FAYETTEVILLE, Ark./ COLO. SPRINGS, Colo. — Jasneet Nijjar lowered the Washington State indoor program record in the women's 400-meter for the second time this season with a 52.34 to place third overall in an elite field Friday at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville. The Cougars' men's 4X400m relay team capped the one-day Arkansas Qualifier by breaking a WSU record that had stood since 2009 with a 3:06.40 to win the final event of the night in Arkansas.
The record-setting run for the Cougars' relay team consisting of Ethan Willems, Jared McAlvey, Mason Lawyer, and Grant Buckmiller sat in second going into the final turn when the freshman Buckmiller surged in front of an Oklahoma State sprinter over the final 100 meters to take the top spot by over 1.