THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Friday, February 15Idaho at Idaho Collegiate II, Moscow Idaho
Saturday, February 16Idaho at Idaho Open II, Moscow, IdahoUT Arlington at OU Invitaional, Norman, Okla.
WAC TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES
Idaho Vandals Kyle Rothwell powered his way to a win in the men's weight throw a second day in a row with a heave of 62-4.5 (19.01m) ... he's undefeated in seven weight throw competitions so far this season and has added nearly four feet to his career best already this year ... Hannah Kiser broke the WAC all-time record and Idaho school record in the women's 3000m with a time of 9:04.74 in a fourth-place finish at the Husky Classic ... her time is fifth-fastest in the NCAA so far this season ... the Vandals have two home meets on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16, and then the team heads to Albuquerque, N.M. for the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Feb. 21-23.
Louisiana Tech BulldogsLouisiana Tech junior Trey Hadnot ran a school record time of 20.81 in the 200m as action wrapped up at the Tyson Invitational ... Hadnot's time was not only the first sub-21.00 indoor 200m time in Louisiana Tech history but also currently ranks tied for fourth in the nation this year ... Hadnot also ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay that ran the seventh-fastest time in school history with a mark of 3:14.88 ... the Lady Techster 4x400m relay team of Aldresha Bailey, Charla Craddock, Taneka Henderson and Diamond Every ran 3:43.29 to finish eighth overall ... Louisiana Tech has concluded regular indoor season action and will head to the WAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 21-23.
New Mexico State Aggies
The New Mexico State University track and field team competed in its last regular indoor track and field season meet at the Don Kirby Collegiate open ... the Aggies' 4x400-meter relay team set a school record with a time of 3:39.53, which placed them third overall and 21st nationally ... Alishia Perkins finished third overall with a time of 24.05 and Brianna Cromartie finished fourth overall with a time of 24.07 in the 200m ... in the pole vault, sophomore Taylor Black marked a height of 10-11.75 (3.35m) to finish seventh overall ... Courtney Schultz competed in the 5,000m, finishing third overall in her heat at the Husky Invitational ... NM State will wrap up the indoor season at the WAC Championships, Feb. 21-23.
Seattle University Redhawks
Two school records were broken by Seattle University throwers as members of the Redhawk track and field team competed in the UW Open Sunday ... Bethany Richards improved on her own school record in the women's weight throw, posting a top effort of 15.04 meters (49' 4.25") to finish fifth in her flight ... Amanda Luna finished 10th in the flight with a best throw of 13.76 meters (45' 1.75") ... Bo Anderson broke his own school record in the men's shot put with a throw of 14.27 meters (46' 10"), finishing sixth in his flight ... Kaytie Bateman won her heat of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.64 seconds, as did Rosalyn DiLillo in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:47.37 ... Seattle U will take the next two weeks to prepare for the WAC Championships, Feb. 21-23.
University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks While the UT Arlington men's and women's indoor track teams will not field full squads this Saturday at the Oklahoma Sooner Invitational, this weekend still signals an important point of the season for the Mavericks ... The WAC Championships begin one week from today (Thursday, Feb. 21), and some Mavericks are vying for roster spots at the meet ... one key performer for the men's team who is expected to compete for the first time this season is pole vaulter Jeff Rodriguez ... Rodriguez, the school record holder in the event, has been out all season due to injury and will have one meet to prepare for next week's league championship.
UTSA Roadrunners
The Roadrunner men have picked up a total of 14 gold medals and set a pair of school records through the season's first five meets ... UTSA athletes/relays currently sit atop the WAC standings in nine events ... senior All-Americans Richard Garrett Jr. (shot put/ninth) and Keith Benford (high jump/t-14th) and junior Kerry Thompson (high jump/t-20th) all rank among the top 20 nationally in their respective event ... the UTSA women have registered eight wins and set a pair of program records through the season's first five meets ... the distance medley relay lead the WAC standings following their school-record performance of 11:41.25 at last weekend's Armory Collegiate Invitational ... UTSA is off until the WAC Championships.
Texas State Bobcats
The Texas State men's and women's track and field teams used balance scoring in every event to earn a second-place finish at the Texas A&M Invitational ... the Bobcat women's team scored 93.5 points tie TCU for second place, while the Texas State men's team scored 83 points to earn an outright runner-up finish ... Talore Kelly had a third-place finish with a career-best throw of 1821 meters (59-09.00) weight throw toss ... Michelle Jones finished second in the women's mile run (4:57.77) ... Darian Brown won the shot put with a career-best mark of 17.16 meters (56-03.75) ... Texas State travels to Albuquerque, N.M. for the WAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 21-23.
Utah State Aggies
Utah State's men and women's track and field teams won three events as part of 16 top-six finishes at the Boise State Team Challenge ... a handful of long-distance runners also competed for USU at the Husky Classic ... Brittany Bushman ran personal-best time of 5:10.38 in the mile race ... Jodi Williams who tied her career-best height of 1.75m (5-08.75) to win her third-straight high jump event title ... Jacob Bautista Jr. ran the 60m dash with a personal-best time of 7.10 to win his first event since transferring to USU ... The Aggies will take a week off competition this next week in order to have a full two weeks to prepare for the 2013 WAC Indoor Championships.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2013 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships travel to Albuquerque, N.M. This year's championships will be hosted by the WAC and will take place at the Albuquerque Convention Center beginning Feb. 21 and running through Feb. 23. The Idaho men and Utah State women claimed the championships last year.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSThe 2013 Indoor Track & Field National Championships once again travels to Fayetteville, Ark. All events will be held at the Randal Tyson Track Center.