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1/29/2008 12:00 AM | Track & Field
Jan. 29, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY - After a week off, the Utah track and field team returns to action at the Bronco Indoor Invitational, hosted by Boise State, Feb. 1-2.
Last Time Out: The Utes participated in two different meets, with some competing at the Utah State Open on Friday, Jan. 18, while the sprinters traveled to Idaho State on Saturday, Jan. 19, for the Snake River Invitational.
Five came away with wins at the Utah State open. Haley McAllister won the long jump with a leap of 18-0.25. Chasity Toilolo won the shot put with a throw of 43- 7.75, then finished fifth in the weight throw (49-4.25). Mandi Witherspoon won the high jump, clearing 5-4.25, while Sarah McFee's leap of 35-6.0 was first in the triple jump. Rounding out the winners was Chelsea DiGrazia in the 3000 meters (10:30.05). Josefin Berg also had a solid day, placing second in the weight throw. Her toss of 54-9.25 ranks ninth all-time at Utah.
Ashley Patterson and McAllister paced the Ute track and field team with first-place finishes at the Snake River Invitational. Patterson ran a personal best of 25.27 to win the 200-meter dash. McAllister tied her personal best in the long jump with a winning leap of 18-9. Whitney Wellington, Patterson, Chelsey Kaplar and Chelsea Shapard also teamed up to win the 4x400 race in 3:50.05. Others who were strong included Kaplar, who tied her person best of 9.02 with a fourth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.
Ute Notes: Utah athletes have set 29 new personal records and nine new all-time top-10 marks this season ... Patterson leads Utah with four wins this season (two individual, two relay) while McAllister has three (two individual, one relay) ... Patterson's personal best of 25.27 in the 200 meters (1/19) is second in school history ... sophomore Liza Whitehead ran the second-fastest time in school history in the 60-meter dash at the BYU Invitational (7.83).
Coach Kepler's Two Cents: "The meet this weekend is going to be huge in every way. The quality and total number of participants will be much greater than our first two meets. Teams from the Pac 10 (Cal and Stanford), WAC (Nevada and BSU), Big Sky (Weber St) and a few other small university and college teams will be competing. I feel very good about the progress our team has made over the last two weeks. Our goal is to continue to compete and move forward with positive results the way we did during our first two meets."
Looking Ahead: The Utes head to Idaho State for the Mountain State Games, Feb. 8-9.
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