| Title |
Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships hosted by U.S. Air Force Academy; Feb. 26-28, 2009 |
| 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 |
2009-02-26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
2009.02.26_MWC-Indoor-TF-Championships |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright 2012, University of Utah. All rights reserved |
| Sport |
Track & Field |
| Opponent |
Athletes from U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado State University, University of Wyoming, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Brigham Young University, Texas Christian University, University of New Mexico and San Diego State University participated |
| Spatial Coverage |
Cadet Field, USAFA, CO |
| Seasons |
2009 |
| Final Score |
The University of Utah track and field team wrapped up competition at the Mountain West Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon with 59 points to earn fourth-place overall in the league. The Utes were just shy of two points to earn third-place. Utah had four top-five finishes, and a total of nine top-ten finishes across seven events. Chelsea Shapard and Lucy Yates competed in the 800-meter finals with the other seven finalists from BYU (4), New Mexico (2) and Air Force (1). The Utes were running a strong race at the start, but tripped with a lap to go, hindering them from the finishes they were looking for. Shapard finished third with a time of 2:11.82 while Yates came in seventh-place with a time of 2:15.85. Shapard went on to run the last leg of the 4x400 relay with Ashley Patterson, Chelsey Kaplar, and Whitney Wellington. The relay team really pushed themselves in the race to finish with second-place overall and a time of 3:49.22. In the high jump, both Langley Iverson and Brianna LeRoy finished in the top-five in the league. Iverson, who has dominated competition throughout the indoor season, hit a 5'7" height for fourth-place. LeRoy also had a good effort in the event, reaching a 5'5" height for a three-way tie for fifth place. Ashley Payne and Mindy Neeley of BYU shared the spot with LeRoy. Lauren Endersen and Kellie Anderson, fresh off of stellar runs in the 5,000-meter Friday, competed in the 3,000-meter run on Saturday. Endersen started out a little rough in the race after tripping and falling in the first few laps. She fought through the adversity and caught back up to the pack. She spent the majority of the race in 11th-place, but in the last 400 meters, she passed three runners to take eighth-place overall. Endersen ran a lifetime best of 10:01.57 and scored a team point for Utah. Anderson came in 16th-place in the pack with a time of 10:48.62. Patterson went up against tough competition in the triple jump event, giving tremendous efforts with each jump she took. She finished eighth in the league with a distance of 38'0.75". Kaplar fought hard on Saturday in the 400-meter finals, after starting the race with a stumble. She worked her way up to finish eighth overall with a time of 61.55. Chasity Toilolo put up another great effort for Utah in the shot put. The Ute had two solid throws, for a marked distance of 43'4.25" to land her 10th-place overall. The next best thrower was Hillary Fraser of Colorado State with a toss of 42'8.25". |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64j4p1h |
| Setname |
uu_ath_2 |
| ID |
1371549 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j4p1h |
