2016 Brutus Hamilton Open Results
BERKELEY, Calif. – Weathering an early storm overhead, ART U track & field started off the Brutus Hamilton Open with a collection of season-best marks. Among the top performances was a career-best by
Ashley Brown in the 800m on Friday at Edwards Stadium.
Continuing to improve in the event, Brown made it now four consecutive weekends in which she has dropped her time in the 800m. On this occasion, she delivered a 2:15.95 good for third of 21 after winning her heat. The time puts her third in program history, entering her into a trio of Urban Knights who have run sub-2:16.00.
Schae Graham added a career-best in the 800m as well.
"Ashley was great," said director of track & field/cross country
Torrey Olson. "She has done a great job of learning her event all season and applying it a little each race. She earned it today!"
Season-bests also came for
Emily McCarty in the 1500m (4:54.25) and
Jasmine Grace in the 200m (25.13). Grace would finish seventh of 30 runners.
In the long jump,
Rian Young-Werner and
Hadiyah Muhammad each flew to their top marks of the year, going 17-0.75 (5.20m) and 16-5.75 (5.02m) respectively.
It was the closest of margins in the 400m as Young-Werner edged
Keanna Moody for seventh by 0.001. Both would cross the line in separate heats, but among the upper tier of a 24-runner race.
In the men's 5000m,
Pierre Fontanarosa made his event debut with a 15:03.53 to wrap up the day.
ART U returns to Edwards Stadium tomorrow for day two of action with the Brutus Hamilton Challenge.
