RESULTS
POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State Bengals finished up the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman Montana Saturday afternoon.
"I thought we had another weekend of solid performances," remarked Director of Track and Field Hillary Merkley. "The same people that performed well last week had solid performances this week and some of those top performers even improved their marks this week. I was glad to see some consistency from many of the others and we had a few other young athletes step up and be there in the mix."
For the second-straight week, the Idaho State track and field team had a strong team performance with multiple, new top-10 marks.
The Bengal throwers continue to improve each meet.
Starting in the weight throw, the men and women showed their strength. In the women's event, Destinee Rose-Haas took her second-straight victory, throwing a distance of 19.12m (62-8.75). Just behind her is Sarah Wilensky who continued to climb the Idaho State all-time record list today. On her fifth throw of the day, Wilensky threw a distance of 17.40m (57-01), 4th best in Bengal history.
In the men's weight throw, Axel Tirado-Sanchez smashed his personal best, throwing the 4th best mark in school history at 17.11m (58-3.75). He was followed in third place by Sergio Garcia-Jimenez who threw a PR 16.25m (53-3.75).
The Bengal shot putters continued that success. Zack Ramos came out on fire in Bozeman. On his fifth attempt of the meet, Ramos heaved the 3rd best throw in Bengal history, 18.03m (59-02) winning the event.
On the women's side, Katelyn Dickemore took her first podium of the year with a personal best throw of 13.35m (43-09.75).
Kylee Dimick picked up her first win of the year in the women's high jump, jumping a season-best 1.70m (5-7). She was followed by Kapri Sylvester, who took home third with her season-best jump of 1.65m (5-5)
On the men's side, the Bengals swept the men's podium with Michael Shulikov taking first, Owen Mitchell coming in second and Ethan Garrett rounding out the top three.
Rounding out the field events, Kaila Mederios took third in the long jump with the 5th-best mark in the conference this season at 18-0.5.
The track events started out with a bang. For the second week in a row, ISU hurdler Kyndall Martin took first, breaking her PR with a new time of 8.71 seconds, the fifth fastest all-time in ISU history. Martin wasn't done with PRs for the day, coming back to set a new PR in the 400m with a run of 58.76 seconds for 4th place.
In the men's 60mH, Bengal freshman Niklas Uth won the event with a PR time of 8.37 seconds, just .01 off of the 10th fastest mark in school history. Uth came back to win the 400m with a time of 50.7.
Next Up
The Bengals are home next week for the only home meet of the 2023 season, the 2023 Stacy Dragila Open. The collegiate meet is a one-day meet and takes place Saturday, Jan. 28 at Holt Arena. Follow along on ISUbengals.com for meet information.
