NAMPA, Idaho – The Utah Valley track & field team came out powerful in their final regular season indoor meet at the Jackson's/Nike Boise Invite. With a number of shattered school records and personal finishes, UVU will now look to the WAC Indoor Championships at the end of the month, Feb. 21-23.
Starting it off strong for the women,
Savannah Neuberger caps a strong indoor season with the 800m run victory at a time of 2:11.92. Coming in at a close second was UVU teammate
Aisha Graham-Perez at 2:12.38. Neuberger's time produced a new Wolverine school record and put Graham-Perez at #2 on the top 10 list.
Neuberger backed up her 800m victory in the 1 mile run for the Wolverines, a time of 4:51.59, also setting a UVU school record, the first of many from the Wolverines this weekend.
Courtney Peterson, who competed unattached, dominated in multiple events this weekend, claiming the women's 60m dash, 200m dash with a time of 24.88 that also put her at #5 on the top 10 list, as well as the 400m dash at 55.77 and improving with a UVU school record.
Maria Blad in the finals of the women's 60m hurdles, finished at the top for UVU at a time of 8.88.
Hannah Branch placed third in the women's 3000m run at 10:15.38.
The Wolverine's women's distance medley ran for a mighty first-place finish, crossing the line with a time of 11:49, a combined effort from
Aisha Graham-Perez,
Mazzie Melaney,
Lexi MacArthur, and
Savannah Neuberger. To top the victory for the girls, they produced a new UVU school record with their medley time. The next team to finish behind this group of UVU girls was Eastern Oregon, at an added full minute of 12:41.
Hawk Call,
Kevin Lynch,
Brandon Edmondson and
Jared Gonzalez-Perez held strong for the men in the distance medley, running for a first-place victory at a time of 10:19, moving to #10 on the top 10 list.
From the field,
Albert MacArthur dominated in the long jump with a height of 7.59m and manufactured another UVU record in the triple jump with a mark of 15.67m. Both results from MacArthur setting a new school record for the Wolverines.
"We still have a lot of work to get done and fix some things to be competitive at the WAC Championships in three weeks," comments head UVU coach
Scott Houle. "but we are moving forward and we are extremely happy with the results of this meet."
The meet marks the final indoor competition before the Wolverines compete in the WAC Indoor Championships back in Nampa, Idaho (Feb.21-23). For more information, visit https://www.wacsports.com/landing/index.
