Coming off a two-week break period, the Arizona State Track & Field team impressed in the Charlie Thomas Invitational.
Starting the indoor Saturday meet, junior thrower Brandon Lloyd swept all his competition, as he threw for 18.64 meters breaking his record again.
Sophomore thrower Ines Lopez and junior thrower Danielle Sloley both threw for impressive placements as Lopez threw for 15.77 meters and placed second overall and Stoley threw for 15.57 meters for third place overall breaking her record again.
Freshman hurdler Saira Prince advanced herself into the 60-meter hurdles finals race, as she placed fourth overall out of eight other collegiate runners including herself.
Senior sprinter Justin Robinson made a huge statement for himself in the 400-meter race, as he placed first overall with a finishing time of 45.41 seconds. Following Robinson, graduate student sprinter Gamma Felix finished at 45.95 seconds and placed second overall. Freshman sprinter Jayden Davis finished at 46.72 seconds and placed fourth overall.
Robinson smashed both facility and meet records at the same time, while also managing to place the second-fastest 400-meter time in school history.
Junior sprinter Ashanti Bollers advanced herself into the finals race, as she placed third overall in the 60-meter finals race with a finishing time of 7.45 seconds.
Freshman triple jumper Alexandria Johnson and senior triple jumper Kiara Lee both closed field events out for the Sun Devils, as they both placed in the top two overall spots jumping for further than 12 meters in the sand pit.
Junior sprinters Adrianna Tatum, Nayia Morgan and Ashanti Bollers all placed within the top four as they ran the 200-meter race under 24 seconds.
Senior sprinter Kaleb Simpson and senior sprinter Denzell Feagin, both placed within the top four as they ran under 21 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Feagin was also able to break his record.
Freshman sprinter Jaylen Davis, senior sprinter Justin Robinson, senior sprinter Kaleb Simpson, and graduate Gamma Felix all ran one leg on the 4×400 relay as they placed second overall with a finishing time of 3:04.40, earning their season-best time.
Arizona State finished with four titles and 11 medals in the Charlie Thomas Invitational. The Sun Devils will compete in the indoor Tyson Invitational in Arkansas starting on Feb. 9.
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