PROVO, Utah — For the third time this season, Utah Valley University's
Kelsi Oldroyd set a new school record in the javelin. Her top throw of 56.66 meters also took first place as the Wolverines wrapped up the week at the BYU Robison Invitational on Saturday. Her performance also extends her WAC-leading mark and would be No. 7 in the country, pending the rest of the weekend's results. Oldroyd also reset the school's long jump record—again breaking her own top mark—on Friday.
Emma Johnson also had a big day, setting personal records in both the 100 and 200. In the 100-meter race, she finished fourth with a time of 11.80 seconds. That moves her from sixth to fourth in the school's top 10. She also took fifth in the 200 with a PR of 24.56 seconds.
The 100 saw movement in both the men's and women's top 10.
Krista Farley (11.93) moved in a tie for seventh for the UVU women, while
Kade Thompson and
Ryan Tenn took fifth and sixth, respectively, for the men. Thompson (10.58s) moved from 10th to eighth and Tenn (10.61) is now tied for 10th.
Paige Young continued her solid week, improving on her personal record in the 100-meter hurdles for the second straight day. After running the heat in 14.03 seconds on Friday to qualify for the finals, Young hit 14.02 seconds on Saturday, which keeps her at No. 4 in the record book.
Emma Aldred-Hunt also improved on her PR, finishing the race in 14.26 seconds to improve her 10th-ranked time at UVU.
In the mile, former student-athlete and current assistant coach
Hannah Branch ran unattached and recorded a sub-five-minute time of 4:57.00.
Taylor Viertel finished in 5:06.18, not far off her PR of 5:01.79, which is currently fourth at UVU. On the men's side,
Kaleb Paulsen took fourth, with a time of 4:35.90.
The men's pole vault also saw some significant movement in the top 10.
Noah Peterson bested 5.03 meters to move from fourth to third at Utah Valley while
Isaac Manning,
Porter Westerlind, and
Connor Wilson all eclipsed 4.88 meters. Manning is already the school record holder, with Westerlind and Wilson now part of a three-way tie for fourth.
In the triple jump,
Olivia Pixton moved up a spot to No. 6 at UVU after finishing third with her best jump of 11.49 meters.
Sydney Dennis finished fourth on Saturday and hit 11.20 meters, just shy of her PR of 11.21m, and
Taygin DeHart (10.75m) finished fifth.
Kallie Given took third in the high jump (1.70m) and is the current school record holder (1.73m).
The Wolverine women had five of the top seven finishers in the 5,000, led by Boise State transfer
Oakley Olson's second-place finish (17:17.87).
Elizabeth Zwahlen was third (17:30.09) with her sister, Maggie, just behind her in fourth (17:35.41).
Abby Linford took sixth with her outdoor PR of 17:51.20, and
Agnieszka Lubowska finished seventh (17:57.82) after shaving almost 37 seconds off her personal record. For the men,
Andrew Blackham was the top finisher, taking third with a time of 15:21.70.
Utah Valley is slated to compete at the Bengal Invitational at Idaho State next week as the postseason nears. The 2023 WAC Championship is less than three weeks out and runs May 10-13 in Nacogdoches, Texas.