CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Southern Utah University Track and Field team began their second week of competition this weekend at UVU Collegiate Invitational and the Stanford Invitational. Several thunderbirds earned personal bests over the weekend, but distance runner Haley Tanne highlighted all Thunderbirds by setting a new SUU school record. 

 STANFORD INVITATIONAL 

Tanne made her season debut in the 3000 Meter steeplechase and ran to a blazing time of 10.28.84 to crush the previous school record of 10.33.25 and win the event, by outrunning all of her other competitors by seven seconds. 

In that same race, senior Madisan DeBos clocked a 10.44.71 to earn fourth place in the event, pushing her into fourth all-time in the event for the Thunderbirds. 

On the men's side, Nate Osterstock continued his infamous ways in the 5k. Osterstock ran to a new personal best of 13:40.21 to earn 12th place while putting a stronger hold on his third-place position in the event in the SUU record books. 

Freshman Santiago Gaitan also galloped to an 8th place finish with a time of 14:25.84 in the 5k. 

In the 3000 Meter Steeplechase, Jacob Francis ran to a first-place finish in his section with a time of 9:03.03. 

UVU COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL 

 Cedar English had a career day in the long jump. English leaped to a monstrous personal record of 24'2, which earned him third place in the event, and topped his last PR by an entire foot. This leap puts him sixth all-time in the event for SUU. 

Seth Scoville had an impressive day in the triple jump. Scoville leaped to a mark of 42'5 to walk away with the win in the event for SUU. 

Big Sky Indoor High Jump champion Joren McKeever opened up his outdoor season with a 6'8 ¾ to clinch a second-place finish in the event. 

Hunter Morganson picked up right where he left off last weekend in the shotput. Morganson launched a throw of 52'3 to earn third place in the event for the Thunderbirds. This throw also pushed him into tenth all-time in the SUU record books. 

Jace Rodgers ran a new personal best time of 22.15 in the 200 Meters, which earned him a fourth-place finish in the finals. 

After a strong debut last weekend in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase, Nethaneel Taylor followed that performance up this week with a strong finish in the 800 Meters. Taylor posted a time of 1:56.24, which earned him sixth place in the event. 

On the women's side, Veronika Vallova battled her way to an outstanding third-place finish in the Javelin with a mark of 143'-10.5". Vallova also moved into third all-time in the event for SUU. 

Jentry Skidmore had an impressive day in the long jump and the Javelin. Skidmore threw a new personal record in the Javelin with a 132'1/4", just narrowly missing out on the SUU record books by one foot. She followed that performance up with a fourth-place finish in the long jump with an 18'2. 

Three Thunderbirds earned top-ten finishes in the women's hammer throw. 

Emma Nwachukwu grabbed her second top-three finish in the outdoor season with an excellent mark of 192'9.5" to clinch second place in the event. Rebecca Hazlet fought her way into sixth place with a throw of 162'4. Jessica Jericoff earned a new personal best throw of 151'3 to earn ninth.

In the women's 100 Meter hurdles, Savannah Nielson ran a personal best time of 14.47 to earn an eighth-place finish in the finals, pushing her into tenth place all-time in the event for the Thunderbirds. 

SUU also sent several runners to the Mike Fanelli Track classic on March 31st. Three Thunderbird distance runners walked away with new personal records. Sariah Hernandez and Jordyn Bartolomucci earned top times in the 5k. Hernandez finished with a time of 17:31.22, and Bartolomucci came in right behind with a 17:34.53. Aviry Stratton grabbed a second-place finish in the 1500 Meters with a time of 4:32.09. 

Southern Utah will now prepare to head up north to Salt Lake City to participate in the Utah Spring Classic on April 9th. 

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