Jensen Breaks Discus Record at Big Sky Championships

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POCATELLO, Idaho – Trevor Jensen broke a 46 year-old record in the discus on Friday afternoon at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Missoula, Mont. Jensen's record-breaking throw of 55.67m (182' 7") earned him second-place and all-conference honors. He also qualified for the NCAA West Region meet. 

The previous record was set in 1973 by Craig Byington.

"For the discus, I told myself, 'Hey this is a separate thing and just do what you do, do whatever you can,'" said Jensen. "It ended up working out for me. I'm going to work on some technical issues and do the best I can going forward."
 

Men's Meet

Day three of the meet opened with the men's hammer throw. On his fifth attempt, Leo Finsterbusch threw a personal best distance of 58.54m (192' 0") to finish fourth. The mark is the third best distance in ISU history. Jensen finished eighth with a throw of 55.08m (180' 8").

Treyshon Malone earned all-conference honors in the long jump. He jumped a distance of 7.56m (24' 9.75") to finish third.

Joe Simmons finished the 10,000m in fourth place with a time of 30:31.38.

In the high jump, Christian Carnahan tied his personal best with a jump of 1.98m (6' 6") to finish seventh.

Wyatt Didericksen qualified for the final of the 1,500m on Saturday, running a time of 3:48.42.

Tanner Conner and Malone both qualified for Saturday's 110m hurdles. In the preliminaries, Conner ran a season's best time of 14.28 seconds. Malone ran a time of 14.89 seconds.

Malone and Conner both set new personal bests in the 100m en route to qualifying for tomorrow's finals. Malone ran a time of 10.36 seconds. This earns him the third-fastest time in the ISU record book. Conner finished with a time of 10.62 seconds.

Daniel Garz qualified for the finals in the 800m, running a time of 1:52.78.

At the end of day two, the Bengal men sit in fourth place in the team totals.

Women's Meet

ISU scored two runners in the 10,000m. Jenica Dodge earned all-conference honors, finishing second with a time of 36:19.76. Ashley Sondag picked up a point for the Bengals, finishing eighth with a time of 37:14.22. Their efforts picked up nine points for the Bengals.

The Idaho State pole vaulters took three out of the top-six spots on Friday. Jessica Swannack finished fourth in the event with a mark of 3.83m (12' 6.75"). Brook Anger finished fifth with a vault of 3.73m (12' 2.75') and Sierra Kiser tied for sixth with a mark of 3.63m (11' 10.75").Their efforts earned 11 points for the Bengals.

Ashley VanVleet-Sturgis jumped a personal best distance of 5.82m (19' 1.25"). The mark ties her for seventh best all-time in the ISU record book.

At the end of day three, the Bengal women sit in second place in the team totals.

Track Preliminaries

Day Four

The final day of the championship meet begins at 9 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. The events will continue on a rolling schedule throughout the day.

For a full schedule of the remainder of the meet click here.

The meet will be live streamed on Watchbigsky.tv and Pluto.tv Channels 230 or 231.

For live stats of the meet as they come in click here.
 

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