LeRoy Third in Heptathlon After First Day of MWC Championships

Wednesday, May 12

Albuquerque, N.M.

All Day

University of Utah

MWC Outdoor Championships

LeRoy Third in Heptathlon After First Day of MWC Championships

5/12/2010 12:00 AM | Track & Field

May 12, 2010

Results

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sophomore Brianna LeRoy got the University of Utah track & field team off to an impressive start after the first day of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Championships Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday at the University of New Mexico Track Complex. LeRoy sits in third place after the first four events of the heptathlon with a total of 3,005 points.

LeRoy started the day by turning in the third-fastest 100-meter hurdle time, 14.73 against a 2.5 meter-per-hour wind, to earn 878 points. She then tied for second in the high jump at a height of 5-5.75 to accumulate 818 points. A sixth-place finish in the shot put came along with LeRoy's 33-8.75 effort, earning 548 points. In the final event of the day, the 200-meter dash, she captured third place with a time of 26.42 against a 1.6 meter-per-hour wind.

New Mexico's Sandy Fortner turned in first-place efforts in all four events to take first place with a total of 3,456 points. Kristen Kugler, of Colorado State, is currently in second place (3017 pts.) but only 12 points ahead of LeRoy.

LeRoy's top performance this season was a score of 4,156 points at the Drake Relays on April 21.

The long jump, javelin and 800-meter run portions of the event will begin at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. Follow the action by clicking `Live Results' under the event on the front page of utahutes.com.