SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah track & field team is headed to Lubbock, Texas, for the Big 12 Indoor Championships (Feb. 28 – March 1) this weekend inside the Sports Performance Center on the campus of Texas Tech University.
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BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
DATES: February 28 – March 1
WHERE: Lubbock, Texas
LOCATION: Sports Performance Center
LIVE RESULTS: Link
LIVE STREAM: ESPN+ |
Day 1 Link |
Day 2 Link
TICKETS: Link
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Chelsea Amoah,
Lauren Ayers,
McKaylie Caesar,
Emily Chaston,
Madi Hulsey,
Annie Ivins,
Morgan Jensen,
Bailey Kealamakia,
Emily Martin,
Kyla Martin,
Clara Mayfield,
Grace Moroney,
Anna Peters,
Megan Rose,
Chloe Shewell,
Erin Vringer,
Millie Wilcox
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OFF THE BLOCKS
The Women of Utah will be sending 17 participants to their first-ever Big 12 Indoor Championships this weekend in Lubbock, Texas. Of the 17,
Chelsea Amoah,
Lauren Ayers,
Annie Ivins,
Morgan Jensen,
Bailey Kealamakia,
Emily Martin,
Kyla Martin,
Grace Moroney,
Anna Peters,
Megan Rose,
Chloe Shewell,
Erin Vringer and
Millie Wilcox will all be competing in their first indoor conference championships meet.
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MILERS DO WORK
For the second-straight meet in Seattle, Utah's milers rewrote the school record book – this time four new marks and five PRs at the Husky Classic.
Kyla Martin (fifth) lead the charge followed by
McKaylie Caesar (seventh),
Millie Wilcox (ninth) and
Grace Moroney (10th).
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DMR GOES THE DISTANCE
Utah's DMR team of
Bri Rinn,
Emily Martin,
Kyla Martin and
Erin Vringer were 1-of-5 schools to break the NCAA DMR record when they recorded a time of 10:42.56 at the Husky Classic – which went down as the fifth-fastest DMR time ever in the NCAA.
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AMOAH MAKES IT KNOWN
Freshman
Chelsea Amoah made her presence known at the Don Kirby Invitational when she broke Utah's all-time record in the 200m dash with a run of 23.63 (aa) inside the Albuquerque Convention Center. The West Jordan native broke a two-year-old record that was held by Dinedye Denis (23.85 aa)
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VRINGER INCHES CLOSER
Utah junior
Erin Vringer was just a second off from breaking the school 3000m indoor record at the Husky Classic, but settled for second with a time of 8:54.92. The current mark is held by fellow Canuck, Simone Plourde, who set the record two years prior with a time of 8:53.95.
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MARTIN HITTING HER STRIDE
Emily Martin, the eldest of the Martin sisters, was less than a second from overtaking her former teammate
Josefine Eriksen as the program's record-holder in the 400m dash when she posted 54.01 (aa) less than 24 hours after helping the DMR squad run the fifth-fastest time ever in NCAA history with all top-5 finishers breaking the NCAA record.
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UP NEXT
Heading into the Big 12 Indoor Championships only Utah's DMR squad has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships that will take place in Virginia Beach, Va., March 14-15. The two-day meet is hosted by Norfolk State and held at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. A complete schedule of the NCAA Indoor Championships can be found
here.
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