Western Kentucky’s track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Jim Freeman/ Clark Wood Open on Saturday in Louisville.

Action on the track opened up with a couple of personal bests for WKU in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. Van Thrasher led the way with a fourth-place mark and Ricardo Smith followed suit with a seventh-place finish.

Brunel Desinor managed a top-20 finish in the men’s 400. Joey Raybourne charted a PR as well. In the women’s race, Morgan Moore had her season best mark of 1 minute, 4 seconds.

The men’s 4×100 relay team had a season-best finish with a mark of 40,35, earning the team a second-place finish. This stands in the top 50 in the NCAA East Region and the top 85 in all of NCAA DI.

A trio of Hilltoppers managed personal bests in the women’s 1,500. The duo of Kalina Urbaniak and Nayla Martin finished fifth and sixth, and Addie Frisch finished within the top 20. In the men’s 1,500, Trevor Hudnall managed a season-best finish.

In the women’s pole vault, Natalie Papes secured the first PR in field events with a mark of 3.81, good for a second-place finish.

In the women’s 400, Morgan Moore had a season best finish of 1:04.76.

In the men’s 100-meter dash, Zachariah Taylor managed a PR with a 10.48 finish, good for 11th place.

In total, the Hilltoppers managed eight new personal bests when the action concluded Saturday. Both teams managed four apiece.

WKU will travel to Lexington for the Jim Green Invitational on Friday and Saturday, May 2-3. The meet will be hosted by the University of Kentucky.

Men’s Results

100

10th – Kameron Horton – 10.48

11th – Zachariah Taylor – 10.48*

16th – Jayden Freeman – 10.55

400

16th – Brunel Desinor – 48.66

40th – Joey Raybourne – 50.11*

42nd – Henry Fisher – 50.32

1500

8th – Trevor Hudnall – 3:54.44 SB

33rd – Wade Balcom – 4:04.25

47th – Hollis Johnson – 4:11.63

110 Hurdles

4th – Van Thrasher – 14.22*

7th – Ricardo Smith – 14.49*

4×100

2nd – WKU – Horton, Desinor, Taylor, Freeman – 40.35 SB

4×400

13th – WKU – Taylor, Hudnall, Balcom, Johnson – 3:27.90

Discus

4th – LeAndre Bolen – 47.48 (155-09)

8th – Connor Owens – 45.87 (150-06)

Discus Invite

11th – Luke Stegman – 48.29 (158-05)

Triple Jump

14th – Taurian Smith – 13.76 (45-01.75)

Women’s Results

400

59th – Morgan Moore – 1:04.76 SB

1500

5th – Kalina Urbaniak – 4:34.35*

6th – Nayla Martin – 4:35.79*

19th – Addie Frisch – 4:44.98*

3000 Steeplechase

14th – Arielle Phillips – 11:53

100 Hurdles

28th – Gianna Huerta – 14.77

37th – Madison Rabe – 15.29

Pole Vault

2nd – Natalie Papes – 3.81 (12-06)*