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Utah Track Prepares for Big Weekend
4/22/2008 12:00 AM | Track & Field
April 22, 2008
Beginning on Thursday, April 24 the Utah women's track and field team will split between the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Robinson Invitational in Provo, Utah. Both meets will run through Saturday, April 26. The team might also have a few athletes compete at the Kip Janvrin Invitational, hosted by Simpson College in Iowa.
LAST TIME OUT:
Despite windy conditions at the Faldmo Invitational, hosted by Utah State, Ashley Patterson from set a new school record in the 200-meter dash. Patterson won her heat in the process of setting the new record and finished with a time of 24.47.
Alyssa Abbott won the 800-meters with a time of 2:13.23. Chelsea Shapard won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:00.23. Sarah McFee added a victory in the triple jump with a distance of 35'8''.
Josefin Berg placed second in the hammer throw with a toss of 199'04'', the second-best mark on the all-time Utah list. Her distance is the best in the conference this season and she improves on her previous NCAA regional qualifying mark.
UTE NOTES:
The Utes has three athletes who have regional qualifying marks, while two school records have been set this season. They have also set 14 new all-time top-10 marks during the opening three weeks of the outdoor season.
Shayla Houlihan set the school record in the steeplechase with a time of 10:44.31 at the Stanford Invitational in the first week of competition. Her time was an NCAA regional qualifying time. The other school record was from Patterson last weekend at the Faldmo Invitational in the 200-meter dash.
Shapard won the 400 meter hurdles with a regional qualifying time of 59.89 at UCLA on April 10. Her time ranks second in the MWC this season.
Alyssa Abbott ranks in the top-five in the conference in both the 800 meters (2:10.97) and the 1,500 meters (4:28.85).
COACH KEPLER'S TWO CENTS:
"The Drake Relays is one of the biggest track meets in our country on an annual basis. We will be running a few relays and select individuals have received invitations to compete in individual events. This meet features some of the best teams and athletes in the country. This is also the site of this years NCAA Outdoor Track and Field championships, so it will be an opportunity for some of our athletes to get comfortable with that site.
"The Robison Invitational hosted by BYU is another high quality meet. It always produces good marks and the competition is very good. We need to see solid improvement in each event group at both meets this weekend. Hopefully, we can land a few more regional qualifying marks and keep improving our position within the conference individual event standings. We're hoping to get some good weather at both meets to help us along, because we know the competition will be good regardless. It's time for our kids to start stepping up and making big strides forward."
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