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1/27/2018 8:07 AM | Track & Field
Ruby Jane Mathewson makes debut in pentathlon.
Seattle, Wash. – As competition wraps up at day one of the University of Washington Invitational, the Utes competed in three events and debuted true freshman Ruby Jane Mathewson in her first ever pentathlon.
Competing in her first ever pentathlon, Ruby Jane Mathewson took home 25th place with a total point score of 2953 from a large field and set several personal-records (PR's) in her debut. Starting the Pentathlon off with the 800-meter run, Mathewson captured 11th place with a time of 2:29.48. Moving to the 60-meter hurdles, Mathewson finished in 19th place with a time of 9.40. In the women's high jump, Mathewson earned 19th place with a height of 1.50 meters. Moving to the long jump, Mathewson finished in 29th with a distance of 4.38-meters. Wrapping up the Pentathlon with the shot put, Mathewson finished in 28th place throwing a distance of 8.12 meters.
"We thought for her first ever collegiate pentathlon she did a great job," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler explained. "She has come a long way, she just started training for it this year and she has a lot of potential in that…so it was a great job on her part."
Competing in the 3,000-meter event for the Utes was sophomore Trina Moreno. Moreno finished in fourth place with a time of 10:07.05. In the last 100 meters, Moreno blew past four runners to secure the fourth-place finish. Also with this time Moreno set a new lifetime-best by 11 seconds.
Several more heats in the 3,000-meter event will compete on Saturday.
The Utes also competed in the distance medley relay (DMR) Friday night. The four runners that made up the Utah team were Megan Perkins, Madison Lanford, Melissa Taggart, and Dakota Grossman. This DMR team finished in 11th place with a time of 11:59.84. Taggart ran a great 800-meter leg and ran a new lifetime best of 2:15.
"I thought they all really ran hard and gave us a great effort," Kepler said. "I thought the kids did a really great job of competing and really fighting for every second and it was just a great day one."
The Utes are back in action Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. (PST), for day two of the UW Invitational.
Competing in her first ever pentathlon, Ruby Jane Mathewson took home 25th place with a total point score of 2953 from a large field and set several personal-records (PR's) in her debut. Starting the Pentathlon off with the 800-meter run, Mathewson captured 11th place with a time of 2:29.48. Moving to the 60-meter hurdles, Mathewson finished in 19th place with a time of 9.40. In the women's high jump, Mathewson earned 19th place with a height of 1.50 meters. Moving to the long jump, Mathewson finished in 29th with a distance of 4.38-meters. Wrapping up the Pentathlon with the shot put, Mathewson finished in 28th place throwing a distance of 8.12 meters.
"We thought for her first ever collegiate pentathlon she did a great job," Utah head coach Kyle Kepler explained. "She has come a long way, she just started training for it this year and she has a lot of potential in that…so it was a great job on her part."
Competing in the 3,000-meter event for the Utes was sophomore Trina Moreno. Moreno finished in fourth place with a time of 10:07.05. In the last 100 meters, Moreno blew past four runners to secure the fourth-place finish. Also with this time Moreno set a new lifetime-best by 11 seconds.
Several more heats in the 3,000-meter event will compete on Saturday.
The Utes also competed in the distance medley relay (DMR) Friday night. The four runners that made up the Utah team were Megan Perkins, Madison Lanford, Melissa Taggart, and Dakota Grossman. This DMR team finished in 11th place with a time of 11:59.84. Taggart ran a great 800-meter leg and ran a new lifetime best of 2:15.
"I thought they all really ran hard and gave us a great effort," Kepler said. "I thought the kids did a really great job of competing and really fighting for every second and it was just a great day one."
The Utes are back in action Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. (PST), for day two of the UW Invitational.
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