Weekend Recap: Collegiate Stars Shine on First Major Weekend of the Season

History doesn’t wait.

Nor do collegiate track & field stars.

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We saw some incredible performances this past weekend.

Let’s find out which ones stood out the most.

Leo Won’t Slow Down

Leo Neugebauer is up to his old tricks.

By “old tricks,” we mean put up historic marks in the decathlon.

Neugebauer took center stage at the Texas Relays, less than one month removed from winning the heptathlon at the NCAA DI Indoor Championships. The Texas standout amassed a meet-record 8708 points over two days, which was also the third-largest total in collegiate history and the best score in world history before the month of May.

Already the collegiate record-holder in the ten-eventer, Neugebauer got off to a hot start at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Wednesday. Neugebauer put up 4620 points – the third-largest Day 1 total in collegiate history – and in that, recorded a shot-put mark of 17.26m (56-7½) that is the farthest-known throw by a collegian within the confines of a decathlon.

Day 2 started with a 14.51 clocking the 110-meter hurdles, his second-fastest wind-legal time ever and progressed through four more events. Perhaps the highlight of those events was a PR throw of 58.99m (193-6) in the javelin.

Neugebauer is the first collegian with two 8700+ totals in history.

Up, Up & We Mean Up

Brynn King keeps raising the bar.

We mean that literally.

The Roberts Wesleyan standout won the Women’s Pole Vault Elite at the Texas Relays with a clearance of 4.68m (15-4¼), which makes her the fourth-best woman in collegiate history and obviously sets an NCAA DII record. King only trails Olivia Gruver, Sandi Morris and Demi Payne on the all-time chart.

Bombs Away For Davis

Jordan Davis.

Remember the name.

The record book will.

Davis launched the javelin 83.77m (274-10) on Friday at the Texas Relays to not only shatter the NCAA DII record, but move up to No. 5 on the all-time collegiate chart. That is also the second best throw by a collegian since 2019.

Blistering Debut For Cartwright

Denisha Cartwright is already in postseason form.

Cartwright opened her season in the 100-meter hurdles and open 100 meters on Friday at the Texas Relays – and scorched the track.

The Minnesota State standout started the afternoon with a wind-aided 12.91 (+3.1) clocking over the barriers and followed that up with another wind-aided 11.17 (+2.9) effort without them in her way. Using a conversion calculator, both of those marks would be near the existing NCAA DII records under perfect +2.0 m/s conditions. Cartwright went even faster to win the final – 12.81 (+2.7).

Earlier this month, Cartwright capped a strong indoor season with an NCAA title in the 60-meter hurdles and a runner-up finish in the 60. Just a few weeks before that, Cartwright took down the NCAA DII record in the 60H with her NSIC title-winning 7.93.