Texas Tech junior and Snyder graduate Jared Thornhill captured a first-place finish and a provisional qualifying mark with a vault of 17-5 (5.31m), a career-high, at the Razorback-Tyson Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday.

Eighteen teams -- nine men and nine women -- ranked in the top 25 competed in the meet. Tech claimed six top-five marks with three provisional qualifying marks on the day.