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Track & Field Has Huge Day to Cap off 2020 MPSF Championships
2/29/2020 8:31 PM | Track & Field
Day 2 of championships saw a school-record fall and many new lifetime-bests set.
SEATTLE — The University of Utah track and field team capped off the 2020 MPSF Championships on Saturday with a bang setting a new school-record during the last event of the meet in the 4x400m relay. As a team, the Utes finished in a tie for 11th with Pac-12 foe California, totaling 17 points.Â
The squad of Lauren O'Banion, Skyler Blair, Oneillia Fuller and Jackie Martin inked their names into the school-record books running the fastest time in Utah history in 3:40.39 to finish fifth against a loaded field. This tops the previous record by one second, which was set by this same squad at the Don Kirby Invite earlier this season. USC and UCLA finished first (3:29.92) and second (3:30.28) as both posted new Dempsey Indoor records during the event. Oregon finished in third (3:35.56) while Colorado just edged the Utes for fourth (3:39.64). Â
We are going to try this again...
— Utah T&F/XC (@Utah_trackfield) February 29, 2020
UTAH WOMEN'S 4x4 with YET ANOTHER school record! 3:40.39!
DROPS. THE. MIC.
Atta way UTES!!! pic.twitter.com/lhAcQ8PUWp
Sophie Ryan and Nicole Griffiths got day two underway competing in the women's mile. Running in a fast heat, Sophie Ryan showed strong registering a new PR of 4:45.51 to secure ninth as Griffiths won her heat clocking a 4:57.90 personal-best, knocking off 15 seconds from her previous best to earn 24th. With Ryan's time, she jumped from eighth to fourth all-time.Â
In the 400m dash, Jackie Martin ran just off her PR pace to cross the finish line in 55.56 leading the Utes while Oneillia Fuller did the opposite, edging out her previous PR by three-tenths for 21st (56.36) and move into 10th all-time. Jasie York rounded out the Utah entries placing 30th, also earning a new PR (57.37).Â
Brooke Manson paced Utah in the 800m run earning 9th (2:07.78) while teammate Caitlin Faust finished three spots back in 12th (2:08.40) and Sarah Newton in 14th running 2:09 flat. Brooklyn James and Whitney Hessler earned 18th (2:11.08) and 20th (2:11.12), respectively, as freshman Kailtyn Mercer posted a new career-best with a time of 2:14.30 — good for 28th.Â
On the distance side of the track, three out of five Utes finished inside the top-25 of the 3k race. Cara Woolnough led the charge recording a time of 9:41.35 to place 16th, Kennedy Powell secured 19th in a strong PR performance of 9:42.66 and Ellie Lundgreen finished in 21st thanks to a huge 38 second PR (9:42.93). Anna Busatto and Emma Christensen completed the Utah athletes in the 3k event. Busatto earned a 10 second PR finishing in 9:45.73 (28th) while Christensen won her heat with a 13 second PR (9:52.38) to place 36th-overall.Â
"It was really just an outstanding day. We really came and brought it and I was really pleased with the energy and effort across the board," head coach Kyle Kepler said. "I thought everybody competed well today and there was a ton of lifetime bests, a school record and it was a great way to close out the indoor season."Â
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