Racers Complete Three-Meet Split Competitions

Thursday, March 28

Austin, Texas

Murray State

Texas Relays

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

3/30/2024 10:30:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Chelby Melvin set a new program record in the 400-meter hurdles.

By: Drew Parsley

The Racers ended their split competition among three meets this weekend on Sunday, completing events at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, the Bobcat Invitational & Multi in San Marcos, Texas and the Joey Haines Invite in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

The Racers saw 31 top-10 finishes throughout the weekend, 15 of which were among the top five in their respective events. 16 different Racers also saw 25 personal records broken.

Chelby Melvin, who was just named this week's Missouri Valley Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week, set a new program record with a time of 59.34 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays.

"This weekend was quality from start to finish," head coach Adam Kiesler said. "Breaking a school record is no easy task. Melvin had that in her sights so we are very happy she could break it in March."

Along with her record-setting performance, her top-10 finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.87 seconds now sits sixth all-time in program history.

Kayla Bell and Amirr Evans were also two of the Racers that saw a top-10 finish. Bell finished sixth in the 800-meter and Evans saw a runner-up finish in the 1,500-meter at the Texas Relay.

At the Bobcat Invitational were Jenna Pauly and Meghan Fletcher, competing in the women's heptathlon. Pauly finished fourth with 5,174 points and Fletcher with 4,995 points, both of which were personal bests. Pauly also saw a new best finish with a distance of 31.32 meters in the javelin throw. Fletcher saw PRs in the 100-meter hurdles (14.52), shot put (10.17 meters) and the 200-meter (24.56).

"The multis down in Texas both came away with PRs and still have a little juice left, which is exciting," Kiesler added. "There are a few events after the weekend we know will be close to first-round marks, so we look to build off of those. At SEMO, there were numerous good marks. We always talk about good weather and the kids there took advantage of it. Soon we will be moving into the heart of our schedule and this is an encouraging start after two weeks."

Below are compiled lists of all top-5 and top-10 finishes, as well as personal improvements:

Top 5 Finishes
1500-meter – Amirr Evans – 2nd place (4:38.63)
200-meter (Hep.) – Meghan Fletcher – 3rd place (24.56)
High Jump (Hep.) – Meghan Fletcher – 3rd place (1.76m)
Long Jump (Hep.) – Meghan Fletcher – 5th place (5.71m)
Javelin Throw – Alexis Meloche – 4th place (41.35m)
800-meter – Alyssa Moore – 4th place (2:22.25)
Women's Heptathlon – Jenna Pauly – 4th place (5174)
100-meter hurdles (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 3rd place (14.08)
200-meter (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 4th place (24.81)
Long Jump (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 3rd place (5.90m)
Javelin Throw (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 5th place (31.32m)
Javelin Throw – Alba Pérez Sanz– 5th place (40.06m)
High Jump – Brooke Probst – 4th place (1.65m)
High Jump – DiamonAsia Taylor – 5th place (1.65m)
Pole Vault – Tayla Tootle – 5th place (3.50m) - T-6th all-time

Top 10 Finishes
4x100-meter relay – Madelyn Muller, Jakiya Baker, Kinsey Huber, Anna Shaffer – 7th place (49.83)
800-meter – Kayla Bell – 6th place (2:06.74)
Women's Heptathlon – Meghan Fletcher – 7th place (4995)
100-meter hurdles – Meghan Fletcher – 8th place (14.52)
Triple Jump – Kylie Gormann – 8th place (10.89m)
Long Jump – Kylie Gormann – 7th place (5.50m)
Long Jump – Jaylea Hooten – 9th place (5.27m)
Javelin Throw – Jaylea Hooten – 10th place (31.29m)
Pole Vault – Emilia Kubik – 9th place (3.35m) - T-9th all-time
100-meter hurdles – Chelby Melvin – 10th place (13.87)
100-meter – Madelyn Muller – 7th place (12.31)
High Jump (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 6th place (1.64m)
Shot Put (Hep) – Jenna Pauly – 6th place (11.19m)
Pole Vault – Katie Schneider – 9th place (3.35m) - T-9th all-time
800-meter – Ainsley Smith – 6th place (2:25.73)
Long Jump – Emily Wagner – 10th place (5.25m)

Personal Records
Jakiya Baker – 100-meter (12.41)
Meghan Fletcher – Heptathlon (4995 - 4th all-time), 100-meter hurdles (14.52), shot put (10.17m), 200-meter (24.56)
Kylie Gormann – Long Jump (5.50m), Javelin Throw (20.16m)
Jaylea Hooten – 100-meter hurdles (16.57), Long Jump (5.27m), Javelin Throw (31.29m)
Madelyn Muller – 200-meter (25.51)
Morgan Noyes – 100-meter (13.73)
Jazmyn Owens – Shot Put (9.41m)
Jenna Pauly – Heptathlon (5174 - 2nd all-time), Javelin Throw (31.32m)
Alba Pérez Sanz – Javelin Throw (40.06m) - 10th all-time
Ayla Rice – Shot Put (11.07m), Discus Throw (33.32m)
Sterling Scarlette – 200-meter (27.01)
Andrea Segovia – 200-meter (26.90)
Anna Shaffer – 100-meter (14.25)
Emily Wagner – 100-meter hurdles (15.97), Shot Put (8.89m)
Hope Ware – 1500-meter (5:02.31)
Abby Yanka – Long Jump (4.98m)