Oregon State Athletics · May 9, 2015
Byrd Sets Javelin Mark at UO Twilight Meet
Freshman McKenzie Byrd set the school javelin record on Friday. set a school record in the javelin on Friday night to lead a small contingent of Beavers at the Oregon Twilight Meet at Hayward Field.
A freshman from Irrigon who graduated from Hermiston High School, Byrd took sixth in the event with a throw of 140 feet, 11 inches, a personal-best by more than a foot. It broke the old record of 140-5, set last year by Christina McDonald, by six inches; Byrd’s former PR was 139-7.
Sophomore Helen Ann Haun tied for first place in the pole vault by clearing 11-9.75.