Fifth-place finishes by Brenna Porter in the women’s 400-meter hurdles and Erica Birk-Jarvis in the 3,000-meter steeplechase highlighted BYU’s day as the NCAA Track and Field championships concluded Saturday at Austin, Texas.
Porter, a senior from Sky View High who interrupted her track career to serve a church mission in Asuncion, Paraguay, ran a strong last 100 meters to post a time of 57.26 seconds.
Birk-Jarvis of Coalville, the BYU senior who gave birth to a son, Jack, in December of 2017, was in second place for most of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, but stumbled in the water jump on the final lap and lost some ground.