Utes Split for Drake Relays and Robison Invitational

4/22/2010 12:00 AM | Track & Field

April 22, 2010

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SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah track and field team will be splitting up again this weekend after a successful run last Friday and Saturday at the Mt. Sac Relays and Mark Faldmo Invitational. A limited group of student-athletes will be competing at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, and the remainder of the team will be competing at the Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah.

"This is a big weekend for our team," said head coach Kyle Kepler. "Both meets will have great competition so our women have to be ready to compete well and be tough. With a few exceptions, these are our final big meets prior to the championship portion of our schedule."

LEADING SUCCESS
Senior Sarah Grimm is currently ranked eighth nationally, fourth in the NCAA West Region, and first in the Mountain West Conference in the hammer throw with her current personal best of 202-6. The Ute out threw her previous PR (199-0) last week at the Mark Faldmo Invitational where she placed first overall. Her mark currently ranks second all-time in Utah school history behind Vanessa Mortensen (205-0), whom has held the school record since 2006. Grimm will be competing in the hammer at the Robison Invitational on Saturday.

Sophomore Langley Iverson is currently ranked first in the conference in the high jump with a personal and season best clearance of 5-9.25, which she set at the BYU Invite on April 2. Her mark ranks 17th in the region and 39th nationally. She currently has the fourth-best high jump clearance in Utah school history. Iverson will be competing in the high jump on Friday at the Drake Relays.

On the track, senior Chelsey Kaplar leads the conference in the 400m hurdles with a season best time of 1:00.36 which she ran at the Utah Spring Classic home meet on April 10. Her time ranks 18th in the region and 56th at the national level. Kaplar is not currently set to compete this weekend.

Junior Alyssa Abbott is currently ranked third in the conference in the 5000m run with a season and personal best time of 16:29.11 attained at the Mt. Sac Relays last weekend. Her time is currently ranked 25th in the region and 53rd nationally. Abbott will be competing in the 1500m run on Saturday at Drake Relays. She is currently ranked fourth in the MWC in the event (4:27.62).

LAST WEEK
Mt. Sac Relays
Sophomore Lucy Yates competed in the Open 800m for a fourth place finish overall and an improved personal best time of 2:08.45.

Abbott competed in the Olympic Development 5000m run. She set a lifetime personal best of 16:29.11 for 17th place overall.

Freshman Amanda Mergaert competed in the Open 1500m run for 23rd place overall with a time of 4:32.9.

Mark Faldmo Invitational
Utah won four events and had 15 new personal bests. Grimm won the hammer with a new lifetime personal best of 202-6.

Freshman Natalie Young had a PR in the 400m dash in route to the winning the event with a time of 56.19. Freshman Megan Combe won the 800m run with a time of 2:13.37.

C. Kaplar won her event in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.01, missing her current personal best mark by one second.

All four Ute runners in the 1500m run set new personal bests. Freshman Jenny McCune finished sixth (4:43.07), Hilary Troutner finished in 11th place (4:59.00), Sydney Osmun finished 12th overall (5:01.07) and Chantel Hunt finished 16th overall (5:12.73).