Air Force Invitational-Day 1
COLORADO SPRINGS - Six members of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs track and field team advanced to event finals during Friday's competition at the Air Force Invitational.
The top race of the day for UCCS was Jonathan Wright in the men's 400-meter dash. Wright came through the preliminary heats with a time of 48.98 seconds, good for the fifth-best time and he will race in the 'A' final tomorrow.
Wright is currently ranked 13th on the NCAA Division II performance lists. He has a big opportunity tomorrow, with a great field, to go after the automatic qualifying time for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Championships and ensure his place in Albuquerque, N.M. in about a month.
"My goal is to win the conference." said Wright. "Adams State refused to give me a scholarship and now I am close to qualifying for nationals as a freshman. That is pretty cool."
Wright is a legitimate contender for the 400 meter men's conference event title coming up in two weeks.
Chris Reynolds will also be racing in the 'A' finals tomorrow in the men's 800 meters. Reynolds ran his preliminary in a time of 1 minute, 58.82 seconds, good for theNo. 7 seed into the finals.
Three other Mountain Lions will compete in the 800-meter 'B' final. Anthony Davis qualified for the B final but has scratched himself out of the final, making way for Marc Hensley who placed 19th after the prelims with a time of 2:01.52. The other two UCCS runners in the 800-meter B final will be Sean Turner-2:01.30 and Matt Winfrey-2:01.51.
Alexa Urban placed 11th in the women's 400-meter prelims with a time of 59.47. She will be running in the B final tomorrow making it three years in a row that UCCS will have a woman in the 400 meter B final at the Air Force Invitational.
Additionally, in the men's 3,000 meter, Michael Johnson placed third with a time of 9:34.15 and Ted Schultz placed fourth with a time of 9:38.88. Plus, Kassie Mazzocco running in the women's mile slack final placed fifth with a time of 5:49.12
There will be a full day of track and field competition Saturday at the Air Force Academy with the top UCCS track and field athletes in action starting at 9am.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
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 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
 | Christopher Reynolds | Mid-Distance | ||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
| Christopher Reynolds | |||
 | Michael Johnson | |||
 | Michael Johnson | |||
 | Michael Johnson | |||
 | Michael Johnson | Distance | ||
| Michael Johnson | Distance | ||
| Michael Johnson | Distance | ||
| Michael Johnson | Distance | ||
| Michael Johnson | |||
 | Ted Schultz | Distance | ||
 | Ted Schultz | Distance | ||
 | Ted Schultz | Distance | ||
 | Ted Schultz | Distance | ||
 | Ted Schultz | Distance | ||
| Ted Schultz | |||
| Ted Schultz | |||
| Ted Schultz | |||
| Ted Schultz | |||
| Ted Schultz | |||
 | Anthony Davis | Distance | Fr | |
 | Anthony Davis | Distance | Sr. | |
 | Anthony Davis | Distance | Fr | |
 | Anthony Davis | Distance | So | |
 | Anthony Davis | Distance | Jr | |
| Anthony Davis | Sr. | ||
 | Kassie Mazzocco | |||
 | Kassie Mazzocco | |||
| Kassie Mazzocco | Distance | ||
| Kassie Mazzocco | Distance | ||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| June 8, 2011 |  | UCCS track & field adds 12 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field coach David Harmer announced Wednesday that the Mountain Lions had signed 12 athletes to join the team for the 2011-12 season.Among the newcomers are two Colorado Springs standouts: T.J. Frison of Vista Ridge High School and David Krumland of Rampart High School. Other Coloradoans added to the roster include Ryan Buchanan of Glenwood Springs HS, Ryan Tomlinson of Castle View HS, Taylor Russell of Karval HS and Lauren Roberts of Moffat County HS. |
| May 19, 2011 |  | Nine Mountain Lions earn USTFCCCA all-region honors | Nine University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field athletes were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Central Region team, which was released Tuesday.Alan Ford, Marc Hensley, Travis Whitman and Jonathan Wright were all named all-region as members of the UCCS 4 X 400-relay team, while Anthony Cardinale earned the honor in the long jump. On the women's side, honorees were Ashley Benfield (400-meter hurdles), Lauren Graham (pole vault), Chelsie Overocker (triple jump) and Alexa Urban (800-meter run). |
| May 18, 2011 |  | Eight Mountain Lions Named to RMAC All-Academic Teams for Outdoor Track | COLORADO SPRINGS - Eight University of Colorado Colorado Springs athletes were named Wednesday to the 2011 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Teams. Lauren Graham was a first-team selection, Brien Hopkins and Jason Shaver were second-team selections and five others were named to the honor roll.Mountain Lions on the honor roll were: Kaitlin Frier, Melissa Buchanan, Sara Kettelkamp, Alan Ford and Casey Weaver. |
| May 9, 2011 |  | Hopkins, Seniors Highlight Day at RMAC Championships | GOLDEN, Colo. – Brien Hopkins’ performance in the decathlon at the 2011 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships was much more than the third-place finish indicated by the official results. |
| April 9, 2011 |  | Cardinale Sets National Qualifying Mark, Four UCCS Records Fall | BOULDER – Anthony Cardinale earned a provisional qualifying mark for nationals in the long jump Saturday as he and his University of Colorado at Colorado Springs teammates competed at the CU Invitational at Potts Field. |
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