Givens, Carpenter Blaze Trail to Nationals

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Track & Field

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ram speed was on display Friday evening in Fayetteville as two sprinters from Colorado State track & field punched their tickets to NCAA Outdoor Nationals, highlighted by yet another record breaking performance.

Trenton Givens has taken a meteoric rise in the 110 hurdles across the home stretch of the season, dropping time in each of the last three meets of the season including his gold medal run at the Mountain West Championships. His form continued into the NCAA Regionals as he advanced to Friday's final after a personal best 13.57 in the preliminary round on Wednesday.

Givens stuck to the formula that has carried him the past few weeks and clocked a blazing 13.49. A program record.

The Ram's time placed him in the 12th and final qualifying spot by 0.01 seconds, but his celebration was put on pause due to a protest over a fall during his heat. After deliberation, Givens' time stood and the Ram senior punched his ticket to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

A similar story was told for Kenny Carpenter, who set the program record in the 400 (45.47) during Wednesday's prelims to put him in the spotlight once again on Friday. Entering the week ranked 63rd nationally, Carpenter was given an outside chance to earn one of the top 12 spots in the West Region.

Those projections didn't matter to Carpenter.

The Highlands Ranch native did not fully replicate Wednesday's record time, but his 45.61 was quick enough on the day. Like Givens, Carpenter finished in the 12th and final spot, advancing to Eugene by a margin of 0.02 seconds. The track duo will join women's thrower Makayla Long on the plane to Oregon after she qualified for nationals in shot put on Thursday.

Elsewhere on the day, Ndayiragije Shukurani competed in two events as he took the stage in both the high jump and triple jump. In his first event of the day, Shukurani made a good run at qualifying in the high jump but was just short in the end. The sophomore was one of six athletes to clear the first two bars without a hiccup, but trouble came at the 2.17 meter bar – which sat 0.01m above his PR and his CSU program record – and brought an end to his day.

In the triple jump, Shukurani notched a top mark of 15.43m/50-7.5, which resulted in a 23rd place finish. This concluded a sensational sophomore campaign in which he claimed three program records and won three conference gold medals across the indoor and outdoor seasons.

CSU had four athletes competing in the men's discus competition, a group which was led by Daniel Baroumbaye. After scratching the first two attempts, the Grand Junction native delivered on his third and final throw with a mark of 54.10m/179-5, putting him well inside the top 12 after the first two flights. However, scores from the final two heats pushed Baroumbaye out of the qualifying range, bringing an end to a solid season for the sophomore.

The final day of the NCAA West Regional takes place on Saturday, as the women of Colorado State will have athletes competing in the discus and steeplechase competitions. The discus will start the day off at 12:00 p.m. MT.

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