SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Utah Valley University track & field wrapped up its opening weekend of the outdoor season with eight new top-10 marks at the Aztec Invitational at San Diego State University. The throwers shined in San Diego, with four UVU top 10s and a victory from Nick Forsyth in the javelin. 
 
After redshirting last outdoor season, Luis Diaz Bojorquez had two top 10s in San Diego as he hit the No. 6 spot in the hammer (50.36m) on Friday and then recorded the third-best shot-put mark at UVU, hitting 16.23 meters to finish fourth at the meet. Forsyth, the school record holder in the javelin, won the event with his best throw of 63.03 meters while Jared Nation was second with a personal record (57.47m) to move into the 10th spot in the outdoor record book. Alyssa Logan improved on her own No. 7 distance in the hammer throw, hitting 51.22 meters while Austin Kleinman finished second in the men's hammer (56.59m), just shy of his PR.
 
Quincy Bonds improved on her own No. 2 time in the women's 100-meter hurdles. Bonds finished in 13.87 seconds while Paige Young ran it in 14.10, just off her PR, which is No. 4 at UVU. On Friday, Anaya Potter tied for 10th in the high jump (1.65m) in her first outdoor event at the collegiate level while competing in the heptathlon.
 
Grace Williams set a new personal best in the pole vault and moved into fourth in the top 10 after tying for seventh with a height of 3.72 meters. Olivia Pixton also entered the top 10 in the long jump, with her best attempt hitting 5.68 meters.
 
The Wolverines also had a group of distance runners compete at the Utah Tech Invitational in St. George. Joel Mendez won the 3,000-meter steeplechase and broke Adrian Jones' meet record from last year. Mendez, already UVU's record holder in the event, finished Friday's race in 8:58.53. In the women's 1500 in St. George, Morgan Nokes, Hailey Odekirk, and Caila Odekirk finished third through fifth.
 
Utah Valley is set to host its own invitational next Friday, March 29 at Hal Wing Track & Field. The Wolverines are also slated to send a group to the Stanford Invitational.