SPOKANE, Wash. — Utah Valley University captured four WAC titles en route to a lead for both the men and women after day one of the 2025 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at The Podium. Jocelyn Phillips (pole vault), Anna Martin (5k), Mo Guled (5k), and the men's DMR squad of Pierce Vittone, Isaiah Archer, Max Clemons, and Cayden Tupper all secured WAC gold on Friday.
 
Both Phillips and the DMR quartet also set new program records with their WAC wins, and Kade Thompson set the new school record in the 200, qualifying for the final in 21.01 seconds in Friday's prelim. 
 
The Wolverine women have the lead with 75 points after six of 17 events, with Grand Canyon (46), Tarleton State (42), and UT Arlington (39) rounding out the top four. For the men, who have finished five of the 17 events, the Wolverines have 61 points with UT Arlington (43), Tarleton State (38), and Grand Canyon (24) the next three.
 
Martin's win in the 5,000-meter final came in 16:41.20 with all six Wolverines finishing in the top seven to earn 32 team points. Caila Odekirk (16:50.23) had a PR and No. 9 mark in the record book after finishing second. UT Arlington's Matro Jepkemboi was third but Natalia Boltz, Liza Sybrowsky, Kelsi Lindley, and Agnieszka Lubowska crossed the finish line in the next four spots. For Martin, it marks her second WAC Championship this academic year after winning the women's cross country title last fall. 
 
Guled went wire-to-wire and, for much of the race, looked like he might threaten the WAC Championship record before finishing just four seconds off the record, which was set in 1982 by UTEP's Gabriel Kamau (13:57.38). Wyatt Mortenson recorded a new personal record and the ninth-best mark in UVU's Top 10 after taking second (14:31.79). He was followed closely behind by Alex Hartshorn, who took third in 14:32.58 as the trio earned 24 points for the men.
 
Phillips became the first female from Utah Valley to win the pole vault at the WAC Indoor Championships. She was the only competitor to surpass four meters, hitting 3.98 and 4.04 meters, both on her first attempts. Phillips eclipsed 4.10 meters on her third attempt and established the winning mark and program record on her first go at 4.15 meters. Grace Williams also picked up four team points after hitting 3.78 meters to finish in fourth.
 
Noah Peterson and Porter Westerlind both had strong showings in the men's pole vault, tying for second after surpassing 5.22 meters. The mark also increased the PR for each competitor and keeps them tied for second in the record book.
 
The distance medley relay capped the first day of action and the gold medal won by Vittone, Archer, Clemons, and Tupper marks the fifth time — and the first time since 2019 — the Utah Valley men have won the event. They bested UT Arlington by just under seven seconds, finishing in 10:01.87. Vittone also qualified for the 800-meter final on Saturday. The women's squad of Abby Stone, Makaylie Roberds, Lyza Yetter, and Oakley Olson finished third and set the No. 5 mark in the top 10.
 
Alyssa Logan (17.76) finished second in the women's weight throw while Grace Degarimore (16.89) was fourth and Elyssa Shaw (15.28) was seventh to total 15 points in the team race. Andrew Turner (16.93) took fourth in the men's weight throw while Trevor Hill (16.81) was sixth, and Eddie Sonny Garcia (16.49) landed in seventh as all three had personal records and top 10 marks for the Wolverines. The trio garnered 10 team points for UVU.
 
Other finals from Friday included Kelsi Oldroyd's (5.85) third-place finish in the women's long jump, with Caleb Washington (7.06) taking sixth in the men's long jump. He'll also compete in the triple jump on Saturday. Anaya Potter finished seventh in the women's pentathlon, while Cole Johnson sits in seventh after four events in the men's heptathlon. Johnson had the top mark in the shotput among the group of 11 competitors.
 
The rest of the events on Friday served as prelims for Saturday's finals. Utah Valley had four women and four men each qualify for the final in the mile. In the prelims, Olson recorded the second-best time (4:56.04) and will be joined by Liz Zwahlen, Allie Warner, and Elisabeth Ferrell in Saturday's finals. Adam Bunker was fourth in the prelims as he, Abdulsalam Farah, Gilbert Olivas, and Tupper qualified for the finals.
 
Quincy Bonds qualified for three event finals after taking first in the 60-meter hurdles, second in the 60-meter dash, and fourth in the 200 prelims. She'll be joined in the 200 by Ella Hopper, who will also run in the 400-meter final after she posted the fourth-best time during the prelims. In the men's 400, Archer and Cameron Franklin qualified with Archer's time (48.24) a PR that moves him to second, behind Franklin, in the record book.
 
Thompson set a new PR in the men's 60-meter prelims as both he and defending champion Gabe Remy qualified for Saturday's final. Thompson ran the prelim in 6.67 seconds, putting him No. 2 all-time, while Remy ran 6.70, just off his 6.69 personal best.