LUBBOCK, Texas & SEATTLE, Wash. – Arizona Track & Field wrapped up both the Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open and the Husky Invitational on Saturday. The Wildcats had three top-three finishers in Lubbock, highlighted by Zach Landa who won the men's shot put for the third consecutive week. In Seattle, the distance crew had a day full of personal bests.
 
"Our final team competition out here in Lubbock was a really successful competition for us," said Head Coach Fred Harvey. "We hit it in a lot of different areas. We had personal bests in the throws with Tapenisa Havea and Haedyn Bambolo. I thought we did a really nice job in the sprints as well where we had really good performances with Trayvion White-Austin setting the school record in the 60m dash yesterday. Overall, going into the USATF Indoor Championships we'll have some opportunities to get into those top 16s for the NCAA Indoor Championships."
 
TOP-THREE FINISHES
Zach Landa – First, Men's Shot Put, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
Tapenisa Havea – Second, Women's Shot Put, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
Keilee Hall – Third, Women's 600y, Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open
 
FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
TEXAS TECH
The Wildcats started out strong on day two of the Texas Tech Jarvis Scott Open. In the women's shot put, Tapenisa Havea finished runner-up and Haedyn Bambolo finished fourth. Both Havea and Bambolo posted personal best throws on the day, with Bambolo doing so twice. Havea's mark was 52-6 (16.00m), which is the first time she has surpassed 16 meters in the indoor shot put. Bambolo's best was 49-9 (15.16m). Lauryn Love finished 10th in the event as well.
 
Arizona men's shot put entered the meet ranked first in the nation in the USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings and they continued their strong season. Zach Landa won the event for the third straight week, posting a season best throw of 61-10.25 (18.85m). He has improved his season mark in every shot put competition this year. Youssef Koudssi placed fourth for the team with a throw of 58-5.75 (17.82m) and Tyler Michelini finished fifth with a toss of 58-2.5 (17.74m). Michael Ogbeiwi also made the event's final and placed ninth.
 
Two Wildcats made it to the final of the women's triple jump: Taylen Wise and Esther Akinlosotu. Wise's best jump on the day was 41-4.25 (12.60m), which was good enough for a fifth-place finish. Akinlosotu placed ninth overall. In the men's triple jump, Sir Jonathan Sims posted a mark of 49-5.75 (15.08m) and placed seventh.
 
Freshman Olivia Dillon had a big personal best clearance in the women's pole vault. She reached a height of 12-10.75 (3.93m), needing just one attempt to do so, and finished in fifth. That is the highest clearance by a freshman for the Wildcats since 2002.
 
TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
TEXAS TECH
Arizona had record altering performances in both the men's and women's 600y. In the women's race, freshman Keilee Hall clocked a time of 1:20.08, which is second all-time in school history, and placed third overall. Then in the men's race, Yan Vazquez also clocked the second fastest time in Arizona history, running a 1:10.83. He placed sixth overall. Additionally, it was the first collegiate 600y run by both Hall and Vazquez.
 
Trayvion White-Austin followed up Friday's 60m school record by running a time of 21.04 and finishing fifth overall in the men's 200m. James Onanubosi clocked a time of 21.50 in the 200m as well and Tyson Tippet finished with a time of 21.53, as the two battled it out in an Arizona-only heat.
 
In the women's 200m, McKenna Watson placed seventh overall with a time of 23.57. She was followed by Jade Brown, who placed 10th with a time of 23.96. Additionally, both Dakota Minor and Zana Ryan clocked personal bests in the event.
 
Both the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams clocked season best times on the day. The women's team of Antonia Sanchez Nunez, Keilee Hall, McKenna Watson, and Ava Simms ran a time of 3:38.43 and placed second overall. The men's squad of Jacob Samford, Yan Vazquez, Logan Hasher, and Isaac Davis placed fourth with a time of 3:09.59.
 
WASHINGTON
Impressively, all five Wildcats from the distance crew that ran at Washington on Saturday posted an indoor personal best time. Starting off in the women's mile, Sailor Hutton ran her second personal record of the weekend, clocking a time of 4:47.07 in the event.

Ian Sanchez Lopez was the top finisher for the team in the men's mile, clocking a PR time of 4:03.68. He placed 16th overall. Cooper Quigley ran a personal best time of 4:06.99 as well.

In the men's 800m, Cade Russo finished 13th overall with a personal best time of 1:51.78. Noah Ray had a PB time of 1:52.79 in the event. In the women's 800m, Kara Mickelson clocked a PB time of 2:13.12.

UP NEXT
Arizona will compete in their last regular season meet of the year next Friday with the NAU Tune Up in Flagstaff, Ariz. A select number of competitors will also travel back to Albuquerque, N.M., for the USATF Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday. It will be the last weekend of indoor meets before the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Mass., on March 8-9.
 
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