All three BYU athletes placed in the top five in their respective events at the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend.
“The bottom line is the athletes went out and performed and weren’t intimidated,” BYU track and field head coach Ed Eyestone said. “We got great efforts out of them.”
Junior Shaquille Walker took third in the men’s 800-meter finals with a time of 1:47.50. He trailed only Akron’s Clayton Murphy and Middle Tennessee State’s Eliud Rutto. He also ran a 1:47.36 in the men’s preliminaries on Friday, which also ranked third among all competitors.
Junior Zachary Blackham took third overall in the men’s high jump with a mark of 2.