EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Arizona track & field program competed in day one of the Pac-12 Championships today, which were held at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Sophomore Bailey Roth was the highlight of the day as he won the 3000-meter steeplechase title.
 
"I thought we had a pretty impressive day with some top level athletes competing today," head coach Fred Harvey said. "We have some young people who are figuring out what the Pac-12 conference is all about and we need to make sure we are getting better. The big performance today was Bailey Roth being a Pac-12 champion. He showed what his capabilities are. He has won two USA Jr. Championships on this track, and to come back and be the Pac-12 champion is awesome."
 
Roth clocked a season-best time of 8:39.83 today, which is currently the second-fastest time in the country. He is the first Wildcat in 20 years to win the 3000-meter steeplechase conference title and it was also the eighth-fastest time in school history. Jon Pillow won the Pac-10 title back in 1997.
 
"It feels great," Roth said. "This is something I have been working hard at for a long time. To do it on this track means a lot to me. Coming into it, I had a lot of confidence and I'm happy to be at the strength level that I am at."
 
Sage Watson advanced to the finals in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.50, which was the fastest time in all three heats today. Tomorrow's finals will begin at 4:50 p.m. MST.
 
Freshman Carlos Villarreal posted the fastest time in the men's 1500m prelims with a time of 3:46.22. That is his third-fastest time of the season and he will run in tomorrow's finals at 3:15 p.m. MST.
 
Freshman April Sutton clocked a wind-aided time of 13.80 in the women's 100-meter hurdles, which is the fastest time in any conditions the freshman has run this season. She will run in tomorrow's finals at 3:40 p.m. MST. Sutton also set a new personal best in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.16.
 
Miles Parish and Zakee Washington advanced to tomorrow's finals in the men's 400-meter race. Parish clocked a time of 46.98 while Washington finished in 47.46. Tomorrow's finals will begin at 3:50 p.m. MST.

The men's and women's 4x100-meter relay teams both advanced to tomorrow's finals. The men's team (Darnell Sayles, Isaac Hing, Bryce Houston & David Egbo) clocked a time of 41.38 while the women's team (Savaughn Christman, Brena Andrews, Pamela White & Jasper Gray) finished in 47.10.
 
Avrey Mickens took fifth in the long jump with a mark of 23-11.75 (7.31m) while Myles Hawkins finished in 10th.
 
The Wildcats placed two shot putters in the top 10 as Aaron Castle finished in fifth with a toss of 60-3.25 (18.37m) and Viktor Gardenkrans finished in ninth with a mark of 58-4 (17.78m).
 
Grayson Fleming took seventh place in the hammer throw with a toss of 192-5 (58.66m) in his first-career Pac-12 Championships. Cody Dalton took 12th in the while Clay Cashman finished in 13th.
 
Addi Zerrenner finished in 10th place overall in the 10K with a time of 34:14.67, which is just about one second off her personal best.
 
Megan Dulaney took eighth place in her first Pac-12 Championships in the shot put with a toss of a toss of 48-8.25 (14.84m). Amarissa Hawker took 12th place as well.
 
Erik Mensendiek took ninth place in the javelin throw, improving on last year's Pac-12 Championships where he finished in 13th place.
 
Kayla Ferron set a new personal best in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:05.73, good for a 12th-place finish.
 
David Egbo set a new personal in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.77 and Pamela White also set a new personal best in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.16, but neither qualified for tomorrow's finals.

Below is a schedule of events for the Wildcats tomorrow. Heat sheets along with a full schedule will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com.
 

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017
	FIELD EVENTS
12:45 PM	DISCUS	Men	Trials & Finals	Garednkrans, Castle, Fleming & Cashman
3:05PM	POLE VAULT	Women	Final	Whitehead
3:10PM	HIGH JUMP	Women	Final	Hagens & Teran
3:45PM	DISCUS	Women	Trials & Finals	Ljungberg
	RUNNING EVENTS
3:00PM	4 x 100m RELAY	Men	Final	Sayles, Hing, Houston & Dav. Egbo
3:07PM	4 x 100m RELAY	Women	Final	Christman, Andrews, White & Gray
3:15PM	1500M	Men	Final	Villarreal
3:40PM	100M HURDLES	Women	Final	Sutton
3:50PM	400M	Men	Final	Parish & Washington
4:50PM	400M HURDLES	Women	Final	Watson
5:15PM	5,000M	Men	Final	Davila
5:35PM	5,000M	Women	Final	Green & Zerrenner
5:55PM	4x400M RELAY	Men	Final	(Houston, Parish, Demby, Washington)
6:10PM	4x400M RELAY	Women	Final	(Gajda, Andrews, Gray, Watson)

 


















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