The Vandal Track and Field team traveled to Spokane Thursday to compete in the Sam Adams Invitational.
Clay McKinley
While competition was fierce, Idaho was able to capture seven individual first place finishes throughout the course of the meet.
Junior middle-distance runner Kaleala Bass finished in first place in the 400-meters with a time of 57.87 seconds. Freshman sprinter Hana Tyndall took home the first-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.09 seconds. Both of these times happened to be the seventh fastest time in the Big Sky Conference all season in the respective events.
Sophomore thrower Zachary Short won the shot put and achieved a personal best with a throw of 18.23 meters (59-9.75). Short also took third place in the discuss with a toss of 48.53 meters (159-3.00).
Along with Short in the men’s field events, sophomore jumper Jonny Magee placed first in the triple jump. Magee’s winning jump was a distance of 14.47 meters (47-5.75).
Junior sprinter Rikki McCaw finished in first place in the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of 10.93 seconds. Freshman sprinter Nik Chappee won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.17 seconds. McCaw finished in second place in the 200-meter right behind teammate Chappee.
Idaho also had a strong performance in the 1500-meters, where four of the top five finishers were Vandals. Junior distance runner Andrea Condie finished second in the event with a new personal record time of 4:39.16. Sophomore distance runner Krista Story (4:48.41) finished third, sophomore distance runner Emily Wesseling (4:53.60) fourth and junior distance runner McCall Skay (4:57.95) fifth.
There were several other notable finishes for the Vandals at the meet. Freshman thrower Hannah Ringel placed second in shot put with a throw of 13.12 meters (43-0.50). Freshman distance runner Malaina Thacker placed second in the 800-meters with a time of 2:19.11.
Senior jumper Arphaxad Carroll finished second place in the long jump with a jump of 6.83 meters (22-5.00).
Sophomore sprinter Kaylee Hove nabbed third place in the 200-meters dash with a time of 25.96 seconds.
Sophomore thrower Austin Beyer javelin toss of 59.59 meters (195-6.00) was good for third place as well.
Overall the Vandals track and field team came out with a strong performance in the Sam Adams invitational and look to remain strong throughout the season
Idaho travels to the Stanford Invitational beginning March 30 in Stanford, California.
Clay McKinley can be reached at [email protected]