Banks, Brevin Sims, Phillip Anderson, and Devontie Archer.

Racing in his 800m debut, Chris Bailey ran 1:49.82 to position second within the second part of the occasion.

Arkansas capped the meet by working 4 and a half 4 x 400m relays. The Razorbacks gained the occasion with a time of three:08.42 from a crew of Farr (48.34), Lang (45.69), Washington (47.72), and Benson II (46.67).

Putting fourth within the race in 3:10.33 was the Arkansas B squad of Archer, Brandon Battle (45.40), TJ Tomlyanovich (46.84), and Ethan Carney (48.05).

The C relay crew ran 3:16.16 with a foursome of Tristan LaVan, Leroy Russell III, Phillip Anderson, and Jadon Bartholomew. A 3:19.70 from the D group included Brevin Sims, Ricardo Banks, Yariel Soto Torrado, and Daniel Spejcher. Competing in one other part, Noah Swaby and Marcus Weaver ran the primary two legs of the relay.

Arkansas produced a 2-5-8 end within the triple bounce. Ryan Brown hit a mark of 51-4.5 (15.66) to guide the Razorback trio. John Baker adopted with a 50-8 (15.44) distance whereas Hyperlink Lindsey went 47-10 (14.58).