Track and Field Completes USU Invitational

Saturday, January 17

Logan, Utah

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University of Utah

Utah State Open

1/17/2009 12:00 AM | Track & Field

Jan. 17, 2009

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LOGAN, UTAH - The University of Utah women's track and field team competed in the Utah State University Wilson Motor Invitational on Saturday. Lucy Yates and Chelsea Shapard had top finishes in the 800-meter run and Lauren Endersen won outright in the 3,000-meter run. The throwers had another good showing over the weekend with Josefin Berg competing in her first meet of the season.

"We competed fairly well today and the throwers and distance runners did well," said head coach Kyle Kepler. "We have a lot of work to do, but I am proud of our freshmen that competed. This was the first meet, so there are things to clean up as we learn from our work and efforts we had today."

In the 800-meter run, Yates won outright in her first collegiate race with a time of 2:15.67 with Shapard, a senior, coming in close second with a time of 2:15.85. Utah's long jumpers took the top two spots in the long jump as well. Haley McAllister-Birkeland had a jump of 17'10" to earn a first-place finish. Brianna LeRoy also had a good performance on Saturday, coming in second with a 17'6.50" jump.

In the 3,000-meter run, Endersen dominated the competition with a time of 10:25.42. Chelsey Kaplar competed in the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday for a fourth-place finish (9.33). Whitney Wellington finished third in the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday with a time of 7.88. Langley Iverson had a great effort in the high jump event to earn second place (5'6").

Berg was back in action in the throwing events on Saturday for a second-place finish in the weight throw (53'10.5") and a 10th-place finish in the shot put (36'7.5"). Sarah Grimm finished third in the weight throw with a toss of 53'5" and a sixth-place finish in the shot put (38'7.5"). Chasity Toilolo finished third overall in the shot put with a toss of 42'2.25".

COMING UP
The University of Utah women's track and field team will be competing in the United Heritage Classic in Boise, Idaho on Jan. 30-31.