WACO – Hannah Cade highlighted the Texans’ time at the 2024 Clyde Hart Invitational as she broke the school record for the Women’s Pole Vault that was previously held by current Texan and teammate Sage Barmettler.
Across Friday and Saturday, 12 student-athletes moved into the top 10 all-time in program history across 12 different events.
Field
Cade set the new mark to beat for the Women’s Pole Vault Friday afternoon on the Brazos in Waco after vaulting 4.00 meters and finishing sixth at the 2024 Clyde Hart Invitational. She took the school record from current teammate and Texan Barmettler who set the record at 3.72 meters during the 2023 season.
Sofia DeGroot moved to fourth all-time in program history in two different events with the first being in the Women’s Long Jump. She turned in a jump of 5.93 meters finishing seventh in Waco taking over fourth all-time from Texan Hall of Famer Lacey Adkisson (2003, 5.92 meters). DeGroot then moved to fourth all-time in the Women’s Triple Jump following her leap of 12.14 meters as she took fifth place at the Invitational. Brianna Arline (2021) previously held fourth all-time with a jump of 11.97 meters.
Kassidy Kirkpatrick rounded out the women’s field side as she entered the top 10 all-time in program history for the Women’s High Jump. Kirkpatrick jumped 1.68 meters moving her into 10th all-time.
Two athletes on the men’s side both now sit in the top 10 all-time in program history in the Men’s Pole Vault. Jacob Thomas is now third all-time following his vault of 4.90 meters as he finished eighth in Waco. Aston Kollatschny turned in a vault of 4.45 meters to move into the top 10 at 10th.
Track
Seven athletes put themselves in the top 10 all-time in program history after their weekend in Waco.
Starting with the women, Morgan Lamberson is now just one away from the school record in the Women’s 800 meter as she ran a 2:12.31 putting her second all-time behind former Texan Jenna Brazeal (2022, 2:12.13). She finished fourth at the 2024 Clyde Hart Invitational. Lamberson also moved into the top-10 in the Women’s 1500 meter as she crossed the finish line with a time of 4:38.24.
Taylor McFarland moved into the top 10 all-time in two different events following her performances this weekend. She sits just one spot away from a school record in the Women’s 400 meter as she finished with a time of 55.09 sitting behind current Texan and teammate Hanna Dudley (2023, 55.03). McFarland cracked the top-10 for the Women’s 200-meter dash following her time of 24.62 meters.
Sage Lancaster trailed just a couple of seconds behind teammate Lamberson as Lancaster moved to fifth all-time in the Women’s 1500 meter with a time of 4:40.55. Former Texan Brazeal (2023) sits between the two at fourth all-time with a time of 4:39.37.
Bryah Davis rounded things out for the women’s portion of the track events as she moved to seventh all-time in the women’s 100-meter dash following her time of 11.87.
Three student-athletes on the men’s side put their names in the record books.
Angel Gomez and Angel Contreras both sit in the top 10 in the Men’s 1500 meter. Contreras crossed the finish line with a time of 3:52.86 moving him to sixth all-time and finished fourth at the 2024 Clyde Hart Invitational. Gomez followed not far behind turning in a time of 3:56.55 and moving to ninth all-time and finishing eighth in Waco.
Caterrin Cox closed things out for the Texans moving to fifth all-time in the Men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.27.
The Texans will be back in action next Thursday-Saturday as they will head to Austin to compete in the 2024 Texas Relays hosted on the campus of Texas in Austin.
The thing I hate about college track meet stories is the use of metric distances. At least you could put the regular distance measures in parenthesis so us old timers do not have to try & convert. Using metric is like you printing a story in German & assuming everyone can read German.
Please put regular distance measures in ( ) parenthesis by the metric distance so us old timers do not have to convert. Using metric distances is like printing a story in German and assuming everyone reads German.