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Watson Continues Dominance, Sets Another School Record at Jackson's Open
12/14/2019 7:03 PM | Track & Field
The Utes track and field team had another solid outing in Boise.
BOISE, Idaho – The Utah track and field team closed out the 2019 calendar year in exciting fashion at the Jackson's Open on Saturday as the Utes saw another school record fall courtesy of Taylor Watson while Kolbi Sims and Skyler Blair moved themselves into Utah's all-time performance list.
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The Utes started the day off with Watson and Lauren O'Banion competing in the 60-meter dash. In the preliminaries, Watson got off to a hot start earning the top mark in her heat with a time of 7.69 while O'Banion earned second in her heat with a time of 8.05. In the finals, Watson backed up her previous performance running a PR time of 7.61 to capture the event title and set a new school record in the 60-meter dash, which she set last season at the Ed Jacoby Invite. O'Banion also earned a new PR finishing in a time of 8.03 to secure seventh-place.Â
In the 60-meter hurdles, Sims joined the party moving herself into fourth-place all-time as she took home the event title in a PR time of 8.73. Â Blair competed for Utah in the 200-meter race clocking a PR time of 25.10 to finish first in her respective section and move into sixth all-time at Utah.
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Moving to the 400-meter event, junior transfer Oneillia Fuller led the Utes in section one earning the first-place finish with a time of 56.88 as freshman Jasie York saw her first collegiate action placing third (57.62). Brooke Martin competed for Utah in section three posting a time of 1:00.05 to earn third-place.
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Whitney Hessler and Caitlin Faust made their indoor season debuts competing in the 600-meter race. Both competed in the same section and saw Hessler capture second-place with a time of 1:33.16 while Faust crossed the finish line in 1:34.25 for third.
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Wrapping up the busy day of racing for the Utes was the 4x400-meter relay squads. Entering two-different teams, the Utes ran away with the event as the Utah 'A' squad won the event finishing with a time of 3:49.44 while the 'B' squad captured second in 3:57.72. Competing for the 'A' squad was O'Banion, Blair, Fuller and Faust with York, Sims, Martin and Hessler making up the 'B' squad.
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"Another excellent day of performances," head coach Kyle Kepler said after the big day on the track. "Winning events, a school record, all-time top performances in school history and PRs alway make up a successful meet. Now we have about a month without competition due to the holiday break. We will need to continue to work hard while enjoying some time away for the holidays. We have a very motivated group of women so I don't expect anything less than for them to be ready to go when we return with a much larger group in mid-January. Both December meets have added up to a great start to the indoor season so kudos to these gals and Coach Colwell for their effort."
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Up Next
The Utah track and field team enters the holiday break and won't compete until Friday, Jan. 10, where they'll travel to Moscow, Idaho, to compete at the Lauren McCluskey Multis hosted by the University of Idaho.Â
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Fans can follow the Utah track and field program on Twitter (@Utah_trackfield), Facebook (UtahTrackXC) and on Instagram (@UtahTrackXC). Â Â
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The Utes started the day off with Watson and Lauren O'Banion competing in the 60-meter dash. In the preliminaries, Watson got off to a hot start earning the top mark in her heat with a time of 7.69 while O'Banion earned second in her heat with a time of 8.05. In the finals, Watson backed up her previous performance running a PR time of 7.61 to capture the event title and set a new school record in the 60-meter dash, which she set last season at the Ed Jacoby Invite. O'Banion also earned a new PR finishing in a time of 8.03 to secure seventh-place.Â
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In the 60-meter hurdles, Sims joined the party moving herself into fourth-place all-time as she took home the event title in a PR time of 8.73. Â Blair competed for Utah in the 200-meter race clocking a PR time of 25.10 to finish first in her respective section and move into sixth all-time at Utah.
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Moving to the 400-meter event, junior transfer Oneillia Fuller led the Utes in section one earning the first-place finish with a time of 56.88 as freshman Jasie York saw her first collegiate action placing third (57.62). Brooke Martin competed for Utah in section three posting a time of 1:00.05 to earn third-place.
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Whitney Hessler and Caitlin Faust made their indoor season debuts competing in the 600-meter race. Both competed in the same section and saw Hessler capture second-place with a time of 1:33.16 while Faust crossed the finish line in 1:34.25 for third.
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Wrapping up the busy day of racing for the Utes was the 4x400-meter relay squads. Entering two-different teams, the Utes ran away with the event as the Utah 'A' squad won the event finishing with a time of 3:49.44 while the 'B' squad captured second in 3:57.72. Competing for the 'A' squad was O'Banion, Blair, Fuller and Faust with York, Sims, Martin and Hessler making up the 'B' squad.
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"Another excellent day of performances," head coach Kyle Kepler said after the big day on the track. "Winning events, a school record, all-time top performances in school history and PRs alway make up a successful meet. Now we have about a month without competition due to the holiday break. We will need to continue to work hard while enjoying some time away for the holidays. We have a very motivated group of women so I don't expect anything less than for them to be ready to go when we return with a much larger group in mid-January. Both December meets have added up to a great start to the indoor season so kudos to these gals and Coach Colwell for their effort."
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Up Next
The Utah track and field team enters the holiday break and won't compete until Friday, Jan. 10, where they'll travel to Moscow, Idaho, to compete at the Lauren McCluskey Multis hosted by the University of Idaho.Â
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Fans can follow the Utah track and field program on Twitter (@Utah_trackfield), Facebook (UtahTrackXC) and on Instagram (@UtahTrackXC). Â Â
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