POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State track and field team continued the outdoor season at the Utah Valley University Invitational in Orem, Utah on Friday. The team ended the meet with multiple first-place finishes and new personal records set.
Women's Meet
In the jumping events, Brianna VanVleet won the triple jump with a distance of 11.56m (37' 11"). Ginger Nelson set a new personal best in the high jump with a mark of 1.71m (5' 7.25") good for a third-place finish.
VanVleet finished third in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.51 seconds.
Despite tough weather conditions, Sierra Kiser won the pole vault with a vault of 3.55m (11' 7.75").
In the running events, Mary Kate Marshall set a new personal best in the 1500m with a time of 4:52.52.
Olivia Holmes finished third in the 400m, running a time of 58.57 seconds.
In the 400m hurdles, Shayla Henderson finished third with a time of 1:04.86. Darby Jacobsen set a new personal record finishing fifth with a time of 1:07.44 seconds.
The women's 4x400 team of Holmes, Henderson, VanVleet and Ashley VanVleet-Sturgis finished second with a time of 4:00.40.
Men's Meet
Tanner Conner, who won the 60m hurdles at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, started the outdoor season winning the 110m hurdles running a time of 14.66 seconds. Jakota Brown also set a new personal record in the event, running a time of 15.54 seconds.
Brown also finished second in the 400m hurdles, running a personal best time of 53.35 seconds.
In the throwing events, Trevor Jensen set a new personal best in the discus throwing a distance of 50.80m (166' 8"). This mark ties him for seventh all-time in the ISU record book. Jensen also finished second in the hammer throw with a new personal best distance of 57.69m (189' 3.25").
In the javelin, Seth Jarus tied his personal best throwing a distance of 45.79m (150' 2.75")
Ricky Kuciemba set a new personal best in the 3,000m steeplechase running a time of 9:52.25.
The Relay team of Conner, Tyler Johnson, Marcos Huerta and Kodee Vining finished second in the 4X100 with a time of 42.33 seconds.
Conner set a new personal best in the 100m dash, running a time of 10.89 seconds.
Jarus finished third in the long jump, leaping a personal best distance of 6.91m (22' 8").
The men's 4X400 relay team of Brown, Huerta, Johnson and Vining won the event running a time of 3:24.90
Looking Ahead
Next week, the Bengals travel to Pomona, Calif., for the Pomona-Pitzver Invitational on April, 6.
