UNM's Young Soars at UTEP Springtime InvitationalFreshmen have Strong Performances.

by UNM Athletics

Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico jumper Deanna Young punched her ticket to the
NCAA Regional Championship with a second place leap of 20”
6 ¼” (6.25m) at the UTEP Springtime Invitational on
Saturday. In her season debut, Young was almost one full
foot above the 19’ 8 ¼” regional qualifying mark. Young
crushed her previous personal best mark of 18’ 0 ½” by
over two feet and was only five inches from breaking the
New Mexico school record.
 
In the high jump Sandy Fortner also brought home the
silver with a new personal best jump of 5’ 7”. Fortner’s
previous collegiate best was 5’ 6”.
 
It was a coming out party of sorts for the freshman
competing. Matt Everett brought home a third place finish
in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:10.14 in his first
collegiate race of his career. Kyle Walker cleared 16’ 00
¾” for a third place finish in the pole vault. Asal
Salehpoor finished fourth out of the field of 19 in the
long jump with a leap of 18’ 8 ½”.

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