Four athletes qualify at McBride Invite

Phoenix, Ariz. - The T-Birds track & field squad competed at the Cody McBride Invite on Saturday at Paradise Valley CC, with four athletes hitting a new qualifying mark for outdoor nationals. Some of the events that were scheduled to take place at the Puma Distance in the Dark meet on Thursday were moved to Saturday morning.

Each of the four athletes who hit new qualifying marks had done so in the men's and women's 3000-meter steeplechase. Caden Resendez ran a 9:58.67 steeple time to just dip under the men's qualifying mark of 10:00. Meanwhile, Ellis Collins (11:30.65); Mary Siml (11:48.67); and Tanaeya Johnson (12:22.04) got under the women's steeple qualifying mark of 12:25.48. This is Collins' third event and Siml's second event that they have hit a qualifying mark in for this season.

Several MCC athletes improved upon their qualifying marks in events they have already qualified for prior to this meet. Malik Chandler ran 54.80 seconds in the men's 400-meter hurdles to improve his qualifying mark in the event by 0.03 seconds. Both Lofton Thomas and Cayman Wilkes improved their marks in the men's pole vault by both vaulting a height of 4.60 meters (15 feet, 1 inch). In the women's pole vault, Janie Tenney also improved on her mark with a vault of 3.36 meters (11 feet, 0.25 inches).

Up next for the T-Birds, they host the ACCAC Championship meet on Friday, April 2nd. With field events starting at 4:00 PM and track events starting at 5:00 PM.

Complete Cody McBride Invite Results