Utah Gets First Day of Competition Underway at Jackson's Invitational

Friday, February 3

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Jackson's Invitational

Utah Gets First Day of Competition Underway at Jackson's Invitational

2/3/2017 9:06 PM | Track & Field

Jackson's Invitational Schedule Jackson's Invitational Results Day One

Freshman Ann Wingeleth places first in long jump.

BOISE, Idaho – The Utah track and field team jumped out to a quick start at the Jackson's Invitational with strong performances including freshman Ann Wingeleth placing first in the long jump, three Utes placing in the top-six in the 3000-meter run, and Holly Stallman recording the fifth fastest time in history in the 60-meter dash preliminaries in Boise, Idaho on Friday.

"There was limited, but productive action today," head coach Kyle Kepler said. "We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. We have to focus on our fundamentals and compete hard. Good times and big marks will come if we do those things."

Wingeleth cleared a mark of 19 feet, .75 inches to earn her second long jump victory of the indoor season.

Stallman began competition on Friday for Utah where she competed in the 60-meter dash. Stallman placed third overall in the preliminary round and recorded the fifth fastest mark in Utah indoor history with a time of 7.84 seconds. Her time was also her third straight personal record. Stallman will compete in the final on Saturday morning.

Four Utes competed in the 3000-meter run and were led by freshman Ashley Licata, who placed second overall after clocking in a time of 10:20.63. Behind Licata, sophomore Hannah Allred notched third place with a time of 10:28.93. Sophomore Jade Mulvey finished the race in a time of 10:31.14 to earn sixth place. Licata, Allred and Mulvey all recorded personal bests. Senior Dana Snell rounded out the Utes in the 3000-meter run, where she placed 11^th overall with a time of 10:39.84.

Sophomore Lauren McCluskey, junior Madison Lanford and freshman Piper Wehrli competed in the 60-meter hurdles. McCluskey finished the preliminary round in 15^th place with a time of 9.71 seconds. Lanford ran a time of 9.83 seconds to earn 19^th place overall. Wehrli placed 24^th after running a time of 10.20 seconds.

In the 200-meter dash, senior Alissa Atisme competed unattached and placed third with a time of 25.49 seconds. McCluskey finished with a time of 28.62 seconds to finish in 47^th place.

Also competing in the long jump, Stallman placed in a tie for 11^th after clearing a mark of 16 feet, 10.75 inches. Lanford jumped a mark of 15 feet, 5.50 inches to finish in 27^th place. Wehrli rounded out Utes in the long jump, finishing in 31^st place with a mark of 14 feet, 6.50 inches.

Utah will wrap up competition at the Jackson's Invitational beginning Saturday morning at 9:35 a.m. MT with the 60-meter dash finals. The complete event schedule can be found attached. Live results are available via http://www.broncosports.com/livestats/c-track/index/index.htm.