PROVO, Utah — Alyssa Logan and Grace Degarimore finished first and second in the women's weight throw as Utah Valley University opened action at the BYU Cougar Invitational on Thursday.
 
The duo also set the top two marks in the program's record books, with Logan's throw of 18.58 meters breaking her own school record. Degarimore's throw of 17.63 meters also would have been a school record for the freshman had it not been for Logan's effort.  
 
Degarimore also set the new No. 4 mark in the shot put, hitting 13.56 meters while taking third on Thursday. Karsten Deakin also set a PR at the second consecutive meet, jumping up to No. 9 in the shot put with her best throw of 13.13 meters.
 
For the second straight meet, the men's 1,000-meter school record also fell. Jason Hoffman won the event and set a program record with a time of 2:28.72.
 
Andrew Turner won the men's weight throw after hitting 15.93 meters, which slots him in at the No. 8 mark all-time in the school's Top 10. Luis Diaz Bojorquez finished third while Payton Vernon took fourth. Diaz Bojorquez (16.41m) was also second in the shot put, with Eddie Sonny Garcia finishing in third with his best mark of 15.74, putting him sixth all-time at UVU. Vernon also moved in the No. 9 spot all-time, taking fourth with a throw of 15.27 meters.
 
The mutlis also began on Thursday with the women completing the pentathlon and the men completing in four events. Anaya Potter and Talia Conrad went 1-2 in the women's pentathlon. Potter, who is the program record holder, finished with 3,125 points, with Conrad accumulating 2,822 points. Cole Johnson and Matt Biggins currently hold the top two spots in the men's heptathlon entering the final events on Friday.
 
Friday's competition begins at noon with the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles. High jump, long jump, and triple jump will also be contested on Friday.