Day Three Results HTML
Day Three Photos
Day Two
Recap
Day One
Recap
Championship
Preview
RUSTON, La. - On a day that included a two-and-a-half-hour weather delay, Boise
State’s men and Idaho's women are in the lead entering the final day of
the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Jim Mize Track
and Field Complex on the campus of Louisiana Tech. For the men, with
seven events complete, Boise State is leading with 75 points, followed
by Utah State in second place with 60 points. Idaho is in third with 34
points, followed closely by Fresno State in fourth place with 30 points.
Host Louisiana Tech is in fifth place with 18 points. On the women’s
side, Idaho is in first place with 83 points. Louisiana Tech and Utah
State are tied for second with 38 points. Boise State is in fourth place
with 30 points, New Mexico State is in fifth with 26 points, and Nevada
is in sixth place with 25 points. Hawai`i (18) and Fresno State (15)
follow in seventh and eighth places, respectively.
For the men,
Utah State senior Steve Strickland won his third consecutive 3,000-meter
steeplechase WAC championship title, finishing in 9:08.13. Boise State
junior Kevin Higgs ran a season-best 9:12.81 to take second, and Utah
State sophomore Daniel Howell nabbed third place with a time of 9:13.35.
In
the men’s hammer throw, Idaho senior James Rogan posted a mark of 66.24
meters (217 feet, four inches), to take home the gold. Fresno State
senior Tim Green grabbed silver for the second year in a row, with a
season-best toss of 61.00 meters (200-01). Boise State sophomore Alex
Nelson picked up the bronze with a throw of 58.77m (192-10).
Boise
State swept the top three places in the men’s long jump, with senior
Zacharias Arnos taking the title with a mark of 7.68m (25-02.50). Fellow
Broncos Eetu Viitala and Kurt Felix took second and third places,
posting season-best marks of 7.53m (24-08.50) and 7.17m (23-06.25),
respectively.
In the men’s discus, Louisiana Tech junior Larry
Jones won his second consecutive WAC title in the event, with a mark of
55.45m (181-11). Boise State sophomore Chase Sexton placed second with a
season-best toss of 51.36m (168-06), and Louisiana Tech senior Shaun
Haughton came in third with a mark of 51.06m (167-06).
In the
men’s high jump, Utah State junior Clint Silcock cleared 2.15m (7-00.50)
to take home the title. Boise State junior Kurt Felix added to his
medal tally, posting a season-best mark of 2.12m (6-11.50) for silver.
Utah State senior Parker Casey earned bronze, clearing season-best 2.06m
(6-09.00).
During the last men’s event of the evening, the
10,000 meters, lightning in the area prompted the race to be called at
the completion of lap 17. Idaho sophomore Markus Geiger placed first
(21:38.66), followed by Fresno State junior Paul Zwama (21:43.97) and
Utah State junior Brian McKenna (21:50.26) in second and third places,
respectively.
In the women’s 3,000m steeplechase, Idaho’s Allix
Lee-Painter won the WAC championship title, crossing the line in
10:26.18, less than three seconds shy of the meet record set in 2004 by
Fresno State’s Kara June (10:23.61). Utah State’s Erin Stratton took
second with a time of 10:51.93. New Mexico State freshman Chelsa
McDonnell placed third with a time of 11:05.69.
The women’s pole
vault was decided on number of attampts, as Idaho senior K.C. Dahlgren
claimed the title over Utah State junior Sonia Grabowska after both
cleared 3.95m (12-11.50). Grabowska’s mark was a season-best. Boise
State junior BreAnna Craig posted a height of 3.80m (12-05.50) to take
third place.
Idaho junior Ulrike Hartz picked up her second gold
of the meet in the women’s javelin, posting a mark of 49.19m (161-05)
for the title. Hartz earned her first title of the meet yesterday, in
the heptathlon. Nevada junior Marissa Hammond finished second with a
season-best throw of 46.28m (151-10), edging out New Mexico State senior
Randi Grimes, who placed third with a toss of 46.26m (151-09).
In
the women’s shot put, Idaho senior Mykael Bothum earned the title with a
season-best and school-record heave of 16.06m (52-08.25). Fresno State
junior Rosario Sanchez posted a season-best mark of 15.87m (52-04.75)
for silver, and Louisiana Tech freshman Micarra Vassell claimed bronze
with a mark of 14.99 (49-02.25).
In the women’s long jump, Boise
State senior Eleni Kafourou recorded a leap of 6.22m (20-05.00) to claim
the title. The Louisiana Lady Techsters posted a pair of season-bests
to round out the podium. Techster Chelsea Hayes earned second place with
a season-best mark of 6.17m (20-03.00), followed closely by fellow
junior Quatisha Williams in third with a season-best jump of 6.15m
(20-02.25).
The final event of the evening, the women’s
10,000 meters, came after a two-and-a-half-hour weather delay. Idaho
senior Allix Lee-Painter crossed the finish line first with a time of
36:16.67. New Mexico State senior Ingrid Flores came in second in
36:52.44, and Utah State sophomore Kim Quinn nabbed third place with a
time of 37:07.00.
Tomorrow’s field events begin at 12:30 p.m.
(CT) with the women’s hammer throw and the men’s pole vault, while the
running event finals starting at 5 p.m. (CT) with the men’s 4x100-meter
relay.
Women’s Team Scores (through seven events)
1.
Idaho, 83
2. Louisiana Tech, 38
Utah State, 38
4. Boise
State, 30
5. New Mexico State, 26
6. Nevada, 25
7. Hawai`i, 18
8.
Fresno State, 15
Men’s Team Scores (through seven events)
1.
Boise State, 75
2. Utah State, 60
3. Idaho, 34
4. Fresno
State, 30
5. Louisiana Tech, 18
- WAC -