Mountain West Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by University of New Mexico, Feb. 25-27, 2010

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Title Mountain West Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by University of New Mexico, Feb. 25-27, 2010
Subject Track & Field ; College sports; Athletics: Mountain West Conference
Description Track & Field meet statistics
Additional Information Head Coach: Kyle Kepler
Creator University of Utah, Athletics Department
Publisher Digitized by: Athletics Department, University of Utah
Date 2010-02-25
Format application/pdf
Identifier 2010.02.25_MWC-Indoor-TF-Championships
Language eng
Rights Digital Image Copyright 2012, University of Utah. All rights reserved
Sport Track & Field
Opponent Brigham Young University, University of New Mexico, Colorado State University, Texas Christian University, U.S. Air Force Academy, University of Wyoming participated.
Spatial Coverage Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
Seasons 2010
Final Score On Friday. Utah's distance medley team comprised of Amanda Mergaert, Chelsey Kaplar, Lucy Yates, and Alyssa Abbott set a new school record and won their first conference title with a time of 11:38.59. The distance medley team put the cap on the night for the Utes with their school-record breaking finish of 11:38.59. The performance ranks second in MWC Championship history and is third in the all-time MWC record book. The BYU Cougars, who have won all but two DMR races in Conference history, placed second (11:50.02), while New Mexico's team finished third (12:05.64). Utah's time currently ranks 22nd in the country. In the long jump, Brianna LeRoy had a clearance of 18-6 (5.64m), a new lifetime best for seventh place overall. Her previous personal best mark was 18-4.5. The University of Utah finished out the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships Saturday afternoon with a fourth place overall finish. Junior Alyssa Abbott won the 3000m run and Amanda Mergaert broke the school record in the mile run. Mergaert ran a solid race in the mile run. After running in fifth place for the majority of the race, she pushed herself in the last leg to finish second overall with a time of 4:51.21 (altitude adjusted). Mergaert's time is a new lifetime best and breaks Utah's school record previously set in 2008 by former runner Chelsea DiGrazia (4:53.85). Abbott competed in the 3000m run for the second time this year after red-shirting the 2009 indoor and outdoor track season. The Ute dominated the track with a swift time of 9:41.57 (altitude adjusted), which ranks third all-time in Utah school history. This is the first time a Ute has won the event in Mountain West Conference history. Sophomore Langley Iverson competed in the high jump, finishing second overall after clearing a height of 5-8.75 (1.75m). Brianna LeRoy also competed in the event, finishing eighth overall with a mark of 5-4.25 (1.63m). Utah's 4x400m relay team comprised of Alyssa Johnson, Ashley Mosley, Lauryn McKay and Chelsey Kaplar had a combined time of 3:45.35 on Saturday to finish third overall. It was a season best finish for a Utah 4x400m relay team and it ranks third all-time in school history. Johnson and Mosley also competed in the finals for the 400m dash. Johnson finished fifth overall with a new lifetime best of 56.12, which ranks second all-time for Utah. Mosley had a false start in the race. Sophomore Lucy Yates competed in the 800m run at the conference meet, finishing seventh overall with an altitude adjusted time of 2:12.21. Freshman Nikkie Rudder and senior Sarah Grimm competed in the shot put. Rudder had a mark of 43-3.25 (13.19m) to earn eighth place overall. Grimm had a toss of 40-1.5 (12.23m) to earn 13th place overall in the event.
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