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2004 Indoor Track Recap
4/26/2004 12:00 AM | Track & Field
April 26, 2004
The University of Utah indoor track and field team posted its best performance ever at the 2004 Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships. The women's team scored 67 points to set the new school record for total points. Out of the 20 athletes who competed for Utah, 14 contributed points. That is Utah's highest number of scoring athletes in a conference meet. Under the direction of third-year Head Coach Lisa Archer, the Utes have continued to improve their point totals each season.
Utah had two conference champions in seniors Nellie Hammons and Tracy Hamblin. Hammons dominated the 800-meter run, winning all but two of the races she entered. Her time of 2:12.44 earned her her first league title. Hamblin took gold in the in pole vault with 3.87 meters, which was also a personal record for the senior.
Seniors Katie Decker and Natasha Eldridge were main contributors to Utah's point total and the conference championship. Decker took third in the high jump with 1.70 meters. After a one-year absence from competitive track, Eldridge returned for the 2004 indoor season to finish as the runner up in the weight throw competition (17.55m).
Utah got stellar performances from the women's 4x400-meter relay team throughout the indoor season. Consisting of Hammons, Andrea Davidson, Jen Jackman and Amanda Feigt, the relay team is one the best in Utah school history. The team finished third in the conference championships.
Ute fans also watched the rise of one of Utah's most dominating freshmen in Feigt and the season's biggest surprise in fellow freshman Jennie Haertel. Feigt dabbled in the 400 meters, 4x400 relay and long jump. At the conference championships, she finished third (5.82m) in the long jump. Haertel surprised everyone by finishing first in the preliminary one-mile race at the conference championships. Haertel followed that up with an impressive fifth-place finish in the finals.
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