Leathernecks Set Personal Records At Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational

Western Illinois concludes the last day of the Lee Calhoun.

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MACOMB, Ill. – A total of 16 personal records were broken by Western Illinois on the final day of the 28th Annual Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational.

"Overall we had a great day. It was the kind of day that we have needed throughout the outdoor season," said Western Illinois head coach Mike Stevenson. "We had a huge number of event champions and some very good performances. The high winds hampered a lot of efforts from every team, but our kids were focused and competed hard the whole day, and you can see it in the placing."

The women's team broke a total of 10 personal records, beginning with Jasmine Brown, who took home a pair of first-place finishes. She set a new Lee Calhoun record of 42'-4" (12.90 meters) in the triple jump and a season-best in the long jump (5.97 meters, 19'-7").

Alyssa Johnson set a new personal-best of 2:09.71 to win the 800-meter run. Jacqlynn Finney followed Johnson with a time of 2:22.14 for a fourth-place finish. In the women's 100-meter dash, Kaliyah Cobb (11.97) and Khalyia Lawson (12.26) took first and second place, respectively. Cobb also finished runner-up in the women's 200-meter dash (24.90).

Nicole Beebe and Madison Lefler also took home first and second place in the women's 5,000 with times of 19:07.09 and 19:20.49, respectively. For the women's 1,500, Jacey Rober recorded a third-place finish, shattering her old personal record of 5:17.07 with a new time of 4:59.46. Rachel Hilton also set a personal record with a time of 1:19.86 and came out victorious in the women's 400-meter run. Abigail Richter also recorded a first-place finish in the women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 12:01.01.

The quartet of Cobb, Lawson, Bo Brasseur and Sierra Woods earned first and also set a team personal record of 47.35 in the women's 4x100 meter relay. Western also won the women's 4x400 meter relay as Johnson, Cobb, Brasseur and Woods (3:54.08). Allison Richter set a new personal record in the women's discus (39.72 meters/130'-4") for fourth place.

The duo of Abbi Smith (48.51 meters) and Anika Juerrs (45.58 meters) set personal records in the women's hammer throw for third and fourth place. Allison Ricther also set a new personal-best (39.96 meters) to win the women's javelin.

Malachi Adams (first/10.41) and Charles Morrow (10.68) both rounded out the top-2 for the men's 100-meter dash, and the trio of Adams (21.30), Tyler Younkin (21.52) and Morrow (21.80) all finished first, second and third in the men's 200.

Justin Montalto also set a new personal record with a time of 49.87 in the men's 400-meter dash for third. Grant Kaiser had a runner-up performance in the men's 1,500 meter run with a mark of 4:06.59.

Western Illinois continued its personal record-slate with Josh Kirby's first place finish for a time of 14.64 in the 110-meter hurdles, his new personal record. The top finishes continued for Western, with Ross Smetzer winning the men's 3,000 Steeplechase (10:11.86), Matt Simmons for the long jump (6.90 meters/ 22'-7.75") and the triple jump (14.10 meters/46'-3.25") - which were both personal records - and Josh Swope for the men's javelin (48.99 meters/160'-9").

Lastly, the 4x100 meter relay team of Morrow, Kirby, Younkin and Adams recorded a first-place result (42.17) to round out the slew of victories for Western Illinois.

The Leathernecks return to the track on April 22 in Iowa City, Iowa, for the Musco Twilight. The first events are set to begin at noon.