Travis Smith Smashes Indoor Shot Put Record At UW Invitational

Friday, January 25

Seattle, WA

10:00 am

UC Riverside

UW Invitational (Indoor)

Travis Smith Smashes Indoor Shot Put Record At UW Invitational

1/26/2013 5:49:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Seattle, WA—Travis Smith shattered his own record in the indoor shot put Saturday evening with a distance of 62' 4.5" (19.01m) at the University of Washington's UW Invitational—the first indoor meet of the 2013 season for the Highlanders. That bettered his previous school record of 54' 8.75" (16.68m) set on January 28, 2012.

Smith fouled on his first attempt of the day, but on his second throw, he cleared 60' 10" (18.54m). After two more fouls and a throw of just over 58 feet, Smith set the school record for the second time on the day on his last throw of the meet.

The senior from Clovis, CA finished first in the event, besting competitors from larger programs such as Oregon, Washington, Eastern and Western Washington, Cal and Stanford. His nearest competition came from Stanford's Geoffrey Tabor who cleared 56' 5.75".

A pair of veteran jumpers also turned in top early performances as Ryan Swafford broke the school mark in the men's triple jump finishing second with a distance of 50' 9.5" (15.48m). Ted Hooper came in fifth in the men's long jump with a leap of 22' 11.75" (7.00m), while Swafford came in seventh clearing 22' 1.50" (6.74m), and Michael Harris came in 19th with a distance of 19' 7.50" (5.98m).

Next up for the Highlanders is a trip to Flagstaff, AZ for the Mount T's Invitational on February 1-2.

In other action ....
WOMEN
Deja Watkins finished 10th in the women's shot put with a distance of 44' 1.50" (13.45m), while freshman Breana Jemison came in 17th at 41' 0.50" (12.51m).

Watkins also came in 10th in the women's weight throw with a distance of 53' 11.75" (16.44m). Jemison took 18th with a toss of 57' 11.25" (14.61m).

Jacquelyn DuBois took 12th in the women's triple jump clearing 36' 9.75" (11.22m).

Alisha Brown paced four UC Riverside runners in the women's 3,000 with a time of 10:04.79 followed by Jzsanette Lindstrom (10:09.30), Brianna Simmons (10:16.20) and MaryAnn Holliday (10:32.72).

Amber Wright took sixth in the women's 400m with a time of 57.08. She was followed by Noelle Abboud (57.51) in 10th, Asha Blades (59.49) who came in 24th, and Jazmine Harper (1:00.01) who finished 31st.

Wright also finished 28th in the women's 60m with a time of 7.89 followed by Nechelle Reyes in 50th at 8.20.

Briana Kennedy-Feldhaus finished 14th in the women's 60m hurdles with a time of 9.00. She was followed by Jazmine Lewis with a time of 9.45.

Phoenisha Schuhmeier came in 29th in the women's long jump clearing 16' 3".

MEN
Michael Koger came in third in the men's 400m finishing in 40.94 just 47 hundredths of a second off the leader. Dylan Gates (49.84) finished 17th, Marcus Cummings (50.20) came in 23rd, and Michael Pare (50.98) finished 27th.

Michael Hern qualified for the finals in the men's 60m with the seventh best time in the prelims at 6.93. In the finals, he ran 6.91, finishing in a tie for seventh.

Nic Beachan (8:45.64) and Michael Gauger (8:50.96) took eighth and 11th in the men's 3,000.

Carl Nahigian took 13th in the men's weight throw clearing 49' 9.75" (15.18m) followed by Uchenna Oniah in 18th at 46' 8.75" (14.24m).