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Utah To Co-Host 2003 Olympic Oval Invitational
1/21/2003 12:00 AM | Track & Field
Jan. 21, 2003
THIS WEEK: The University of Utah Indoor Track and Field team will co-host the 2003 Olympic Oval Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Invitational will be held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. This marks the first track and field event to be held at the Oval, which was home to speedskating during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Participants will include Utah, BYU, Weber State, Utah Valley SC, Southern Utah, Illinois and Utah State.
LAST MEET: The University of Utah indoor track and field teams competed at the Snake River Open on Sat., Jan. 18. The Utes continued their success this season with three throwers setting new personal records in the weight throw. Utah also saw success on the relay side, as the 4x400 team posted a season best time.
Utah's Vanessa Mortensen set a new personal record in the weight throw with 50' 11.50 mark for third place overall. Freshman Beck Riddle also set a new pr in the weight throw with 46' 9.50", which was good enough for eighth place. The 4x400 meter relay team posted a season-best time of 3:56.34 to finish fourth. On the men's side, junior Nephi Tyler finished fifth in the 800 meters (1:56.21).
"We had a steady team improvement," stated Head Coach Lisa Archer. "Now, we are very excited for our first home meet next week."
QUOTING HEAD COACH LISA ARCHER: "I'm really excited about the meet at the Olympic Oval," states Archer. "I'm excited for our athletes to have a home meet so their family, friends and the community can get involved with the team."
NEXT MEET: Next on the schedule for the Utes is the Mountain States Games in Pocatello, Idaho. Competition for the meet will start on Friday, Feb. 7 and last thru Saturday, Feb. 8.
Time Schedule (tentative)
Field Events (weigh in from 10am to 12 noon)1:30 Pole Vault Women 2:00 Long Jump Men 2:00 Long Jump Women 2:00 20lb Weight Throw Women 3:00 Triple Jump Men 3:00 Triple Jump Women 3:00 High Jump Men 3:00 35lb Weight Throw Men 4:00 Shot Put Women 4:30 High Jump Women 5:00 Shot Put Men 5:00 Pole Vault Men Running Events 2:10 5000m Men 2:30 5000m Women 2:50 600m Men 2:55 600m Women 3:00 60m-hurdles Men (Trials) 3:15 60m-hurdles Women (Trials) 3:30 60m Men (Trials) 3:40 60m Women (Trials) 3:55 Mile Men 4:10 Mile Women 4:15 60m-hurdles Men (Final) 4:20 60m-hurdles Women (Final) 4:25 60m Men (Final) 4:30 60m Women (Final) 4:55 400m Men 5:10 400m Women 5:25 800m Men 5:45 800m Women 6:05 200m Men 6:20 200m Women 6:35 3000m Men 6:55 3000m Women 7:13 1600m Relay Men 7:26 1600m Relay Women
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