Cedar City, Utah—The Thunderbirds are coming off a tremendous meet at the UVU Collegiate Invitational. Now, they will head south to compete at the UNLV Rebels ELITE and the Stanford Invitational.
Head Coach Eric Houle Said:
"It should be a perfect weekend of competition for us, with the team competing at two different universities: The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Stanford University. I hope the athletes can post marks that will help us at the conference and regional meets later this spring."
Meet 1 Info
What: UNLV Rebels ELITE hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
When: April 4 through April 5
Where: Myron Partridge Track Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Field: UNLV, Grand Canyon, North Dakota State, Colorado State, Montana State, Southern Utah, NAU, CSUN, Arizona Christian, Nebraska-Omaha, Utah Tech, College of Southern Nevada.
Live Results: finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com
Meet 2 Info
What: Stanford Invitational hosted by Stanford University
When: April 4 through April 5
Where: Cobb Track and Angell Field, Stanford, California
The Field: 92 Universities will be represented. Some of the participating Universities include Southern Utah, Stanford, Oregon State, University of Hawaii, BYU, Boise State, and Oklahoma State.
Live Results: trackscoreboard.com
Men's Last Time Out
Four first-place finishes led the Thunderbirds in the UVU Collegiate Invitational. Isley Guttierez had two of those first-place finishes. He finished first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.39. He was able to narrowly beat out the second-place finisher, who had a time of 14.41. Isley also finished first in the high jump with a leap of 6'7.5".
Levi Smith and Dylyn Cooks won the other two first-place finishes. Levi finished first in the long jump with a top lap of 23'1.5". Dylyn finished first in the triple jump with a top jump of 45'9.5". This week, all three of these athletes will look to build off of their first-place finishes.
Some other notable performances from last week include Jaedyn Carpenter, who finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.35. In the 200-meter dash, Jackson Tarver finished third with a time of 21.67. In the Pole Vault, Jonathan Steiner finished fourth with a top jump of 14'3.25".
Women's Last Time Out
Ariana Baker set a new SUU outdoor pole vault record when she jumped 12'7.5", good for third place. The previous record stood at 12'2.5", which was set last year and shared by Ariana and Makenna Skoczylas.
Ajia Hughes was on fire last week, finishing first in the high jump with a top leap of 5'9.5. Ajia Hughes would also finish second in the long jump with a top jump of 19'0.25". These finishes would earn her the WAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field athlete of the week award. Also, in the high jump, Chloe Bingham and Madisyn Baillie tied for fifth with top jumps of 5'3.0.
The two Nielsons both had good days at the UVU Collegiate Invitational. Jordyn Nielson finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.37, while Savannah Nielson finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.30.
Morgan Blackburn continued her hot streak by finishing second in the discus throw with a top throw of 157'1.0".
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