WALNUT, Calif. – Involved in a very competitive discus competition with the sun shining and warmer temperatures on the final day of the Mt. SAC Relays, Razorbacks Rojé Stona and Ralford Mullings each broke the Arkansas school record in the discus.
The previous mark of 205-4 (62.60) was set in 1982 by Scott Lofquist. Stona eclipsed the mark first with a first-round toss of 211-4 (62.79) while Mullings followed with a 205-6 (62.64) on his first throw.
Mullings set his best mark of the day with a round two throw of 206-0 (62.79). Stona, meanwhile, bettered his career best of 213-7 (65.11) in the fifth round with a 215-8 (65.75).
In the final stanza, Stona improved again to 218-7 (66.64).
Stona big toss moves to No. 5 performer on the all-time collegiate list and No. 4 on the Jamaican all-time list. The second and fourth rounds for Stona measured 209-2 (63.77) and 209-3 (63.78) in produced a very impressive series.
Collegiate record holder Mykolas Alekna of California won the competition with a mark of 224-3 (68.35), which is the No. 3 collegiate performance all-time. British thrower Lawrence Okoye finished third at 217-0 (66.15) with Mullings in fourth place.
In the shot put, Jordan West placed third in a high quality field as he produced a toss of 66-0.25 (20.12) to match the same mark he had in Stanford for his season opener a couple of weeks ago.
Arizona’s Jordan Geist won the event with a 69-8.75 (21.25) while Mexico’s Uriel Munoz reached a distance of 68-5.25 (20.86) as runner-up while China’s Tia Zizhong placed fourth with a 64-3.25 (19.59).
The series for West included marks of 64-9.75 (19.75), 64-2.25 (19.56), 64-5 (19.63), 66-0.25 (20.12), and a pair of fouls.