| Title |
Mountain West Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, Feb. 24-26, 2011 |
| 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 |
2011-02-24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
2011.02.24_MWC-Indoor-TF-Championships |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright 2012, University of Utah. All rights reserved |
| Sport |
Track & Field |
| Opponent |
Participants include institutions from the Mountain West Conference: U. of New Mexico, San Diego State, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado State, Texas Christian University, UNLV, Wyoming, and BYU. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM |
| Seasons |
2011 |
| Final Score |
The University of Utah women's track and field team finished the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships with 71.5 points earning them fifth-place overall. Throughout the weekend seven Utah athletes received All-MWC accolades for their performances. Last year's 3,000m MWC Champion Alyssa Abbott finished fifth in the same event this season posting a time of 9:57.57. The mile event had a very close finish with Utah's Amanda Mergaert finishing second with a time of 4:52.00. BYU's Katie Palmer edged Mergaert over the finish line with a time of 4:51.73 to win the event. In the 800m finals, junior Lucy Yates clocked a time of 2:09.40 giving her second place over BYU's Nicole Clark (2:09.87). Sophomore Angela Kaplar qualified for the 60m hurdle finals where she finished sixth place with a time of 8.64. In the 400m finals, sophomore Alyssa Johnson clocked a time of 56.29 earning ninth place. Johnson also competed on the 4x400 relay with teammates Yates, Lauryn McKay, and Ashley Mosley, which finished fourth place with a time of 3:45.41. The high jump event had an incredible finish with Utah's Langley Iverson and BYU's Ada Robinson competing in a jump-off to determine the champion. Both athletes cleared the mark of 6-0.75 and had the same amount of misses at the end of the event. Robinson beat Iverson in the jump-off to win the event championship. Candus Aiello had a big day in the shot put for the Utes. She finished with mark of 47-1.75 earning her fourth place in the event. Aiello's throw beat her previous personal-best by more than three feet. Finishing second for the Utes and seventh overall was sophomore Alanna Nulph with a throw of 46-10.00. Nikkie Rudder finished eighth in the event with a distance of 46-0.50. The 2011 MWC Championships shot put event marks the first time under Utah throws coach Tapio Kuusela that three Utah throwers have qualified for the final round in the same event. Utah's Brianna LeRoy (pentathlon), Nikki Dotter (DMR), Rosalie Griffin (DMR), Kendahl Melvin (DMR), Iverson (high jump), Yates (800m), and Mergaert (DMR, mile) earned All-MWC honors for their performances. The distance medley relay team finished third overall with a time of 12:07.51. The team comprised of Nikki Dotter, Rosalie Griffin, Kendahl Melvin and Amanda Mergaert, all of which received All-MWC honors for their efforts. In the 5000m event, Utah freshmen Rebekah Winterton (18:15.25) and AuraLea Fain (18:45.19) finished 12th and 17th place, respectively for the Utes. Brianna LeRoy continued to have a great performance at the conference meet by posting a new lifetime-best mark of 18-10.75 (fifth place) in the long jump. In the pole vault, sophomore Klaudia Rokossa cleared the mark of 12-10.25. She is currently listed as seventh place, however it is under officials review and Utah coaches believe that Rokossa will move into the sixth-place spot. In the weight throw event, the Utes were led by Anneli Stahl's mark of 60-2.50 (fourth place). Cynthia Sanchez finished seventh overall with a throw of 58-6.75. Utah throwers will compete again tomorrow in the shot put competition. LeRoy started the day in the 60m hurdles, where she clocked a new lifetime-best 8.94. In the high jump, she posted a mark of 1.70. In the final event of the pentathlon, LeRoy set a season-best 800m time of 2:35.96. LeRoy edged BYU's Mindy Sagers (3,651 points) with a new career-best of 3,654 points, earning her second-place overall. Freshman Suzie Vozarova also competed in the pentathlon, for the Utes. She finished 13th overall with a personal-best 2,910 points, beating her previous best by more than 100 points. The overall winner of the event was San Diego State freshman Allison Reaser with 3,916 points. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pc7cd3 |
| Setname |
uu_ath_2 |
| ID |
1388440 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc7cd3 |
