Idaho closed out its third Spokane meet of the season with six athletes taking home victories and a number of others with top-5 finishes.
Freshman Hannah Ringel finished the meet with strong performances in multiple events. Ringel won the shot put with a toss of 13.91 meters to move into sixth place in conference standings. She also placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 34.84 meters and the hammer throw at 39.70 meters.
Junior Quinn Mitchell finished with three top-three titles in the shot put, discus and hammer throw. Mitchell took second in the shot put with a throw of 14.07 meters, second in discus at 42.85 meters and third in the hammer throw at 47.72 meters.
Sophomore Brian Skinner took fourth place in both the javelin and the hammer with a 48.88 meter throw in the javelin and 45.49 in the hammer throw.
On the women’s side, freshman Makenna Behrens posted a personal best to take second in the javelin with a throw of 41.22 meters.
A handful of Vandals finished with top marks in the field events. Sophomore Rechelle Meade took the victory in the long jump with a hop of 5.71 meters. She now sits in eighth in the Big Sky Conference standings after her first outdoor competition of the year.
Sophomore Lauren Curlanis took fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 10.35 meters. Sophomore Jonny Magee took the victory in the long jump at 6.57 meters.
Junior Matthew Baumann also took home the individual title, winning the discuss with a personal best 43.19-meter throw.
Rounding out the field event success for Idaho were the pole vault athletes, led by sophomore Chloe Woest. Woest tied for first in the event with a vault of 3.42 meters. Junior Cecilia Watkins finished not far behind in third at 3.25 meters.
Following in suit with the rest of the team, the distance squad closed out the meet with a number of wins and top-5 finishes. Freshman Jenner Higgins took home the victory in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:04.81. Junior Austin Fred finished not far behind in fourth with a time of 4:08.31.
Sophomore Kara Story grabbed second in the women’s 1,500 meters with a 4:45.54.
Senior Christopher Black took second in the 800-meter race with a 1:54.48. Sophomore Josiah Anderson finished the same race in fifth with a time of 1:58.13.
Three Vandal women finished in the top-5 in the 800-meter race, led by junior Erin Hagen in third with a time of 2:14.51. Freshman Malaina Thacker and sophomore Emily Wesseling grabbed fourth and fifth place finishes with times of 2:16.73 and 2:17.97, respectively.
Idaho had no trouble finding the top places in the short sprint events in Spokane. Three Vandal women took three of the top-five spots in the 200-meter dash, headlined by sophomore Kaylee Hove in second with a time of 25.93 seconds. Sophomore Maddy Dustin finished in fourth with a time of 26.80 and also grabbed a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash. Freshman Hana Tyndall rounded out the scorers for Idaho in the women’s 200-meter dash with a fifth-place finish.
Senior Nicole Carter finished the 100-meter dash in 13.06 to take third place. Junior Rikki McCaw nabbed a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters with a time of 11.43.
Sophomore Dean Ellenwood took third in the 400-meter race with a time of 51.15.
Idaho travels to Oregon State for the OSU High Performance Meet beginning April 27 in Corvallis, Oregon.
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