PROVO — The BYU men's and women's track and field teams' first home meet of the season saw the Cougars turn in three national qualifying marks and take 10 event titles at the Cougar Invitational.
The best mark of the meet for the Cougars came from Lindsay Johnson, who had an automatic qualifying throw of 172-03.00 (52.50 meters) to win the javelin. She was followed by teammate Missy Wood, who turned in a provisional mark of 156-00.50 (47.56) to finish second in the javelin.
The other national qualifier from the meet was Nikki Hughes, who had a provisional qualifying leap of 20-05.75 (6.24) to win the long jump for BYU.
"Things are starting to come together for our team and we are looking good," BYU women's coach Craig Poole said. "We added some new people that I did not think we would have for this meet, and that changed the dynamic of our team a bit, but we are on the way to where we want to be."
Jennifer Rockwell turned in the quickest time in the 400, winning the event in 55.91 seconds. Kassi Andersen also turned in a strong performance on the track, claiming the 800 crown in a time of 2:11.36.
Other Cougar winners on the women's side included Katie Moon, who won the 1500 in 4:44.26. Candace Clifford cleared 5-08.25 (1.73) to win the high jump, and Lindsey Sommer won the triple jump with a mark of 37-09.50 (11.52). The women's 4x400 team won in 3:51.37.
The men were led by David Pendergrass, who won the triple jump with a mark of 47-07.25 (14.51). Pendergrass also cleared a season-best height of 6-08.75 (2.05) to finish third in the high jump.
Eric Myrup claimed the 110-meter hurdle crown in 14.73 seconds, and Dan Arrhenius rounded out BYU's individual winners with a toss of 168-11.75 (51.51) in the discus.
UTAH STATE: The Aggies' men's team took first place at the University of California Davis Invitational in Davis, Calif., claiming nine individual titles. The women's team finished third with three individual titles.
In the 1,500-meters, the men had a top-three sweep, with Dave Kunnas winning, Mike Nielson in second and Mitch Zundel in third.
The men's relay teams won both the 4x100-meter (41.64) and the 4x400-meter (3:15.96).
Junior Josh Sides won individual titles in the shot put (57-00.25") and the hammer (188-05.00"). His hammer throw was a personal best and seventh best in USU history. Sides also finished fourth in the discus (150-02.00").
Freshman Justin Wickard took first in the 110-meter hurdles.
His time of 14.18 was a personal best and fourth best in school history. Wickard finished fourth in the 100-meters (11.08).
In the men's 100-meters, Dwayne Foster took first place in 10.64.