The Idaho track and field squad hopped the border to compete in the WSU Indoor Open Friday and Saturday in the second meet of the indoor season.
A handful of Vandals scored well in the early season meet, four winning the individual title.
“It was a good day. We had quite a few wins, which is always fun,” Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Tim Cawley said in a news release. “That’s kind of what I like about this meet, you get a chance to come out and compete and focus more on competition. We had some great performances, so it was really exciting. The kids competed well, came out and worked hard.”
Sophomore Kasin Pendergrass-Anderson put up strong performances in both the long jump and the 60-meter dash. Pendergrass-Anderson brought home the victory in the long jump with a new personal-record jump of 7.46 meters. He also grabbed a third-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.99 seconds, but set a new personal-best in the event in the qualifiers with a 6.93 finish.
Fellow sprinter sophomore Ben Doucette grabbed a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.12 seconds.
Freshman Britt Ipsen took third in his first collegiate long jump competition with a leap of 6.90 meters while sophomore Jonny Magee went 14.29 meters to take fourth in the triple jump.
Idaho showed out in the long sprints. Junior Kaizer Gillispe took the victory in the 200-meters with a time of 22.53 seconds. Sophomore Mack Baxter won the 300-meters in 36.66 seconds.
Junior Quinn Mitchell headlined for the Vandals in the throwing events, taking third in the weight throw with toss of 17.57. Mitchell also grabbed fifth place in the shot put with a throw of 14.36 meters, a new season-record.
On the women’s side, freshman Hannah Ringel improved her previous mark by a full meter in the shot put to take second place with a throw of 12.73 meters.
Sophomore Kaylee Hove finished second in the 200-meters with a time of 26.07 seconds, just short of her personal-best. She also nabbed a fourth-place finish in the 400-meters with a new personal-record at 1:01.29.
Freshman Nik Chappee tested the waters in his first 400-meters as a Vandal and found success, taking the victory in the event with a time of 50.62 seconds.
Idaho will take a trip to the other side of Washington to compete at the UW Invitational beginning Friday in Seattle, Washington.
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