Kelpis Opens Big West Heptathlon

Friday, May 7

Irvine, CA

All Day

California State University at Northridge

Big West Conference Championship - Multis

Photo by: John Fajardo

Kelpis Opens Big West Heptathlon

5/7/2021 6:12:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Day 1 Results
https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/9633/events

IRVINE, Calif.—Brianna Kelpis sits in ninth position (2,512 points) after the completion of day one of the Big West Conference Heptathlon Friday afternoon.

Kelpis began the meet by running :15.59 in the 100m hurdles to finish ninth for 765 points. Event two was the high jump. Kelpis cleared 4-8 1/4 on her first attempt but went out when the bar was set at 4-9 1/2 which resulted in a tie for eighth in the event with Sofia Bailey of UC Santa Barbara. Both recorded 544 points for the high jump.

Up next was the shot put where she recorded a season-best toss of 37-5 on her third attempt. Kelpis finished fourth overall, scoring 621 points. In the final event of the day, Kelpis ran a 200m for the first time in 2021. She recorded a time of :28.63 to place 10th and earn 582 points.

"We hit a few hurdles today," said CSUN head coach Justin Johnson. "Brianna was able to stay composed. She is a competitor, so I trust she will bounce back for day two."

The competition concludes Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. with the final three events; the long jump, javelin, and 800m.

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