Women's Track and Field | 5/15/2021 10:38:00 PM

DUBUQUE, Iowa (May 15, 2021) - Junior Becca Simpson claimed the javelin title to give Buena Vista its second conference champion of the week as the Beavers wrapped up a strong American Rivers Conference Outdoor Championship with its highest score in over 20 years.

Simpson won the javelin with a stadium record toss of 40.70 meters and won the event by nearly nine feet.  Her victory gave BVU multiple conference champions in a single outdoor championship for the first time since 2003 when it claimed three titles.  Simpson nearly claimed all-conference accolades in the hammer throw but came up six feet short and settled for fourth place overall with a toss of 49.44m.

Freshman Jessica Sump, who won the long jump on Friday, missed out on her second all-conference status of the championship by taking fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a clocking of 15.22 seconds.  She entered the championships ranked sixth in the A-R-C and missed out on a top-3 finish by only 0.02 seconds.  Junior Tabitha Guyett took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 1:04.69.  She was just two seconds off a third-place finish.

Jadyn Forbes came up big for the Beavers in the 800-meter run by claiming third in a season-best time of 2:19.32 after entering the weekend ranked 13th in the A-R-C.  

The 4x100-meter relay team got the day started with a fifth-place finish in 50.55 seconds.

As a team, BVU came in sixth of the nine teams and totaled 65 points.  The only other time since 2002 that it has reached 60 points was in 2016 (60pts).