Leonard Establishes New School Record at Texas Relays

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Grady Leonard set a school record in the men's hammer throw at the Texas Relays while Simon Thor sits in second place of the men's decathlon at the Bobcat Invitational as Texas State's busy weekend competing at two meets started on Thursday.

Leonard, who already set the men's hammer throw school record earlier this month, established a new program best with a toss of 66.65 meters/218-8 at the Texas Relays in Austin. The graduate transfer recorded the mark in his third and final throw and finished 13th in the event.

Leonard was not the only hammer thrower competing in Austin on Thursday as freshman Elisabet Runarsdottir – the only freshman in the event – registered a school…