POCATELLO, Idaho — Utah Valley's distance runners shined on Friday at the Snake River, claiming nine of the 17 new top 10 marks set on a successful day in Pocatello.
The 3k saw the most action, with five new top 10 marks between the men's and women's runners. On the women's side, Morgan Nokes won the race with a converted time of 9:18.63 to take the No. 2 spot on the leaderboard. January additions Caren Kipsirat and Reagan Doman showed out with times of 9:26.09 and 9:28.95 to claim third and fourth.
Over on the men's side, Alex Hartshorn continued his torrid start to the indoor season with a new PR of 8:06.75, the fourth-best all-time. Wyatt Mortenson followed closely behind with a time of 8:13.73, good for ninth.
Sila Kiplagat whittled a couple of seconds off his mile time to set a new PR of 4:01 and improve his standing at No. 2 all-time. Kiplagat previously set the indoor mile record at BYU, but saw his record toppled by Hartshorn last week at Weber State, who posted the first indoor sub-four mile in program history. Jayden Fitzgarrald finished just behind Kiplagat with a converted time of 4:04.13 to claim third.
Maddie Passmore made her season and Wolverine debut in the triple jump and immediately leapt her way to No. 2 on the all-time leaderboard at 12.08m. Passmore fell just .02 short of her personal best set last season while at BYU, and .04 short of the UVU indoor record of 12.12m, set by Lauren Hicks in 2015.
Kade Thompson shined in his specialties, the 60m and 200m. Thompson took second overall in the 60m with a new PR of 6.66, strengthening his spot at No. 2 in that event and jumping into the top 20 nationally this season. Thompson then went on to win the 200m with a season-best 21.41.
In the women's 60m dash, Eme Stout claimed her second top 10 in as many weeks with a time of 7.68, good for ninth. In the 60mH, James Duncan also claimed another top 10 with time of 8.10, moving up to fourth, with Matthew Maclennan claiming sixth with a time 8.18.
Jennaveve Bingham moved up to third all-time in the 800m dash, while Bria Anderson debuted in the 400m top 10 at No. 9. Noah Nielson claimed the No. 9 spot in the men's 800m with a time of 1:53.18.
Utah Valley's throwers claimed two top 10 marks, with Trevor Hill improving on his No. 2 ranking with a new PR of 16.70m in the shot put. Karsten Deakin moved up to No. 5 with a mark of 16.62m in the weight throw.
The Wolverines will return to action in two weeks at the Roman Ruiz Speed & Power Invite, hosted by Utah State on Jan. 30-31.
