Official Site of the Braves · Dec 16, 2024
Kingsmith, Martinez set New Program Records at Jimmy Grant Invite
TF Jimmy Grant RecapIOWA CITY, Iowa – Two new program records were set to begin the 2024-25 season for Bradley Track & Field as the Braves competed in the Jimmy Grant Invitational in Iowa City on Saturday.
Kaden Kingsmith broke a 35-year-old program record in the men's 1000m, completing the race in 2:25.88. The new mark breaks John McConnell's previous record of 2:29.34, set in 1989. Kingsmith finished the race in second place, just five hundreths of a second off of first.
Carolina Martinez set a new program record in the women's 300m in her first collegiate meet with a 40.18. Martinez breaks a 41-year-old record, edging out Estmi Codrington's 40.9 in 1983.