RESULTS | Bryan Clay Invitational index
RESULTS | Southside Power & Fitness Invitational index

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University track and field teams completed a busy weekend with two meets on two coasts Saturday. The Bulldogs concluded the three-day Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. In addition, 67 Wingate student-athletes competed in the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina Saturday.
 
At Lenoir-Rhyne, the Wingate track and field teams won nine events. The Bulldog men claimed five gold medals, while the Wingate women collected four first-place finishes. The WU women swept the top three spots on the podium in three events: the high jump, the shot put and the 5000 meters.
 
Sophomore Dounia Routbi set new Wingate school standards in the Southside Power & Fitness Invite women's 100 meter hurdles (14.36) and women's 400 meter hurdles (1:02.75). Routbi finished second in both events at Lenoir-Rhyne's Irwin Belk Track, site of the 2024 South Atlantic Conference outdoor championship meet May 1-2.
 
Senior Elijah Compton continued his solid outdoor season with a gold medal and a silver medal in the Southside Power & Fitness Invite men's 110 meter hurdles and men's 400 meter hurdles, respectively. In the 110 hurdles, Compton's triumphant time of 14.32 lowers his previous personal-best time. He ran a 53.12 in the 400 hurdles, also a personal-best.
 
Wingate Bryan Clay Invitational notes, Saturday edition
 
- Sira Bo finished 13th in the women's 5000 meters Open C race
- Bo's time of 17:23.34 shaved 50 seconds from her previous personal-best
- Brooklyn Pierce joined Sira Bo in the women's 5000 meters
- Pierce posted a personal-best time of 17:48.52 Saturday
 
Wingate Southside Power & Fitness Invite women's notes, Saturday edition
 
- Assiya ElHafyan won the high jump (1.65 meters, PR)
- Fedra Florentine won the shot put (14.15 meters, PR)
- Florentine raised her school-standard in the shot put by 0.27 meters
- Enora Toupin won the 3000 meter steeplechase (11.21.05)
- Anna Torras won the 5000 meters (18:19.13, PR)
 
Wingate Southside Power & Fitness Invite men's notes, Saturday edition
 
- Mateo de Castro Navarro won the shot put (15.76, PR)
- Saul Valdez won the 10,000 meters (31:16.88)
- The 'Dogs had five of the top six finishers in the men's 10,000 meters
- Levente Palvolgyi won the 3000 meter steeplechase (9:32.05, PR)
- Leo Freeland won the 5000 meters (14:38.75, PR)

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