SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah track & field team is set to begin its full indoor track schedule this weekend over in the Land of Enchantment for the MLK Invitational inside the ABQ Convention Center – which served as last year's indoor championships venue.
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MLK INVITATIONAL
DATES: January 20, 2024
HOST: University of New Mexico
WHERE: ABQ Convention Center
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MEET SCHEDULE: https://bit.ly/424gb3T
PARTICIPANTS: Adams State, Arizona, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton, Colorado College, Grand Canyon, Lubbock Christian, New Mexico, New Mexico Junior College, New Mexico State, North Texas, San Diego State, Stanford, Texas, Texas State, UC Irvine, UCLA, UTRGV, West Texas A&M
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Rachel Bair,
Harley Daniel,
Madi Durrant,
Josefine Eriksen,
Delaney Gates,
Ally Gomm,
J'neya Hill,
Glo Hussey,
Bailey Kealamakia,
Annie Murdock,
Malia Overton,
Chloe Shewell,
Shana Van Elderen,
Millie Wilcox
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ÂÂTHE LINE UP
The Women of Utah will send 14 competitors to ABQ for the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational this Saturday inside the ABQ Convention Center. Of the 14,
Madi Durrant,
Josefine Eriksen and
Shana Van Elderen will be making their indoor season debut while Durrant will be making her collegiate debut.
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Meanwhile, the Utes will also send a handful of distance runners up north to Ogden for the Weber State Indoor Invitational inside Stromberg Arena. Saturday's meet will begin at 10 a.m. (MT) and end at approximately 1:10 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT
Utah had a primer for the indoor season back in December at the BYU December Invite and saw three entries or updates in the all-time record books.
Megan Rose saw herself move into third all-time in the 60m dash after running 7.55 (aa) while
Harley Daniel tied with Kolbi Sims (2/21/20) for the second-fastest 60m hurdles time at Utah with a run of 8.58 (aa). Lastly, Utah's 4x400m relay team of
Ally Gomm,
Chloe Taylor, Daniel and
Bailey Kealamakia posted the fifth-fastest mark with a run of 3:42.79 (aa).
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UP NEXT
Utah will hit the road once again the following week as it makes the first of many trips to the PNW and Dempsey Indoor with the UW Invitational (Jan. 26-27) coming up first. Â
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