Track & Field Back in SoCal This Week

Wednesday, April 17

Azusa, CA

All Day

University of Utah

Bryan Clay Invitational and Multi

4/15/2019 3:46 PM | Track & Field

Bryan Clay Invite Meet Schedule Mt. SAC Relays Meet Schedule Long Beach State Invite Meet Schedule Track Chat - with Kyle Kepler

Utes to compete at Bryan Clay Invite, Mt. SAC Relays and LBSU Invite

SALT LAKE CITY – Fresh off its home meet this past weekend, the Utah track & field team will be right back in action again this week competing in multiple events throughout the Southern California area. The Utes will send athletes to compete in the Bryan Clay Invitational & Multi's (April 17-19), Mt. SAC Relays (April 18-20) and Long Beach State Invitational (April 19-20).

"I think we are certainly on our way if we can put some things together this weekend," said Utah head coach Kyle Kepler. "We have a bunch of kids that are right on the cusp of producing some regional qualifying marks. Obviously that is a moving target as there is not specific time or mark to hit, you just have to be in the top-48 of each event. We feel that we have a lot of athletes knocking on the door and we just need to bust that down in order to get them to those championships later in May.

"Our focus this weekend is [the Bryan Clay Invitational] at Azusa Pacific with the middle-distance, the distance and the sprinters. Our jumpers and hurdlers will compete in two different meets as we head to the Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance and over in Long Beach for the Long Beach State Invitational. We have had some exciting things happen over there. It should be a great weekend and we are excited for it."

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LAST TIME OUT
Utah competed in both the Weber State and Utah Spring Classics this past Friday and Saturday, collecting a plethora of PR's and entries into the school's all-time top performances lists.

The Utes opened the week on Friday at the Weber State Spring Classic, where Scarlet Dale and Cara Woolnough took the top two spots in the 1500-meter event. Lauren O'Banion posted a second-place finish in the 400-meters and Regan Crofts finished among the top-five in the javelin throw.

In Utah's lone home meet of the season this past Saturday, Maya LeBar opened the meet in the triple jump with a mark of 11.23 meters, which now ranks 10th all-time in school history. Kolbi Sims moved into eighth all-time in school history in the high jump with a new personal-best mark of 1.73 meters.

In running events, Brooke Manson would take first in the 800-meters with a time of 2:09.82, while Sarah Feeny took third overall with a time of 2:10.62. Emma Christensen would take third-overall in the 3000-meters with a time of 10:18.52 and Brooke Martin finished among the top-four in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.77. Utah's "A" team took first-place in the 4x400-meter relay. The team of O'Banion, Skyler Blair, Sims and Brooklyn James would finish the event in a time of 3:45.86.

"The home meet went very well and we are more than pleased on how it turned out," said Kepler. "All of our athletes did a great job this past weekend and I think we are in a really good spot this part of the year. I think we are primed for another great weekend."

TRACK CHAT
Check out this week's edition of the Utah Track Chat Podcast with head coach Kyle Kepler. Click the embedded link below, or follow this link here.

USTFCCCA #EVENTSQUAD RANKINGS
The newest USTFCCCA event rankings were released this week with Utah posting top-50 marks in the 100, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000-meters.

No. 1 – 5000 (average time of 16:15.02)
No. 9 – 800 (average time of 2:08.90)
No. 27 – 1500 (average time of 4:28.63)
No. 44 – 100 (average time of 12.06
No. 50 – 400 (average time of 56.56)

UTAH IN TOP-20 NCAA RANKINGS (WEST REGION)
No. 4 – Sarah Feeny, 5000-meters (15:41.81, school record)
No. 10 – Kolbi Sims, Heptathlon (5189, No. 4 in school history)
No. 12 – Poppy Tank, 5000-meters (16:07.55, No. 4 in school history)
No. 16 – Sarah Newton, 800-meters (2:06.72, No. 6 in school history)

UTAH ENTRIES THIS WEEKEND
- 100m
Raynee Helm-Wheelock, Taylor Watson

- 200m
Skyler Blair, Raynee Helm-Wheelock, Maya LeBar, Jackie Martin, Lauren O'Banion, Taylor Watson

- 400m
Whitney Hessler, Brooklyn James, Maya LeBar, Jackie Martin, Lauren O'Banion, Mesa Weidle

- 800m
Nicole Griffiths, Whitney Hessler, Brooklyn James, Brooke Manson, Sarah Newton, Sadie Wassum, Mesa Weidle

- 1500m
Sarah Feeny, Nicole Griffiths, Megan Killian, Sarah Newton, Kennedy Powell, Sophie Ryan, Cara Woolnough, Sadie Wassum

- 5000m
Emma Christensen, Scarlet Dale, Sara Leonard, Ashley Licata, Astrid Lindgren, Trina Moreno, Poppy Tank, Bella Williams

- 10,000m
Hannah Allred, Jade Mulvey

- 400m Hurdles
Skyler Blair, Brooke Martin

- 4 x 100m Relay
Rayne Helm-Wheelock, Maya LeBar, Jackie Martin, Taylor Watson

- 4 x 400m Relay
Skyler Blair, Brooklyn James, Maya LeBar, Jackie Martin

- High Jump
Eliza Hansen

- Triple Jump
Maya LeBar

- Heptathlon
Kolbi Sims