EUGENE, Ore. – The Utah track & field team wrapped up its weekend at the Oregon Team Invitational on Saturday inside Hayward Field behind an event victory, section wins and a host of new personal bests.
Lindsey Peters,
Mackenzie Rogers and
Grace Moroney got the evening started for Utah in the 1500m invite. Peters secured a seventh-overall finish thanks to a PR time of 4:17.05 – which was also good for eighth on the all-time list. Rogers wasn't far back to place ninth-overall after running a new personal best mark of 4:21.46 while Moroney rounded things out for Utah in the race at 4:33.0
In section one of the 100m hurdles, María Alvarado and
Lela Divinity finished 1-2 with Alvarado edging out Divinity in the final 20 meters with a time of 14.17 while Divinity crossed at the 14.36 mark. Alvarado ended up in fourth-overall while Divinity finished in ninth.
Running in her first outdoor 400m dash,
Kinzlee Riddle finished seventh-overall after securing a time of 56.69.
Matejah Mangum picked up a third-place finish in the 100m dash and was just .03 off her PR after crossing the finish line in 11.64.
Kyla Martin kicked it into the gear down the straightaway in the 800m run to place third-overall with her time of 2:05.81 while
Madi Hulsey ran a season-best 2:07.39 to take sixth-overall.
Divinity then went out and won her section of the 400m hurdles behind a new PR of 1:00.07 – which was good for fifth-overall. Alvarado, who was also in the same section, clocked in at 1:03.73 for a narrow PR as well.
Chelsea Amoah made a splash in her 200m debut this season, winning the event with a PR time of 23.23 to improve her hold of the No. 2 spot at Utah. Mangum was right on her tails to secure second-place behind a new PR time of 23.67 and bumped her up to No. 4 on the all-time list.
Haley Duvall was just shy of completing the podium sweep for Utah as she finished in 24.53 for fourth.
Sona Kourilova finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase behind a time of 10:22.64. Over in the high jump,
Glo Hussey finished in eighth after jumping a height of 1.64m (5-4.5).
Utah mixed up its 4x400m relay team on Saturday, starting things off with Duvall followed by Martin, Riddle and Amoah as the anchor leg. The quartet would finish fourth-overall with a time of 3:41.95 to end the weekend in Eugene, Ore., for the Women of Utah.
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The Utes will have a short turnaround as it heads to the famed blue oval this upcoming Wednesday for the 116th running of the Drake Relays (April 23-25).
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