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4/16/2008 12:00 AM | Track & Field
April 16, 2008
The Utah women's track and field team will be competing this weekend at the Mt. Sac Relays on Thursday and the Mark Faldmo Invitational on Saturday. The Mt. Sac Relays will be held in Walnut, Calif., and only Kellie Anderson will compete at the event, where she will run the 10000m. The rest of the team will be in action in Logan, Utah at the Mark Faldmo Invitational, hosted by Utah State.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Utes competed at the JJK Invitational, hosted by UCLA, last weekend. In the 1,500-meter run the Utes had three personal records and all-time top 10 marks. Alyssa Abbott placed third finishing in 4:28.85, Chelsea DiGrazia finished fourth with a time of 4:29.96, and Shayla Houlihan ran eighth in 4:36.68. Abbott's time is third in the Mountain West Conference this season.
In the open 1,500 meters, Janett Ern crossed the line with the personal best time of 4:40.31.
In the pole vault open the Utes had two all-time top-10 performances as Laryssa Simpson and Aimee Nay each cleared 11'1.75" and 10'8", respectively.
The 4x100 team of Liza Whitehead, Whitney Wellington, Haley McAllister and Ashley Patterson clocked in a time of 47.48, while the Utah's 4x400 team of Patterson, Chelsey Kaplar, Wellington and Chelsea Shapard ran the all-time third best time of 3:46.59.
UTE NOTES:
The Utes have started the season with three regional qualifying marks and a new school record. They have also set 12 new all-time top-10 marks during the opening two weekends.
Houlihan set the school record in the steeplechase with a time of 10:44.31 at the Stanford Invitational in the first week of competition. Her time was an NCAA regional qualifying time.
At the Stanford Invitational Josefin Berg threw a regional qualifying distance in the hammer throw with a toss of 189' 2", which is the third-best throw in school history. Her mark is second in the conference this year. At the same meet Shapard won the 400 meter hurdles with a regional qualifying time of 59.89. Her time ranks second in the MWC this season.
COACH KEPLER'S TWO CENTS:
"Mt Sac is a huge meet and we are sending a couple of athletes to take advantage of the weather as well as the competitive nature of their specific events. The majority of our athletes will be competing at the Mark Faldmo Invitational hosted by Utah State. After going to a meet like the UCLA invite we needed a meet in our schedule that we could have athletes compete in multiple events and work on specific skills or techniques. The Utah State meet will give our athletes that opportunity and will provide high level competition at the same time. We need to be more consistent in several event areas for our overall team to get better. Practice has been getting better, but now we need to take it to the track on Saturday and make some things happen."
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