Vazquez, Pinter Lead the Way at Emporia State Twilight Qualifier
EMPORIA, Kan. - Alex Vazquez took second place in the men's 800-meter run to lead the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs track & field team Saturday at the Emporia State Twilight Qualifier, the Mountain Lions' final tuneup before nationals.
Vazquez covered the distance in 1 minute, 55.79 seconds, just 1.61 seconds off earning a provisional qualifying time for nationals despite running in stormy conditions.
Dan Pinter and Alex Tiernan took third and fourth respectively in the 1,500-meter run, with Pinter clocking in at 4:09.30 and Tiernan just .2 second behind. Teammate Chris Reynolds took seventh in the same event.
Three Mountain Lions competed in the men's 400-meter dash, with Almir Hodzic, William Pendarvis and Jason Shaver finishing eighth, ninth and 11th.
Two members of the UCCS women's team made the trip to Kansas as Melissa McKinley took seventh in the 1,500 meters and Kelsey Barry finished eighth in the 800.
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 | Dan Pinter | Mid-Distance | ||
| Dan Pinter | Mid-Distance | ||
| Dan Pinter | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Dan Pinter | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Dan Pinter | Mid-Distance | ||
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| Dan Pinter | |||
| Dan Pinter | |||
| Dan Pinter | |||
| Dan Pinter | |||
 | Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
| Alex Tiernan | |||
 | Almir Hodzic | Sprints | ||
 | Almir Hodzic | Sprints | ||
 | Almir Hodzic | Sprints | ||
 | Alex Vazquez | Mid-Distance | ||
| Alex Vazquez | Mid-Distance | ||
| Alex Vazquez | Mid-Distance | ||
| Alex Vazquez | Mid-Distance | ||
| Alex Vazquez | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
 | Melissa McKinley | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Melissa McKinley | Mid-Distance | ||
| Melissa McKinley | |||
| Melissa McKinley | |||
 | Jason Shaver | Sprints | ||
| Jason Shaver | Sprints | ||
| Jason Shaver | Sprints | ||
| Jason Shaver | Sprints | ||
 | William Pendarvis | Sprints | ||
| William Pendarvis | Sprints | ||
| William Pendarvis | Sprints | ||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 21, 2008 |  | Seven Mountain Lions Named to RMAC All-Academic Track Teams | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs athletes Dan Pinter and Kelsey Barry were named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field second-team All-Academic, the RMAC announced Wednesday. |
| April 18, 2008 |  | UCCS Competes in Rare Event, Lousy Weather at KU Relays | LAWRENCE, Kan. - As temperatures dropped into the 30's at the KU Relays, Branson Bartlett, Chris Reynolds, Dan Pinter, and Alex Tiernan competed in what University of Colorado at Colorado Springs coach Mark Misch called "a very rare event"- the 4x1-mile relay. |
| April 12, 2008 |  | UCCS Uses Colorado College Invitational to Brush Up | The Colorado College Invitational ended up becoming a meet between The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Colorado College. It was not an official dual team-scored event, but UCCS used the meet to warm up for the upcoming Kansas University Relays. |
| April 5, 2008 |  | Vazquez Takes Third, Nearly Qualifies for Nationals in 800 | Alex Vazquez almost had a nationally qualifying time in the men's 800-meter run today at the UNC Tom Benich Invite in Greeley, CO. |
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