Results

San Francisco -- Idaho State's distance runners made their marks on the Idaho State record books at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival on Friday, March 31.
 
Wyatt Didericksen had a team-high, third-place finish for the Bengals with a 3:49.26 performance in the 1,500m race. The men's 1,500m event featured 139 runners. Didericksen's mark is 0.08 seconds behind the conference leader Nathan Weitz.
 
Presli Hutchison finished the 10,000m race in seventh place and Carly Hansen crossed the line in 14th. Hutchison's 35:38.42 finish is the third-fastest time ran in ISU history and Hansen's 36:24.17 finish ranks eighth in ISU history.
 
"Presli ran very well and very smart," said Assistant Coach Nate Houle. "It was great to see her run a solid performance from start to finish. I still firmly believe she's a sub-35 minute girl this year which should take her to the NCAAs."
 
At the same meet last season, Hansen finished the 10,000m race with a time of 37:44.53.
 
"Carly definitely surprised me by cutting about a minute off her time there last year," Houle said. "We had a pace set for her and after being on at 5k she just threw the pace out the window and dropped from 88 and 89 second laps to 84 and 85 second laps. I'm super impressed."
 
Hutchison's and Hansen's times rank first and third in the conference.
 
In the 3,000m steeplechase Sasha Kent set a personal record with a time of 10:47.38. Kent leads the conference and remains fourth on the Idaho State records list behind Erica Wendt-Richardson, Emily Mulick and Lois Ricardi.
 
Jenica Dodge capped the night for the Bengals with a 16:57.55 finish in women's 5,000m. She moves to third in the Idaho State record book behind Bradi and Kylie Hutchison. Dodge finished 19th overall.
   
Utah Valley Invitational
 
OREM, Utah – Samantha Johnston, Cory Mullanix and Steven Wacker earned their first victories of the season while Justin Franz won his second consecutive shot put title at the Utah Valley Invitational on Friday, March 31.
 
Mullanix earned one of two ISU victories on the oval with the fastest time in the 200m dash. His 21.34 finish ties five other athletes for 10th on the Idaho State records list. Mullanix improved to second on the conference performance lists.
 
Samantha Johnston earned the victory in the women's 5,000m race with a time of 18:48.15. Johnston's time ranks 13th in the conference.
 
In the field, Justin Franz picked up his second shot put victory this season with an 18.01m (59-1) heave.
 
Former Big Sky Conference Champion Steven Wacker cleared the bar at 4.60m (15-1) to win the pole vault. He is now tied with two others for the best mark in the conference. In the women's pole vault, Elizabeth Reichlinger finished second with a 3.50m (11-5 3/4) mark.
 
Deante Gaines soared 7.26m (23-9 3/4) in the long jump for a third-place finish before clearing a height of 1.90m (6-2 3/4) for fifth place in the high jump. The senior moves ahead of teammate Kyle LeBlanc for third on the long jump conference performance list. Gaines earned all-conference status in the long jump last season.
 
Fondereaux Wilson followed with a third-place finish in the triple jump by stringing together a 14.06m (46-01 1/2) series of leaps. After two meets, he sits tied for sixth in the conference.
 
Stanford Invitational
Daniel Garz runs the 800m in the Stanford Invitational tomorrow at 2:32 p.m. Live results can be found on Stanford's athletics page.