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Chavez Sets School Record At Memphis Invitational

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' set the school record in the women's 200 meters to lead the Tigers in first-day action at the 2017 Memphis Invitational Friday. Chavez won the event in a school-record time of 23.32.

Chavez, a freshman, broke the previous school-best time of 23.36 set by Wanda Hooker in 1981.

For the sixth time in six outdoor meets in 2017, the - tandem swept the men's and women's javelin titles. Criticos won the men's crown with a 212-6 (64.78m) throw, and Pryke, the reigning American Athletic Conference Female Field Athlete of the Week, took the women's title with a 165-0 (50.