Isaiah J. Downing

Mountain Lions Post Impressive Marks at Jo Meaker Classic and Colorado invitational

4/9/2022 9:40:00 PM

By: Tyler Tvelia, Assistant Sports Information Director

CANYON, Texas – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field teams combined for 15 provisional marks and broke four school records on Saturday while competing at the Jo Meaker Classic and Colorado invitational.

INSIDE THE JO MEAKER CLASSIC
Location: CMU Track & Field Complex | Grand Junction, Colo.
Elevation: 3,676 ft.

INSIDE THE COLORADO INVITATIONAL
Location: Potts Field | Boulder, Colo.
Elevation: 5,260 ft

HOW IT HAPPENED

On the second day of the Jo Meaker Classic at West Texas A&M University, the Mountain Lions finished the day with 13 new or improved provisional marks and four new school records.
- It was a huge day for the men's and women's sprinters, beginning with the 4x100m relay teams. On the men's side, the relay team of Chris Hudnall, Brian Mosley Jr., Justice Mendoza, and Kymani Sterling improved on their provisional time from earlier in the season with an altitude-converted time of 40.63s to take third place. The women's 4x100m relay team of Victoria Farinas, Keyanda Bolton, Brittany Fuchs, and Kayla Zink followed suit as they also improved their national standing in the event with a second place converted time of 46.12s.
- For Zink, the 4x100m relay was just the start of an impressive day on the track. The redshirt senior went on to improve her existing provisional marks in both the 100m and 200m dashes, posting respective converted times of 11.66s and 23.97s. Zink's raw 200m time of 23.90s breaks her own school record in the event by nearly two-tenths of a second.
- Fuchs and Bolton joined Zink in posting huge performances in the women's 200m dash as both sprinters put their names on the NCAA qualifying list for the event. Fuchs was the second Mountain Lion to cross the line at a converted time of 24.26s, while Bolton was close behind her with a converted time of 24.34s.
- Sophomore Melissa Moreni continued her upward trend in the women's 100m hurdle as she broke her own UCCS school record for the second time this season with a blazing raw mark of 13.78s. Her converted time of 13.82s is a huge improvement on her previous NCAA qualifying mark of 14.02s.
- In the men's 110m hurdle, Chris Hudnall made a gigantic leap forward with a national qualifying time of 14.12s that registered as an improvement of nearly eight-tenths of a second on his previous personal best time.
- Competing in her first collegiate heptathlon, redshirt sophomore Maggie Remsberg qualified for nationals with a 4,530 point performance that ranks as the second best mark in program history.
- Two more school records fell at the throws ring, where Emily Arseneau and Sydney Marr made their mark in the shot put and hammer throw, respectively. At the shot put, Arseneau was the fifth overall finisher as she tossed a personal best mark of 13.82m to best her own record in the event. For the third time this season, Marr made an improvement on her school record mark in the hammer throw, this time posting her first provisional mark at 53.04m. Redshirt sophomore Anna Holland also made an impressive throw in the women's hammer throw with a personal record mark of 51.94m that ranks second all-time behind Marr in program history.
- At the men's high jump, Skye Ciccarelli and Tanner Walsh each cleared a bar height of 2.08m to improve their season-best marks and boost their standings on the NCAA performance list. With the mark, Walsh moves into fourth all-time for the event, while Ciccarelli remains in second place all-time with his career best outdoor mark of 2.12m that was set last season.
- For the third time in as many tries this season, Dakota Abbott came out on top of the competition in the men's triple jump with a mark of 15.52m that ranks just short of Abbott's current national runner-up mark of 15.66m. Peyton Turnage also made his way onto the national qualifying list in the triple jump for the first time this season after leaping to a mark of 14.98m and finishing third in the flight.
The UCCS distance runners were also in action at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo., where a pair of provisional marks in the 1500m highlighted the events of the day.
- The Mountain Lions littered the top-five of the women's 1500m, with redshirt senior Layla Almasri leading the way in second place with an altitude-converted provisional time of 4:29.04. Redshirt freshman Kate Hedlund was the fourth overall finisher in the race with a converted time of 4:33.78, followed by sophomore Riley McGrath in fifth place at a converted time of 4:34.01.
- Another provisional mark was posted in the men's 1500m, where redshirt junior Evan Graff raced to an altitude-converted time of 3:53.09 to cross the line third overall.
- Redshirt sophomore Will Young was the first Mountain Lion to finish in the men's 5000m as he completed the race in fifth place with a time of 15:55.30. Not far behind him was graduate student Branden Bohling, who crossed the line in 16:09.88 for an eighth-place finish.
- In the women's 5000m, redshirt freshman Rachel Goodrich was the only UCCS student-athlete in the race as she finished in sixth place with a time of 19:16.78.
- UCCS had a pair of redshirt sophomores finish within the top-ten of the women's 800m as Michela Hewitt took seventh place at 2:20.46 and was followed closely by Liz Bindert, who finished eighth with a time of 2:22.17. On the men's side, freshman Joseph Hamilton ran a solid race to finish in 1:58.17 and take 14^th place.
- Freshman Blake Ohlson ran the first 3000m steeplechase of his collegiate career and finished in 10:53.18, while sophomore Rachel Richtman completed the steeplechase in 12:08.95 to finish tenth in the women's race.
- Among the only non-running athletes in action at the Colorado Invitational were the men's and women's pole vaulters. Sophomore Holden Daniels cleared a bar height of 4.40m to finish third in the men's competition, while Faith Caldwell finished with the 12^th highest height on the women's side at 2.90m.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

The top three spots in the women's 200m record book were completely re-written by Zink, Fuchs and Bolton with their performances today. Zink remains as the school record holder with an improved time of 23.90s, while Fuchs (24.19s) takes the second spot and Bolton slides up to the third spot (24.27s).
Hudnall's huge personal best mark in the 110m hurdle ranks as the second fastest time in UCCS program history.

UP NEXT

The Mountain Lions are Southern California bound as they will prepare to compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14-15 before heading to the coast for the Beach invitational on April 16.

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Day 1: Meek Leads Strong First Day at Jo Meaker Classic

CANYON, Texas – Redshirt senior Hannah Meek led the charge for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field team with an improved national qualifying mark on day one of the Jo Meaker Classic at West Texas A&M University.

INSIDE THE JO MEAKER CLASSIC
Location: WTAMU Track & Field Complex | Canyon, Texas
Elevation: 3,676 ft.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In her first action since the opening week of the outdoor season, Meek quickly made her presence felt as she leaped 6.12m to win the women's long jump and improve her standing on the NCAA qualifying list by 0.20m. Also finishing among the top-ten of the women's long jump were Lydia Pavlenko (T5th, 5.72m), Alexis Carroll (9^th, 5.46m), and Audrey Bloomquist (T10th, 5.43m).
The Mountain Lions also placed three student-athletes in the top-ten of the men's long jump, led by fourth-place finisher Peterson Bohannon with a jump of 7.18m. Freshman Daryon Wilson finished sixth overall after jumping to a mark of 7.02m, while sophomore Richard Safoh came in eighth place at 6.95m.
Redshirt sophomore Kamryn Bohlken was the top UCCS finisher on the women's side of the javelin throw, taking third place with a personal best throw of 35.76m. In the men's competition, redshirt sophomore Seth Richmond was the top overall finisher with a personal record mark of 55.29m, while redshirt sophomore Daniel Furcron posted a PR of his own with a third-place heave of 50.91m.
UCCS claimed two of the top five finishers in the women's discus throw, as Anna Holland heaved a third-place mark of 41.53m and Emily Arseneau followed with a personal best mark of 40.22m to earn a fourth-place finish.
Over on the men's side, freshman Jarell Lucas led the way for the Mountain Lions with a personal best throw of 47.91m that ranks fourth all-time in UCCS program history.
After completing the first four events of the heptathlon on Saturday, redshirt sophomore Maggie Remsberg sits atop the competition with 2,851 points. Participating in her first collegiate heptathlon, the native of Newton, Kan., had an impressive day as she posted personal records in the 100m hurdles (14.80s), high jump (1.61m), and 200m dash (26.46s).
In the decathlon, Sam Repsher has tallied 2,906 points through the first five events and currently sits sixth among the field of competitors.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

Bohlken's personal best mark of 35.76m in the javelin throw ranks fourth in UCCS program history, while Richmond's PR javelin throw of 55.29m now sits third in the school record book.

UP NEXT

The Mountain Lions will continue the Jo Meaker Classic tomorrow with events beginning at 10 a.m. (MT) from the WTAMU Track & Field Complex. The UCCS distance runners will also be in action tomorrow as they compete at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo.

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