AZUSA, Calif.— Colorado Mesa University freshman Kaitlyn Pearson posted season-best marks in the high jump and the 200 meters and is 65 points ahead of her season-best pace through four events of the heptathlon here at the Franson Last Chance Meet, which got underway with the first day of the multi-events on Thursday afternoon at Azusa Pacific University's Cougar Stadium.

Pearson, who took third at last month's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships with 4,519  points, scored 2,734 in Thursday's four events after tallying 2,669 first day points at the conference meet.  She is in tenth place in the 18-woman field.

The Pueblo West, Colorado native recorded a high jump clearance of 1.49 meters (4 feet, 10 ½ inches) in the second event of the day and then closed out the day with a 200-meter time of 25.01 seconds.

Those marks bettered her former season-bests of 1.47 meters (4-9.75) and 25.18 from her first two collegiate heptathlons.

Pearson also recorded a time of 14.92 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to open her Thursday performance and registered a shot put mark of 7.79 meters (25-6.75) in the third event of the day.

The heptathlon will continue on Friday afternoon, starting at 1 p.m. PDT (2 p.m. Mountain).