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Saturday, January 31
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Utah Throwers Excel at the Mountain State Games
1/31/2015 12:00 AM | Track & Field
Jan. 31, 2015
POCATELLO, Idaho- The Utah throwing and distance groups recorded several solid performances as they wrapped up action at the Mountain State Games and the Washington Invitational.
The Utes were impressive in the weight throw at the Mountain State Games with three athletes finishing in the top ten. Capturing the event title was senior Aoife Hickey, recording a mark of 17.38 meters. Sophomore Ilse Kaaja finished third overall with a throw measuring 16.55 meters. Kasie Nagel (13.01 meters) finished eighth for the Utes.
Leading the Utes in Seattle was sophomore Rhianna Williams’ personal best performance in the 400-meter dash. Williams recorded a time of 55.18 seconds to capture the event title.
“It was another really good day,” Utah head coach Kyle Kepler said. “We had a lot of really good races and efforts. I was really pleased with just about everybody and how we executed certain things.”
True freshman Sarah Feeny earned 13th in the mile with a time of 4:48.17, followed by a three second personal best by Nikki Rietz (4:55.45) in 19th and Andrea Chavez (5:02.31) in 33rd. Chavez also raced in the 800-meter run, recording a time of 2:19.01 for 37th.
The 3,000-meter race featured two Utes competing. Jessica Sams finished first for the Utes and 28th overall, recording a 15 second personal best time of 9:43.22. Sams was followed by senior Rebekah Winterton, who recorded a time of 9:49.03 to place 34th.
“Overall, I thought we had a very successful weekend,” Kepler said. “It was great to see how the throwers performed in Idaho. We will get back on the road to Albuquerque next week and see if we can keep building. We had a lot of quality performances this weekend and we will keep getting better and hopefully get everyone healthy. I think we have a pretty good group here and we will have a pretty successful season.”
The Utes will return to action next Friday at the New Mexico Classic.
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