Full Results
 
CANYON—Tarleton Track & Field sent six athletes to Canyon to wrap up its last regular season meet before the NCAA Outdoor Championships and came away with three NCAA provisional marks and a new school record.
 
"We went to Canyon to boost our marks on the national list," said head coach Pat Ponder. "We did that and now we will wait until Tuesday to find out if we did enough."
 
The TexAnns had five women competing Sunday and Ashley Johnson highlighted the meet with a career best, breaking a 20-year old school record and finished first in the 400-meter dash with an NCAA provisional time of 55.19. Johnson broke a record that came in 1997, when Hope Ward ran 55.51.
 
"Ashley's performance is simple she did what she set out to do in improving her position on the national qualifiers list," said Ponder. "Our first goal is to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and if that means a school record then so be it."
 
Arianna Stegall and Roxana Hernandez hit a pair of NCAA provisional marks. Stegall ran a career best in the 400-meter hurdles finishing second with a time of 1:00.68. Hernandez competed in the high jump and the junior from Dallas finished third and cleared 5' 6" (1.68m).
 
Kara Bickham ran a 59.23 in the 400-meter dash, finishing second at the meet. Ariel Ballard finished ninth in the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.78.  
 
For the Texans, Zachary Pratt competed as the lone athlete for the men. Pratt finished second in the shot put with a throw of 51' 11.25" (15.83m).
 
Tarleton will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Thursday May 25 through Saturday May 27. The qualifiers for the championships will be announced on Tuesday, May 16 on NCAA.com.
 
Full Tarleton Results
 
Women 100m dash (preliminaries)
9. Ariel Ballard – 12.78
 
Women 400m dash
1. Ashley Johnson – 55.19 (NCAA provisional mark; school record)
2. Kara Bickham – 59.23
 
Women 400m hurdles
2. Arianna Stegall – 1:00.68 (NCAA provisional mark)
 
 Women high jump
3. Roxana Hernandez – 5' 6" (NCAA provisional mark)
 
Men shot put
2. Zachary Pratt – 51' 11.25