IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field wrapped up the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Saturday evening. The Hawkeye women earned the team title with 98 points. The men’s team finished third overall with 53.5 points.
Junior Myreanna Bebe broke the school record in the Hawkeye Pro women’s 60-meter hurdles to highlight the day, registering a speedy time of 8.11 – sixth in the NCAA this season. Bebe shattered the previous record set in 2009 by Karessa Farley (8.21) and improved on her previous best, which was set last weekend at the Hawkeye Invitational (8.22).
“That’s a record we’ve been wanting to take down for awhile,” Coach Woody said of Bebe’s performance. “Excited for Myreanna and I think that’s just scratching the surface of where she is headed. I think she can break eight flat.”
Junior Alli Bookin-Nosbisch also etched her name in the Hawkeye history books, improving her personal best with a 2:06.59 in the Hawkeye Pro women’s 800-meter event and positioning herself fourth on Iowa’s top 10 list.
The day began with the women’s shot put, where freshman Wisdom Williams took the crown with a personal-best throw of 15.19 meters (49’ 10”). Williams’ mark ranks 10th all-time at Iowa. Senior Jamie Kofron took bronze with a toss of 14.44 meters (47’ 4.50”). The men’s shot put followed with senior Jordan Johnson taking third place after setting and individual record with a 17.55-meter throw (57’ 7”).
Freshmen Natalie Harris and Ellie Rickertsen kicked off the running events, qualifying for the women’s 60-meter hurdle finals with times of 8.88 and 8.93, respectively. Harris earned silver in the finals, sprinting to a personal best time of 8.74, and Rickertsen clocked her personal best in the prelim. In the men’s 60-meter prelims, juniors Damoy Allen (6.82) and Khullen Jefferson (6.83) raced by the competition in their respective heats to automatically qualify for the finals. Allen took fourth in the finals, clocking a time of 6.85.
Senior LaSarah Hargrove and sophomore Lia Love advanced in the women’s Hawkeye Pro 60-meter with respective times of 7.35 and 7.44 in the prelims. Hargrove finished fifth (7.36), while Love crossed the line in eighth (7.46) in the finals.
The night was capped off by the 4×400-meter relays, beginning with the women’s Hawkeye Pro event. The Iowa quartet of freshman Audrey Biermann, junior Paige Magee, redshirt freshman Chloe Larsen, and freshman Gabby Cortez finished fourth with a season-best mark of 3:37.07. In the men’s edition, Iowa claimed third behind seniors DeAndre Stapleton Jr. and Julien Gillum and juniors Spencer Gudgel and Drake Woody, registering a season-best time of 3:10.74.
HAWKEYE RESULTS
Women’s 60m Hurdle Prelims
7. Natalie Harris – 8.88
8. Ellie Rickertsen – 8.93, PR
Women’s 60m Hurdle Finals
2. Natalie Harris – 8.74, PR
6. Ellie Rickertsen – 8.97
Women’s 60m Prelims
12. Mytika Mayberry – 7.77, tied season best
19. Brynley McDermott – 7.89
22. Julia Pattison – 7.93, PR
27. Katie Petersen, 8.03 PR
29. De’Anna Robinson, 8.08
Men’s 60m Prelims
1. Damoy Allen – 6.82, Automatic qualifier
3. Khullen Jefferson – 6.83, Automatic qualifier
Men’s 60m Premier Finals
4. Damoy Allen – 6.85
Jerry Hassard Premier Mile
22. Abby Ryon – 5:03.02 PR
23. Kelli Tosic – 5:03.19
Men’s 400m Premier
8. Everett Steward – 48.92
13. Connor Belken – 49.57
15. Evan Schuster – 49.78
17. Drake Woody – 50.12
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Prelims
4. Lasarah Hargrove – 7.35
8. Lia Love – 7.44
10 Myreanna Bebe – 7.50
16. Paige Magee – 7.55
Men’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Prelims
11. Gratt Reed – 6.82
13. Grant Conway – 6.94
Women’s 800m Premier
3. Grace Bookin-Nosbisch – 2:10.82
5. Amber Aesoph – 2:12.39
14. Bryce Gidel – 2:35.40
Men’s 800m Premier
4. Nick O’Connor – 1:54.63
11. Brett Wasick – 1:56.07
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Hurdle Prelim
4. Myreanna Bebe – 8.28
6. Paige Magee – 8.33
8. Tionna Tobias – 8.39, PR
Men’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Hurdle Prelim
12. Grant Conway – 7.81
14. Gratt Reed – 7.95
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Finals
5. LaSarah Hargrove – 7.36
8. Lia Love – 7.46
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 800m
7. Alli Bookin-Nosbisch – 2:06.59, PR + 4th all-time at Iowa
11. Clare Pitcher – 2:09.06
Men’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 800m
4. Antonio Abrego – 1:52.10
7. Ryan Schreiner – 1:52.93
9. Martin Strong – 1:54.03
10. Armando Bryson – 1:56.05
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 60m Hurdles Final
3. Myreanna Bebe – 8.11, PR, school record
7. Paige Magee – 8.36
8. Tionna Tobias – 11.50
Women’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 4x400m Relay
4. Biermann, Magee, Larsen, Cortez – 3:37.07, season-best
Men’s Hawkeye Pro Classic 4x400m Relay
3. Stapleton Jr., Gillum, Gudgel, Woody – 3:10.74, season best
Women’s 4x400m Relay
3. Pitcher, A. Bookin-Nosbisch, Pattison, Edison – 3:47.36
Men’s 4x400m Relay
5. Schreiner, Schuster, Belken, James – 3:19.13
Men’s Hawkeye Pro Classic Long Jump
3. James Carter Jr. – 7.27 meters (23’ 10.25”)
Women’s Shot Put Premier
1. Wisdom Williams – 15.19 meters (49’ 10”), PR | 10th all-time at Iowa
3. Jamie Kofron – 14.44 meters (47’ 4.50”)
Men’s Shot Put Premier
3. Jordan Johnson – 17.55 meters (57’ 7”), PR
5. Quintin Lyons – 16.51 meters (54’ 2”)