| Title |
2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (MPSF) Championships hosted by University of Washington; Feb. 24-25, 2012 |
| 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 |
2012-02-24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
2012.02.24_MPSF-Championships |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright 2012, University of Utah. All rights reserved |
| Sport |
Track & Field |
| Opponent |
Opponents included UCLA, Stanford, University of Arizona and Arizona State University, University of Washington and Washington State University, University of Oregon, Cal. State-Northridge, Brigham Young University, and unattached athletes. For a complete list, see the PDF results. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Dempsey Indoor Arena; Seattle, Washington |
| Seasons |
2012 |
| Final Score |
University of Utah women's track and field team made its first-ever appearance at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The team recorded multiple personal-bests performances and claimed three top-10 spots of the weight throw. In the first event of the day, Senior Brianna LeRoy captured fourth place with a new personal-record of 3,723 points in the pentathlon. LeRoy started off the day tallying 925 points with a sixth-place time of 8.93 seconds in the 60m hurdles. The second event of the pentathlon featured LeRoy in the high jump clearing the bar of 5-7.00 to finish first. In the third event, LeRoy recorded a shot put throw of 35-5.00 finishing 10th with 581 points. The final two events of the pentathlon showcased LeRoy in the long jump earning a mark of 17-10.75 and the 800m with a time of 2:31.34. The distance medley relay team crossed the line in a time of 11:19.02 to finish sixth. Junior Angela Kaplar competed in two events, for the Utes. She began the day in the preliminary round of 60m hurdles, where she clocked a time of 8.68 seconds finishing 12th. In the 200m, Kaplar finished in 26.51 seconds to finish 32nd. Freshman Susannah Hurst represented the Utes in the five-kilometer race. Hurst set a new personal record by seven seconds with a time of 16:45.43 for sixth place. In the weight throw, the Utes earned three of the top-10 spots. Coming off a school-record performance last week at the Wildcat Indoor Open, junior Anneli Stahl posted a mark of 58-2.50 for eighth place. Cynthia Sanchez finished second for the Utes and ninth overall with a throw of 57-10.50. Junior Nikkie Rudder earned 10th with a throw of 55-11.00, respectively for the Utes. On the second day of action at the MPSF Championships, the University of Utah women's track and field team set two school records and earned one event champion. Junior Amanda Mergaert caught the spotlight in the mile as she recorded the best performance in school history. On the final stretch of the race, Mergaert edged BYU's Katie Palmer by half of a second to win the event title. Mergaert clocked a time of 4:39.29, beating her previous school-record time by five seconds. Breaking the second school record of the day was the Ute's 4x400m relay team. The relay featured Lauryn McKay, Ali Eisenbeiss, Rosalie Griffin, and Lucy Yates. The relay set a record time of 3:45.27 to beat the previous school record by .08 of a second. On the final leg, Yates held off Washington's Jordan Carlson to secure a seventh-place finish for the Utes. In the first event of the day, junior Klaudia Rokossa got things started off quickly for the Utes. Rokossa finished 11th in the pole vault, clearing a new lifetime-best mark of 12-10.75. The 400m race showcased McKay and junior Stephanie Jolley. Finishing first for the Utes and 16th overall was McKay with personal-best performance of 56.37. Jolley also set a new personal-record, finishing with a time of 57.58 for 26th. Coming off a personal-record performance on Friday in the five-kilometer race, freshman Susannah Hurst continued on Saturday setting another personal record. Hurst finished the 3000m with a time of 9:44.01, beating her previous best by 10 seconds earning 22nd overall. Hurst's performance ranks third all-time in school history. Leading the Utes in the 800m was Yates with a time of 2:10.45 finished 10th overall. Eisenbeiss finished second for the Utes and 11th overall with a new personal-record time of 2:10.59. Griffin earned the 12th spot with a time of 2:11.65, respectively for the Utes. In the shot put, the Utes had two athletes finish in the top-10. Candus Aiello finished first for the Utes and seventh overall recording a throw of 46-10.25 feet. Junior Nikkie Rudder claimed the eighth spot with a throw of 46-2.50 feet. Alanna Nulph finished the day 12th with a mark of 43-5.75 and sophomore Destanae Howerton-Davis secured the 14th spot with a throw of 42-4.76 feet. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60s40g7 |
| Setname |
uu_ath_2 |
| ID |
1389288 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60s40g7 |
