FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arizona Track and Field competed on day two of the NCAA West First Round Championships Thursday.

With the men kicking off the competition on Wednesday, this was the Arizona Women's first chance to compete at the first-round championships. Two Wildcats, Antonia Sanchez Nunez and McKenna Watson, advanced to the quarterfinals of track events which will be held on Saturday.
 
FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
In the women's long jump, freshman Sydnie Vanek just narrowly missed out on advancing to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. Vanek jumped 21-4.75 (6.52m) (+2.7) which is right around her personal best but finished 13th overall. The field was incredibly competitive with five jumpers leaping that distance in the event and nine of the top 12 jumpers posting season-best jumps, which bumped Vanek outside of the qualifying top 12. Jenica Bosko also finished 26th in the competition with a leap of 20-8.5 (6.31m).
 
In the women's hammer, Ava David placed 19th overall with a throw of 190-8 (58.13m).
 
In the women's shot put, Tapenisa Havea posted a throw of 54-0.5 (16.47m) to place 24th overall.
 
TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
Antonia Sanchez Nunez clocked a time of 57.99 to finish second in her first-round heat of the 400m hurdles and automatically qualified for the quarterfinals on Saturday. Sanchez Nunez placed 18th overall in the event. Freshman Keilee Hall ran a time of 59.08 in the event as well.
 
In the first round of the women's 200m, McKenna Watson clocked a time right around her personal best to finish 24th overall and advance to the quarterfinals in the event on Saturday. Watson's time was 23.20 (+2.9) as she grabbed the last qualifying spot in the event.
 
In the first round of the women's 400m, freshman Ava Simms posted a time of 54.79.
 
UP NEXT
The Arizona Men will be back in action for day three of the NCAA West First Round Championships on Friday. Due to the threat of severe weather, the schedule has been modified with throwing events now beginning at 8:00 a.m. MST and running events starting at 12:00 p.m. MST.
 
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