RESULTS | HEAT SHEETS | SCHEDULE 

LAS CRUCES, NM. – After a successful mid-week date in Albuquerque, the Aggies will look ahead to their final meet of the regular season, the Desert Heat Classic, hosted by the University of Arizona. The one-day meet begins on Saturday, April 29th, with events starting at 1:00 p.m. (MDT). This meet serves as the final tune-up before the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held in Nacogdoches, Texas, May 11th-13th; NM State will compete in 17 different events, with seven field competitions and ten on the track side.  
 
The Starting Line

• NM State is set to compete at the Desert Heat Classic for the second straight season – and their second trip to Tucson of the 2023 outdoor season, following their time at the Willie Williams Classic in late March.
• Following the conclusion of the Desert Heat Classic, the Aggies will have two weeks off before heading off for the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Nacogdoches, Texas on May 11^th-May 13^th.
• Should individual student-athletes hold steady in their national rankings, they will be invited to compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries, held in Sacramento, California from May 25^th-27^th.

Back Track | Don Kirby Tailwind Open | 4.20.23

• Jhana Downie competed in the 100m dash for the first time in her collegiate career, picking up a third-place finish after crossing the line with a time of 11.34. Later in the afternoon Downie competed in the 200m dash, notching her first win of the weekend with a time of 23.46 – a new personal best.
• Makiya Moore topped the field in the discus, finishing with a final distance of 47.67m.
• Rebecca Green joined Moore on the podium, taking third place with a mark of 39.92m (156-05"). Green later led the competition in the shot put, taking home the gold with a distance of 14.05m (46-1.25").
• T'Erica Boyd leaped over the competition in the 400m hurdles, setting a new personal best while taking first place with a time of 59.91.
• Bailey Beene recorded a first-place finish in the javelin toss, her first in her collegiate career, setting a new personal best in the process with a final distance of 48.34m (158-7").
• Angela Korte recorded her second top-five finish of the outdoor season, posting a time of 2:24.57 – setting a new personal best in the process.
• Thobile Amon and Vanessa Gracian posted strong showings in the 1500m run, finishing third with a time of 4:41.70 and fifth with a final mark of 5:06.72 respectively.

'Round the Region

• During the outdoor track & field season, the top-48 student-athletes in their respective regions get invited to the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, California (May 24-27^th), a precursor to the NCAA Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field in Austin, Texas (June 7-10^th).
• With one regular season meet to go, several Aggies are in position to qualify.

100m Dash	Jhana Downie	24th	11.37
200m Dash	Jhana Downie	43rd	23.53
400m Dash	Jhana Downie	26th	52.93
100m Hurdles	Valissa Brown	28th	13.59
100m Hurdles	Aliyah Logan	30th	13.63
400m Hurdles	Terice Steen	24th	59.07
400m Hurdles	T'Erica Boyd	42nd	1:00.02
4x400 Relay	Steen, Downie, Boyd, Hill	33rd	3:39.39
Hammer Throw	Emily Birch	22nd	61.02m
Hammer Throw	Miranda Tcheutchoua	37th	58.18m
Javelin	Bailey Beene	31st	48.34m

One Year Ago… | Desert Heat Classic | 4.30.2022

• The relay team consisting of Sierra Brewer, Grace Pendarvis, Jhana Downie and Asjah Wallace crossed the line fourth with a combined time of 44.85, setting a season beat time in the event.
• Thobile Amon nabbed fourth-place with a time of 2:08.80, tied for her best finish in the event and recording a new personal best in the process.
• Grace Pendarvis recorded a new personal best in the event after posting a wind-adjusted time of 11.67 (+0.4 m/s), Sierra Brewer doing the same with her time of 12.03 (+1.0 m/s).
• Grace Pendarvis set a new personal best with a wind-adjusted time of 23.86 (+0.2 m/s), taking sixth in the event.

 
Schedule of Events (All Times MDT)
Hammer Throw - 1:00 p.m.
Long Jump – 3:30 p.m.
Discus Throw – 3:30 p.m.
High Jump – 4:00 p.m.
Shot Put – 6:00 p.m.
100m Hurdles - 6:10 p.m.
4x100 Relay - 6:25 p.m.
800m Run – 6:40 p.m.
400m Dash – 7:10 p.m.
Javelin – 7:30 p.m.
100m Dash – 7:45 p.m.
Triple Jump – 8:00 p.m.
3000m Steeplechase - 8:15 p.m.
400m Hurdles – 8:42 p.m.
200m Dash – 9:00 p.m.
1,500m Run – 9:40 p.m.
4x400 Relay - 11:00 p.m.

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