Danielle Littleton Hurdles
Gabriel L. Acosta

Women's Track and Field

Danielle Littleton Breaks Three Indoor School Record At Mt. T's Invitational

Flagstaff, AZ—Danielle Littleton broke the UC Riverside school records in the indoor 60m Hurdles, Long Jump and Pentathlon Friday and finished in fourth place overall at Northern Arizona's Mt. T's Invitational.

Her time of 8.53 in the 60m Hurdles was .10 faster than Briana Kennedy-Feldhaus' previous record time of 8.63 set on February 10, 2013. When adjusted for altitude, Littleton's time translates to 8.57 in the record books.

Following a fourth place finish in the High Jump (1.64m, 5' 4.50") and a seventh place finish in the Shot Put (8.91m, 29' 2.75"), she broke her own Long Jump record clearing 5.79m (19" 0.0"). That broke her own record of 5.73m which she established on February 15 of last year.

Littleton closed out the Pentathlon with a third place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:31.82.

Breana Jemison also etched her name in the Highlanders' record books with a toss of 14.78m (48' 6.00") in the Shot Put beating Evangela Dixon's record of 48' 1". Deja Watkins finished right behind her in fourth place clearing 13.69m (44' 11.00").

In other action Friday, give different members of the Highlanders took part in the Men's 200m led by Mathew Vasel's seventh place performance with a time of 22.19. He was followed by Zachary Lewis (22.48, 12th), Justin Parker (22.73, 17th), Charles Wheeler (22.86, 21st) and Peter Manu (21.10, 25th)

Jazmine Harper came in ninth place in the Women's Long Jump clearing 4.82m (15' 9.75"), and Regina Bowman finished 25th in the Women's 200m with a time of 26.70.