Rockhold breaks school record in 5,000 meters at Bryan Clay Invitational

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AZUSA, Calif.—Senior standout Cole Rockhold broke Colorado State's school record in the 5,000 meters Thursday night at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University. Rockhold's time of 13:35.26 topped the previous record of 13:37.23 set two years ago by Jefferson Abbey, and was five seconds faster than his personal best of 13:40.29, which had ranked second in school history.

Rockhold's record-setting performance landed him in second place among collegians and fourth overall in a highly-competitive Heat 1 in which the top seven finishers crossed in a span of 2.5 seconds. Rockhold and Alabama's Gilbert Kigen (13:34.95) clocked the top two collegiate times of 2019. In Heat 2 senior Carson Hume and junior Eric Hamer also set personal bests with all-time CSU outdoor top 10 performances. Hume's 13:58.94 ranks 7^th in CSU history while Hamer's 13:59.07 ranks 8^th.

Junior Ali Kallner finished fourth among collegians and sixth overall in the 3,000 steeplechase in 10:19.07, just a few seconds off her personal best of 10:14.13 set just three weeks ago. Junior Emma Atwell followed in 11:03.61, 10^th-best all-time at CSU, to finish 46^th. Senior Bailey Ness clocked a 16:54.30 in Heat 2 of the 5,000 meters to enter CSU's all-time outdoor top 20 at No. 20.

The Bryan Clay Invitational Multi events wrapped up Thursday. Sophomore Aria Tate won Group 2 with a score of 4,952, while junior Amelia Harvey placed third in that group with a score of 4,920, which rank 12^th and 13^th on CSU's all-time heptathlon list. Freshman Lexie Keller posted the top score among competitors in Group 1 with 4,758 points, which also climbs into the program's all-time top 20 at 19^th.

Tate's winning performance in Group 2 was powered by her second-place finish in the long jump (18-7.25/5.67m).
Harvey placed second in the group in the 800 (2:24.78) and third in the long jump (17-3.25/5.26m).
Keller won the long jump for Group 1 (17-9.75/5.43m) and was fourth in the 800 (2:23.03), among her top performances.

In the decathlon, senior Hunter Powell scored the seventh-highest total in CSU history with 7,141 to place fourth in Group 3. Sophomore Eric Lundgren's 6,630 points rank 14^th on CSU's all-time list and were good for a second-place finish in Group 1, while freshman Bradly Wright (6,182) placed seventh in that group.

Powell placed second in Group 3 in the discus (135-11/41.43m) and third in the javelin (176-8/53.85m) to key his move from seventh to fourth on Day 2.
Lundgren posted second-place finishes in the discus (121-3/36.96m) and javelin (153-0/46.64m) and placed third in the 1,500 (4:42.07) to cap a strong second day.
Wright held his seventh-place spot on Day, and claimed an event victory in the javelin (153-8/46.84m).

Live Results for Friday's final day of the Bryan Clay Invitational.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head cross country coach/track & field distance coach Art Siemers:
On Rockhold's school-record 5,000 meters:
"This was not an easy road for Cole (Rockhold). His stress fracture in cross country took longer to heal than we thought, which cut his indoor season short. Then he had another minor setback at the beginning of outdoor, which forced him to miss a few key workouts. Like a true champion he never seemed to lose his confidence. Cole put together three of his best training weeks in a row after (the) Stanford (Invitational). He executed wonderfully tonight and showed he's back to his All-America form."

Bedard claims victory in women's hammer throw at Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 18, 2019)

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Senior Kelcey Bedard won the women's hammer throw Thursday at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, hosted by Long Beach State University, with a mark of 208-6.5 (63.58m), just shy of her personal-best 210-1 that ranks second in school history. Senior Linnea Johnson was ninth (191-5/58.37m) and sophomore Tarynn Sieg placed 10^th with a personal-best mark of 190-2.5 (57.99m) to move up to 14^th on CSU's all-time outdoor list.

In the women's shot put, Sieg and junior Maria Muzzio placed second and third, respectively. Sieg recorded a mark of 51-1.25 feet (15.58m), just shy of her 6^th-in-school-history personal best of 51-7.25, while Muzzio eclipsed her personal best with a put of 50-9.25 feet (15.48m) to rank ninth on CSU's all-time outdoor list. Her previous best was 50-7.5.

Senior Shadae Lawrence placed second in the women's discus with a mark of 184-10 (56.35m), while Bedard placed fourth (174-0/53.07m) and Sieg was seventh with a personal-best 167-7.25 (51.10m), 17^th on CSU's all-time outdoor list.

UP NEXT
The Bryan Clay Invitational, the Beach Invitational and the Mt. SAC Relays all continue Friday.

Cole Rockhold new school record 5k 13:35.26. Currently NCAA #2 mark #ramtough 🐏 @CSUTrackFieldXC @ColeRockCole pic.twitter.com/eQyvs2eRwT
— Art Siemers (@coachsiemers) April 19, 2019

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