ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Utah Valley University saw a pair of school records fall, one school record matched, and a total of 17 top 10 marks hit this weekend in indoor track & field.
On Friday at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic at the Albuquerque Convention Center,
Alyssa Logan set a new weight throw record, hitting 17.20 meters. Also on Friday,
Olivia Pixton matched
Kelsi Oldroyd's long jump record of 5.75 meters. Then, on Saturday, the quartet of
Kali McEuen,
Ella Hopper,
Sarah Ballard, and
Larissa Dabb set a new 4x400 indoor record with a time of 3:46.24.
Four Wolverines also had multiple top-10 marks this week, led by three from Ballard. In addition to the 4x400 program record, Ballard tied the third-best time in the 60 (7.62 seconds) and the sixth-best time in the 200 (24.82).
Madison Farrer had a big weekend as well, tying for second in two different events in the UVU record books. Farrer hit 1.70-meters in the high jump and totaled 3,495 points in the pentathlon, both tied for No. 2 all-time.
Isaiah Archer was the third Wolverine to notch multiple top 10 personal records as he continues to make a weekly appearance on the list. Archer set the No. 4 time in the 800 (1:52.9) and the seventh-best time in the 400 (49.04). McEuen also saw her name etched in two events. In addition to the 4x400, she set the No. 8 time in the 400 (57.61) on Friday.
Noah Peterson hit 5.10 meters in the pole vault, good enough for No. 2 all-time behind All-American Larry Still's school record. Also in Albuquerque,
Austin Kleinman improved on his 5th-best mark, hitting 17.31 meters in the weight throw for a new personal record, and
Aubrey Tasker hit 1.66 meters in the high jump for the No. 9 spot in the top 10.
Pierce Vittone set the No. 5 mark in the 800, finishing just behind Archer in 1:52.94 and
Kade Thompson ran the No. 8 time in the 200, finishing in 21.78 seconds.
The Wolverines also had a pair of top 10 marks set at the Utah State Speed & Power Meet in Logan with
Grace Williams hitting 3.62 meters in the pole vault, good for fifth all-time. USU transfer
Summer Steeneck also entered the record book in the pole vault, eclipsing 3.32 meters, for 10th all-time.
Next week Utah Valley is slated to send student-athletes to the Mountain States Games in Boise, Idaho and the Husky Invitational in Seattle on Feb. 9-10.
