PROVO, Utah - The Utah Valley men's and women's track and field teams opened up its indoor season this weekend at the BYU Cougar I Invitational. Aaron Johnson and Seth Krauss both took first in their respective events and the Wolverines had eight other top-three finishes.

"The meet went really well and we had a bunch of personal records and top-10 movement," said Utah Valley head track and field coach Scott Houle. One big school record was Aaron Johnson breaking the 60m record, which has been held by Allah Laryea-Akrong since 2016. That record has been around for a long time and that is a really fast time. Our athletes have been doing a really good job since the spring in preparing and this meet showed that we're better off than we have been in the past. Everyone competed well and everything looks really good for us." 
 
Johnson broke the school record in the 60m dash, finishing with a time of 6.65, putting him at seventh in the country this season. Johnson also won the long jump with a distance of 7.51m, moving into second all-time at UVU for the indoor long jump. Johnson also climbed into fourth all time in the 300m, finishing with a time of 34.62. Caleb Furnell broke the school record in the 300m with a time of 33.97, finishing fourth in the race. Furnell also climbed into fourth in UVU history in the 60m with a time of 6.81. Krauss took first in the high jump, clearing a height of 2.01m. Isaac Manning finished second in the heptathlon with 5200 points while Zane Farrer took second in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.11. Neal Berkey covered a distance of 6.97m in the long jump, climbing to sixth all time at UVU and finishing third in the event. Dallin Snyder  finished third in the high jump, clearing a height 1.96m. Alex Lawrence took third in the pole vault, clearing a height of 5.05m, tying his personal best indoors. 
 
On the women's side, Kallie Given finished in second place in the high jump with a height of 1.66m, just barely edging out teammate Madison Clark who also cleared 1.66m. Krista Farley set a personal best as she took third in the long jump with a distance of 5.40m and Larrisa Dabb finished fourth in the 300m with a time of 39.82, climbing into third all time at UVU.
 
The Wolverines return to Provo for the BYU Cougar I Invitational on Jan. 13-15. UVU will then participate in its first out-of-state meet, traveling to Idaho State on Saturday, Jan. 29, for the Stacy Dragila Invitational.