Weber State University Athletics
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Mt. Sac Relays
Wildcats pick up four more Big Sky qualifiers
4/18/2015 10:40:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
WALNUT, Calif. – The Weber State men's and women's track programs picked up four more Big Sky qualifying marks this past weekend. A handful of athletes participated in Southern California while the rest of the team competed in the Mark Faldmo Invitational in Logan.
“We had a lot of good things go well this weekend,” Director of track and field Dan Walker. “We had a lot of people improve this weekend and I am enthusiastic about what is happening. It is the time of the year when you start to see drastic changes and that happened at the meets we competed in. We have a few more meets until conference and are continuing to improve every week.”
Mt. Sac Relays
On Thursday night, Hailey Whetten ran the eighth-fastest 10,00 meters in school history with her time of 35:23.44. She finished fourth in her heat. Also on Thursday, Tip Worob ran a personal-best time of 9:15.47 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
On Friday, Tony Osheku took third in his heat of the 200-meter dash in a time of 21.56. Tawnie Moore finished sixth in her heat of the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.45. Emily Morgan finished second in her heat of the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.05. Katherine Wishmeyer placed seventh in her heat of the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.28.
Trevor Ricks took 11th in his heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a seasonal-best time of 8:51.47. Ellie Child ran the ninth-fastest 5,000 meters in school history as she placed ninth in her heat with a time of 16:45.18.
Brian Clay Invitational
Jazmin Porter and Natasha Powell both took part in the hammer throw on Thursday evening at Cerritos College. Powell finished 10th with her mark of 167-00.00, while Porter finished 15th with a mark of 158-11.00. Porter also finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 44-08.75 and 10th in the discus in a mark of 153-08.00.
On Friday, Jamie Stokes ran a seasonal-best time of 4:27.26 in the 1,500 meters while Paige Dilmore ran 4:44.66. Dustin Durfee and Isaac Akers placed third and fourth respectively in the 400-meter hurdles. Durfee's time of 52.45 is a seasonal-best while Akers ran 53.16. Joe Maloney ran a personal-best time of 3:54.61 in the 1,500 meters. Mike Hardy placed 16th in the 5,000 meters with a seasonal-best time of 14:40.52 while Preston Johnson ran 15:24.24.
Mark Faldmo Invitational
The Wildcats picked up two Big Sky qualifiers up in Logan, Joey Czellecz (400m hurdles) and Stetson Smith (800m).
On the women's side, they finished the meet with two victories and a handful of top three finishers. Michaella Hillstrom won the 400-meters in a time of 57.48 followed by Amanda Alston and Elisa Isakson. Ashley Kealamakia ran a seasonal-best time of 2:15.04 in the 800-meters. Fellow Wildcats Caitlin Jacobsen and Lindsey Cramer took second and third in the same event.
Kiersten Watkins took second in the 400-meter hurdles with her time of 1:02.20. Lindsey Larsen took third in the high jump with a height of 5-03.00.
On the men's side, Anthony Gregory's height of 6-10.75 in the high jump was their only victory of the meet. Czellecz finished second in the 400-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 53.84. Smith took third in the 800-meters with a seasonal-best time of 1:53.55.
Jason Diamond placed second in the 400-meters with a seasonal-best time of 48.99. Nathan Dunivan took fourth in the discus with a personal-best mark of 160-04.00.
The Wildcats will return to action next weekend at the Robinson Invitational at Brigham Young University.
