Pueblo, Colorado - The New Mexico Highlands 4x100 team opened the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships with a statement on Thursday evening. The Cowgirls ran a time of 43.98 to set a new NCAA Division II record.
Rujeko Munetsi,
Ashley Barrett,
Kacian Powell, and
Patreece Clarke bested the second fastest time in the field by nearly three tenths of a second to advance to Saturday's championship.
Sophomore
Ashley Barrett returned to the track two hours later for the preliminaries in the 100m Dash. She won her heat in a time of 11.38 to advance to Saturday's finals.
Looking ahead to Friday's action for the Cowgirls,
Patreece Clarke takes the track in the 100m Hurdles. She earned All-American honors a year ago at the Championships in Kansas.
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