Day Two Results
POCATELLO, Idaho – Treyshon Malone and the Idaho State track and field team wrapped up a dominant day two of the 2020 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Malone and Tanner Conner combined to break four Idaho State all-time records in a single day in the long jump, 60m dash, 200m and the 60m hurdles respectively.
Men's Meet
Starting the day in the long jump, Malone scratched his first jump when he crossed the line on the board by a couple of inches. On his second attempt, Malone jumped a distance of 7.67m (25' 2") catapulting him into first place in the event and almost a foot in front of his second-place competitor.
Going into the final round, Malone would out do himself and on his final attempt of the meet, leaped a record-breaking distance of 7.93m (26' 0.75"). Not only did the mark earn Malone the first Big Sky title of the day, but it also ranked him No. 2 all-time in the conference in the event, and tied him for seventh place in the NCAA.
Also competing in the long jump was Idaho State's Seth Jarus. On his final attempt of the day, Jarus jumped a distance of 7.19m (23' 7.25") to finish fifth overall and earn the Bengals a vital four points in the team totals.
Continuing on to the 60m dash, Malone and Conner put up strong times in the preliminaries of the event.
Malone, with a time of 6.69 seconds, broke the all-time record in the event set by Michael Dean last year. The mark qualified Malone for tomorrow's finals with the fastest mark.
Conner finished with the third fastest time on the track, running a personal best 60m dash of 6.79 seconds. The mark also moves Conner to third all-time in the ISU record book.
Continuing their dominant day on the track, Conner and Malone moved onto the 60m hurdles preliminaries.
In the second heat of the day, Conner won easily recorded the fastest qualifying time on the straight track with a race of 7.83 seconds. The time breaks the all-time ISU record that Conner set last year. It was also the fifth-fastest mark in the 60mH in Big Sky Conference history.
Not to let himself be outdone, Malone would go on to qualify for the 200m finals by running an Idaho State record-breaking time of 21.07 seconds. The mark not only broke the record that he himself set a year ago, but it also was the third fastest mark all-time in the Big Sky Conference and the fastest time in Big Sky Championship history.
Also qualifying for Saturday's 200m finals was ISU sprinter, Kodee Vining. Vining's personal best time of 21.83 seconds is just one-hundredth of a second off of the ISU top-10 list in the event.
Continuing the show of Bengal strength, Cal Duke recorded the third fastest qualifying time in the 400m. Duke ran the event in 48.74 seconds, just behind his competitors from Montana and Montana State.
In the mid distance events, D'Artangnan Kilgore qualified for tomorrow's 800m final with a personal best run of 1:53.81.
The men's heptathlon also finished this morning with ISU freshman, Chase Gardom, earning a seventh-place finish with a personal best score of 4750 points. The finish also earned ISU valuable points in the team scores.
For a full list of results from the men's meet, click here.
Women's Meet
Continuing their strong showing in the pentathlon, Ashley VanVleet-Sturgis and Brianna VanVleet both were able to come back today and score in both the high jump and the long jump.
In the high jump, VanVleet-Sturgis earned her second all-conference nod finishing third in the event with a jump of 1.72m (5' 7.75") to bring in six points.
VanVleet finished fifth overall with a jump of 1.64m (5' 4.25") to earn three points for the Bengals.
The duo ended the day competing in the long jump. After scratching her first two jumps, VanVleet was able to jump a distance of 5.45m (17' 10.75") to earn a spot in the final flight.
In the final flight, VanVleet-Sturgis jumped a distance of 5.75m (18' 10.5") to finish fourth and earn five points. VanVleet finished seventh overall, earning two points for the team scores.
Olivia Holmes qualified for Saturday's 200m finals running a personal best time of 24.81 seconds. The mark also earns Holmes the seventh-fastest time in ISU history.
Indi Gallagher just barely missed qualifying for tomorrow's 400m finals, running a personal best time of 57.95 seconds.
In the women's 5,000m finals, ISU newcomer Haven Lambrite finished just outside scoring range running a personal best time of 17:56.31
The Idaho State women's distance medley relay team of Madi Kenyon, Kyndal Martin, Shayla Henderson and Molly Olsen finished fifth in the event, picking up points for the team score totals.
Alyssa Gorrell set a new personal best in the shot put with a throw of 13.79m (45' 3").
For a link to results from day two of the meet click here.
The Championship meet concludes tomorrow with the women's weight throw and the men's triple jump finals starting the action at 10 a.m.
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