Liberty University
USATF Indoor Track Championships
Mizera Triple Jumps School-Record 41-10.75 for 7th at USATF Indoor
2/14/2020 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Liberty sophomore Makenzy Mizera made a positive first impression during her inaugural appearance at the USATF Indoor Championships, Friday at the Albuquerque Convention Center. She triple jumped 41-10.75 to break her own program record and finish seventh in the competition.
Mizera's record-breaking hop, skip and jump, which also ranks No. 3 all-time in the ASUN Conference, came on her second attempt of the evening. One of only two collegiate competitors in the event, she later produced marks of 41-5, 41-5 and 41-7.75 which all eclipsed her previous best of 41-3.75 from the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational on Jan. 17.
Mizera was part of an incredible competition which saw both the national champion (Tori Franklin – 48-0.5) and runner-up (Keturah Orji – 47-10.75) break the American indoor record.
Carson Waters, a 2018 Liberty graduate, also did some record breaking in Albuquerque on Friday. He took down his own Liberty men's pole vault alumni record with a personal-best 18-6.5 clearance for 10th place. Waters enjoyed a clutch evening, getting over the bar on his third attempt at both 18-2.5 and 18-6.5, the latter of which added an inch to his previous best.
Up Next
Mizera will get Liberty's Saturday started in Albuquerque, beginning the women's long jump at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.
Meanwhile, the sixth annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational will resume Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex with a trio of field events, including the women's pole vault, women's long jump and men's long jump.
