2016 University of Washington Husky Classic Results (Final)

SEATTLE – The depth of Academy of Art University track & field's roster was on display on day two of the Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor on Saturday. From program records to NCAA automatic and provisional qualifiers to number one marks in Division II to even one time that carried historical significance, the day was packed with highlights.

"We took a step in the right direction this week," said head coach Kevin LaSure. "We were able to come out and execute a lot of the things we have been working on in practice and were able to get a little better this week. Hopefully we can continue to build on that in the next couple of weeks and put everything together at NCAA's."

The men's 60m dash progressively built to Mobolade Ajomale's impressive improvement on his NCAA Nationals auto-qualifier. Saturday saw the freshman drop to a 6.63 which ties him as the sixth individual ever to run such a time at the Division II level. He remained the atop the country's DII sprinters. Alexander McNally also ran a new career-best of 6.88 in the semifinals and now ranks fourth in ART U history with that provisional qualifying mark.

Individuals from both genders excelled in the 400m dash with Jordan Edwards rising to #1 in the country with a 47.45 and Keanna Moody dropping a new program record with her auto-qualifying 54.48. Edwards cut more than half a second off his previous season-best (48.00). Moody placed third of 34 in the event and became the first Urban Knight to run a sub-55.00 400m in the history of the program's indoor season.

A variety of season and career-bests came on Saturday as well. Amanda Odesjo ran her fastest collegiate 60m at 7.85 in the semifinals and Roman Skovronski offered a season-best 49.64 in the men's 400m. The women's 400m saw both Schae Graham and Mistic Scott become NCAA provisional qualifiers with times of 56.82 (career-best) and 57.05 (season-best) respectively.

Marlon Britton continued to lower his NCAA provisional mark in the 60m hurdles, going 8.07 in the semifinals. He would leap some 14 individuals to take 10th in the country.

On the field side, Craig Mattox and Johnny Carter made up a thrilling one-two punch in the long jump. Mattox flew to a season-best 23-11.75 (7.31m) to finish second of 25 jumpers while Carter also came through with a season-best of 23-11 (7.29m). Saturday's results would put both among the top 11 in DII.

Scott, Moody, Graham, and Jasmine Grace combined for a 3:47.89 in the women's 4x400m, making them NCAA provisional as the eighth-ranked quartet in Division II.

ART U completes the weekend with its third day of action at the University of Washington Open tomorrow back at the Dempsey Indoor.