Green breaks school record in 60-meter hurdles

Thursday, February 3

Spokane, Wash.

Montana

WSU Invitational

Jaydon Green_2020 Big Sky Indoor Championship

2/5/2022 8:48:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results

By: Montana Sports Information

SPOKANE, Wash. – Junior Jaydon Green made history on Saturday afternoon in Spokane, breaking a 41-year-old school record with a time of 7.97 in the 60-meter hurdles. That highlighted the final day of the WSU Invitational, which began Thursday at The Podium.

Green's hurdles coach, Paul Reneau, described his junior succinctly: "Healed, determined, focused and cool under pressure."

The record Green broke was of Jan Harlan (8.04), set in 1981. Harlan, a native of the Netherlands, was a former teammate of Reneau's, making it even more special to the veteran coach.

Green placed 13^th in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2019 Big Sky Championships, his first indoor season. A year later, he scored for the first time, placing seventh. Now two years later, Green is looking for bigger things later this month at the conference meet, with Saturday's time ranking second in the Big Sky this season.

Competing inside The Podium last month, Green jumped onto the radar of many when he ran a time of 8.07, within three-hundredths of a second of Harlan's record. On Saturday, he ran an 8.15 in the preliminary race, enough to secure him a spot in the finals, where later in the afternoon he trimmed 18-hundredths of a second off of his time to break the 41-year-old school record.

"Jaydon has been committed to the process of improving his race all year," said assistant coach Lindsey Hall, who herself is a five-time school-record-holder, including in the women's 60-meter hurdles. "Today's accomplishment of breaking 8 seconds and breaking a school record was just the beginning of what he is building towards."

Hall was quick to credit Green for his preparation, saying Saturday's performance was a result of the work he put in prior to the race.

"Jaydon's strongest attributes as a high-level competitor are his diligent mental preparation and ability to get himself excited during training sessions and then calmly execute his race plan," Hall said. "Jaydon will continue to perfect his craft, and I anticipate he will be rewarded with results of his work."

Green was one of five Grizzlies to compete on Saturday, during the final day of the WSU Invitational, which featured a wide-range of collegiate and professional athletes, many from the Pac-12 and other high-level conferences.

In addition to Green, sophomore Joel Mendez ran a lifetime-best in the men's mile (4:12.64) to finish in the upper-half of the field. On Friday, Mendez set a facility record with a win in the men's 5,000 meters, the best time by a Griz athlete (14:30.36) in more than two decades.

For a full recap of Friday's action, including full results of the WSU Open meet, which featured the majority of Montana's athletes, click here.

The Grizzlies will now compete in Bozeman, Montana, next weekend, before traveling to the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pocatello, Idaho.

WSU Invitational Results (Saturday)
Men's 400 meters – Paul Johnstone (48.80, 7^th/18)
Men's 800 meters – Quincy Fast (1:55.01, 13^th/19)
Men's mile – Joel Mendez (4:12.64, 11^th/22)
Men's 60-meter hurdles (prelims) – Jaydon Green (8.15, 5^th/15)
Men's 60-meter hurdles (finals) – Jaydon Green (7.97, 4^th/8)
Women's long jump – Jansen Ziola (17-6.75, 13^th/24)

WSU Invitational Results (Thursday-Friday)
Women's 5,000 meters – Olivia Lackland Henry (17:22.86, 5^th/15); Beatrix Frissell (17:23.89, 6^th)
Men's 5,000 meters – Joel Mendez (14:30.36, 1^st/18); Maxwell Scott (14:42.23, 2^nd); Ellis McKean (14:51.89, 3^rd); AJ Eckmann (15:13.27, 11^th)
Women's high jump – Morgan Radtke (5-3.25, 12^th/16)
Women's pentathlon – Jaree Mane (3,483, 9^th/19); Morgan Radtke (3,278, 14^th); Jansen Ziola (DNF)

WSU Open Results (Friday)
Women's 60 meters (prelims) – Catie Buck (7.89, 14^th/24); Audrey Smith (8.12, 20^th)
Men's 60 meters (qualifying) – Cooper Hewett (7.02, 3^rd/36); Brandon Jones (7.29, 20^th)
Men's 60 meters (prelims) – Cooper Hewett (6.98, 6^th/22)
Women's 200 meters – Catie Buck (26.37, 26^th/ 49); Camryn Dezember (26.44, 28^th); Abby Harmon (26.79, 34^th); Audrey Smith (27.46, 45^th)
Men's 200 meters – Brandon Jones (23.04, 29^th/54)
Women's 400 meters – Katie Whitehurst (1:00.40, 20^th/49)
Men's 400 meters – Ty Ferguson (50.60, 11^th/39); Jay Beagle (51.28, 20^th)
Women's 800 meters – Bridget Boyle (2:20.84, 14^th/35); Molly Sherman (2:26.40, 26^th)
Men's mile – Hunter May (4:22.19, 9^th/29); Rogelio Mares (4:30.02, 19^th)
Men's 3,000 meters – Nathan Carter (8:36.09, 12^th/48); Ben Vanderbosch (8:37.00, 15^th); Hunter May (9:10.40, 39^th); Jordan Hansen (9:35.03, 46^th)
Women's 60 meters (qualifying) – Audrey Smith (8.09, 7^th/30); Camryn Dezember (8.10, 9^th)
Women's 60-meter hurdles (prelims) – Jaree Mane (9.13, 5^th/33); Carlee Fryberger (9.53, 24^th)
Women's 60-meter hurdles (finals) – Jaree Mane (9.14, 8^th/8)
Women's 4x400-meter relay – Camryn Dezember, Whitney Morrison, Katie Whitehurst, Abby Harmon (3:58.67, 5^th/12)
Men's 4x400-meter relay – Jay Beagle, Ty Ferguson, Cade Johnstone, Paul Johnstone (3:21.11, 2^nd/11)
Men's high jump – Alfred Peterson (6-2.75, 10^th/27)
Women's long jump – Ailsa Gilbert (16-10.75, 18^th/41); Whitney Morrison (16-3.25, 29^th)
Men's long jump – Gordon McMillion (21-0.5, 14^th/41); Jason Upton (20-11.75, 15^th)
Women's triple jump – Ailsa Gilbert (foul)
Women's pole vault – Emma Zimmerman (11-3.75, 9^th/25); Shealyne McGee (11-3.75, 9^th); Jadyn Campbell (10-4, 17^th); Molly Chambers (NH)
Men's pole vault – Carson Weeden (14-3.25, 15^th/22); Zane Johnson (NH)
Women's shot put – Jaree Mane (36-8.5, 30^th/43)