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Alissa Atisme Leads Utah Track and Field at Bronco Invitational
1/20/2018 9:53 PM | Track & Field
The Utes back on the Track.
BOISE, Idaho – The Utah indoor track and field team got their season back underway on Saturday taking home two event titles at the Bronco Invitational. Alissa Atisme won the women's 200 meter dash and set a school record in the 60-meter dash while Jackie Martin, Atisme, Caitie Faust, and Brooke Martin won the women's 4x400 meter relay.
"It was definitely an Alissa Atisme type of day," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler said. "It was a great day for her that involved two wins and a school record and we are certainly excited to have her start the 2018 portion of the schedule that way."
In the women's 200-meter dash, Atisme finished in first place with a time of 24.68. She broke the school record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.71 in a third-place finish.
Senior Rayne Helm Wheelock also competed in both the 200 and 60 events, coming in 10th in the 200 with a new personal-best time of 26.09. She took home eighth place in the finals and ran a personal-best time of 7.87 in the preliminaries. Madison Lanford competed in the 200, finishing in 19th with a time of 26.64.
Onto the women's 400-meter dash, senior Rhianna Williams took home second place with a time of 56.94 while freshman Rachel Whipple finished in seventh place with a time of 58.75.
The women's 600-meter run was dominated by Utes with five of the first six finishers from Utah. Senior Grace Englund led the Utes by taking home second place while running a time of 1:32.62. Following right behind Englund was Faust and sophomore Sarah Newton. Faust finished in third place in 1:33.26. Newton captured fourth place with a time of 1:34.24. Keeping the roll going was freshman Jackie Martin and sophomore Brooke Martin. Jackie finished in fifth place with a time of 1:36.73 and Brooke finished in sixth place with a time of 1:37.05.
In the 800-meter run, freshman Whitney Hessler led the Utes by taking home fourth place with a time of 2:16.16. Coming in behind Hessler was sophomores Nicole Griffiths and Melissa Taggart. Griffiths took home fourth place with a time of 2:17.61 and Taggart finished in ninth place with a time of 2:20.17. Freshman Natalie Platil captured 14th place with a time of 2:24.20.
The women's mile run was another good event for the Utes where eight Utah runners finished in the top 15. Senior Louise Mercer led the Utes with a second-place finish in a time of 5:00.51. Following behind Mercer was sophomore Poppy Tank who finished in third with a time of 5:01.26 and freshman Bella Williams who captured fourth with a time of 5:03.84. Coming in eighth was Hannah McInturff (5:07.53), ninth Jessica Sams (5:10.68), 10th Trina Moreno (5:12:96), 11th Megan Perkins-Killian (5:13.14), 13th Dakota Grossman (5:16.17), 19th Aubrey Argyle (5:19.88), and 26th Ashley Licata (5:34.39).
In the 3,000-meter run, junior Jade Mulvey finished in sixth place with a time of 10:32.49. Following behind Mulvey was junior Hannah Allred and freshman Astrid Lindgren. Allred
finished in ninth place with a time of 10:42.63 while Lindgren finished in 10th place with a time of 10:47.42.
In the women's 4x400 meter relay, the Utes had four teams compete. The Utah "A" team, which consisted of Jackie Martin, Atisme, Faust, and Brooke Martin, captured the event title with a time of 3:49.92. The "B" team (Hessler, Newton, Griffiths, and Lanford) captured third place with a time of 3:58.88. The "D" team (Perkins-Killian, Taggart, McInturff, and Platil) captured ninth place with a time of 4:05.87. The "C" team (Whipple, Mathewson, Grossman, and Bella Williams) finished in 10th place with a time of 4:12.86.
In the high jump, Eliza Hansen led the Utes with an eighth-place finish and a height of 1.56 meters. Finishing tied for 10th place was junior Lauren McCluskey with a height of 1.51 meters and in 14th was sophomore Suzannah Stark with a height of 1.51 meters. Ruby Jane Mathewson also competed in this event and took home 22nd with a height of 1.41 meters.
Mathewson also competed in the 60-meter hurdles and finished in sixth place with her best time of 9.40 coming in the preliminaries.
"We still have a lot of work to do and a lot of improvement to make but this is really a great step in the right direction," Kepler explained. "We're just really excited for the kids and I think there all really excited for what's ahead."
The Utes will be back in action next weekend, Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, at the University of Washington Invitational in Seattle, Wash.
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