Nine Wyoming Top-10 Times Highlight Outdoor Season Opener

FORT COLLINS, Colo., – Wyoming track and field set the bar high for its first meet of the outdoor season with nine Top-10 program times at the Jack Christiansen Invitational, Saturday.

COWGIRLS
Three Cowgirls finished in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and went 1-2-3. Sophomore Muriel Jones took first with a time of 11:10.93. Her altitude converted time of 10:53.74 was the No. 9 time in program history.

Senior Rozlyn Slichko took second in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 11:20.51 while sophomore Brionna Holso finished with a time of 11:32.23 for third, a personal best of over 30 seconds when converted (11:14.50).

In the 100-meter Hurdles, freshman Payton Becker led the Cowgirls with a fifth-place time of 14.55 in heat one. Sophomore Carly Norman finished sixth overall with her finish of 14.67, a personal best by 0.01 seconds.

Freshman Desirae Iacovetto and junior Ava Morgan went 8-9 in the 100 Hurdles with times of 14.98 and 15.32, respectively.

The Cowgirls finished with seven runners in the Top 10 of the 1,500 meters. Junior Eowyn Dalbec won the event with a time of 4:32.08, a personal best and No. 10 in program history, with an altitude converted time of 4:25.93.

In second was sophomore Hanan Aldelemy, crossing the line at 4:33.11, a personal best when converted to 4:26.94. Sophomore Julia Rudolph rounded out the Top 3 with a finish of 4:33.63 in her first collegiate 1.500 meters.

Freshman Claire Engelhardt and senior Libby Berryhill, as well as senior Marina Trave and freshman Elliana Zock finished next to one another. Engelhardt crossed the line at 4:34.27 while Berryhill ran a time of 4:35.32, both personal bests. Trave also ran a personal best of 4:44.79 while Zock finished at 4:49.99.

Freshman Ella Unrein, freshman Megan Doherty and sophomore Lauren Clarke rounded out Wyoming’s finishers with times of 4:54.58, 4:59.25 and 5:12.23 (PR), respectively.

Senior Elayna Chafee won the 100-meter dash as Wyoming went 1-2-3 in the event. She crossed the line at 12.12, a personal best. In second was sophomore Megan Witkiewicz with a time of 12.14 while sophomore Madeline Thorne ran a personal best for third.

Three more Cowgirls ran in the 100 meters with freshman Payton Becker taking seventh at 12.35, senior Faith Jehu running to 11th with a time of 12.59 and sophomore Melody ZumBrunnen finishing in 14th with a time of 12.80.

In the women’s 400-meter dash, sophomore Eva Dellorco led the way for the Cowgirls with her second-place finish. She would cross the line with a personal-best time of 54.84, the No. 7 time in program history.

Junior Gabbreiella Mendoza-Molina ran her 400 meters in 56.92 for fifth while Norman ran a time of 58.99 in her first collegiate 400-meter dash for ninth.

The Cowgirls duo of sophomores Kayla Coppola and Lily Nichols went 2-3 in the 800 meters. Coppola ran a time of 2:19.25 while Nichols finished at 2:20.66.

Dellorco rounded out the Cowgirls' individuals on the track with her win in the 200 meters. She would cross the line at 24.39 for a personal best. Witkiewicz finished on the podium in third with a personal-best time of 24.51. Thorne finished right after her with a time of 24.62 for fourth overall.

Also in the 200 meters, Mendoza-Molina finished in eighth with a time of 25.34, Iacovetto in ninth for a personal best of 25.39, Becker finished with a time of 25.42 for 10th and sophomore Avery Navest took 11th at 26.10.

The Cowgirl 4x400-meter relay of Berryhill, Zock, Rudolph and Aldelemy passed the baton around for first place with a time of 3:56.93.

In the high jump, sophomore Koi Adderley finished in fourth to lead Wyoming. She cleared a height of 1.61 meters on her final attempt. Iacovetta followed in eighth place with a height clearance of 1.51 meters, matching her personal best.

Sophomore Taliah Morris won the long jump in her only event of the day. Her best jump came on her fourth attempt at 5.91 meters. Five of her six jumps were over 19 feet, the only competitor to reach that mark.

ZumBrunnen would finish in 10th at 5.10 meters on her second attempt.

Chafee continued her great meet in the triple jump with a leap of 12.02 meters for second. She surpassed 39 feet on each of her four fair attempts.

COWBOYS
Sophomore Austin Akers ran in the first event for Wyoming on Saturday. In the 3,000-meter Steeplechase, he finished second with a time of 9:24.85, 9:10.38 with altitude conversion, a personal best.

In the 5,000-meter run, redshirt-freshman Tanner Brown crossed the line with a time of 15:06.18 for second, a personal best with adjusted time at 14:41.26.

Sophomore Nolan Hoffman would take third with his finishing time of 15:14.50, also a personal best.

Five Cowboys finished in the 1,500 meters, with the Top 3 going 1-2-3. Senior Ryker Holtzen won the event with a time of 3:49.98. With an altitude-adjusted time of 3:44.78, he moved up to No. 6 in Wyoming history.

Senior Mac Zastrow finished second in the 1,500-meter with a time of 3:50.77 while junior Aidan Ramsey took third and crossed the line at 3:59.47. Also finishing in the event was sophomore Meyer Smith in eighth with a time of 4:05.91 and senior Tristan Knueppel finishing 12th at 4:13.92. Smith’s altitude converted time of 4:00.35 is a personal best.

Junior Gavin Cougle moved up in the record book with his second-place finish in the 100 meters. His time of 10.43 ties for No. 2 in program history. Freshman Ryan Elsen also entered the Top 10 with his time of 10.51 for fourth and No. 8 all-time.

Senior Carter McComb placed 11th with a time of 10.82 while sophomore Christian Edwards crossed the line 12th at 10.83. Freshman Chance Morris took 15th with his time of 10.85 while senior Darius Wiggins finished 17th at 10.96 and sophomore Bridger Norton ran a time of 10.99 for 19th.

All three Cowboys in the 400 meters finished near one another in heat one. Freshman Jackson Aydelott took fourth with a time of 47.61 to just squeak into the program Top 10 list at No. 10. The freshman from Vernon, Texas, is now Top 10 in fourth events in the Wyoming record book.

Junior Cody Hape ran to fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 47.98 while sophomore Bradley Ekstrom made his way around the track in 48.20 for sixth overall.

Cougle returned from 100 meters to win the 200-meter dash. His time of 21.12 was a personal best and tied for No. 2 in Wyoming outdoor history. Elsen also joined the 200-meter record book with his time of 21.22 for fourth place and No. 3 all-time.

The rest of Wyoming’s sprinters finished 8-12 in the 200 meters. Norton took eighth with a time of 21.76, Morris finished in ninth at 21.79, Hape took 10th with a personal-best time of 21.86, Wiggins finished in 11th at 21.87 and Ekstrom ran to 12th with a time of 22.00.

In the men’s 4x400-meter relay, the Cowboy squad of Knueppel, Ramsey, Smith and Zastrow finished in fifth with a time of 3:29.93.

Junior AJ McGloflin won the men’s high jump with a clearance of 2.02 meters. He did so after passing on all previous attempts and cleared the height on his third try.

In the long jump, senior Remar Pitter led Wyoming with a second-place jump of 7.28 meters. He reached this mark on his third attempt and jumped over 23 feet on his two fair jumps. Edwards would finish in third with his best leap of 7.07 meters coming on his second jump.

UP NEXT
Wyoming track and field will split next weekend when it travels to both Boulder, Colo., and Stanford, Calif., for the Jerry Quiller Classic and Stanford Invitational, April 3-4.

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