HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Well, that did not take long.
When freshman
Kalynn Pease first committed to compete for the Morehead State track and field team, it was a matter of when, not if, she would break the school long jump record, since her "pr" in high school was well over a foot farther than the MSU mark set in 1977 by Karen Jett of 18'02.25".
On Saturday at the first meet of the indoor season, the Marshall Opener on the Jeff Small Track in the Chris Cline Indoor Athletic Complex in Huntington, W.Va., Pease broke the school record.
In fact, it took her just one attempt. One jump, one record.
Pease proceeded to surpass that original mark two more times, before settling for 19'04.00"/5.89m and second place. Marshall's Lara Check set both a meet and facility record with her winning leap of 20'03.75"/6.19.
Pease was not the only standout for the Blue and Gold. She was not even the only Eagle standout in the long jump. Pease, junior
Ginger Hayden and sophomore
Brooklyn Boyce all qualified out of the prelims, before finishing seventh (17'06.25"/5.34m) and ninth (16'09.75"/5.12), respectively. Hayden tied her "pr", which she set at last spring's Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships. It was Boyce's first collegiate long jump and thus also her "pr".
It was a great way to start the first event of the meet.
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