FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Utah track & field team closed out the first day at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on a high note with its DMR team repeating as All-Americans in the event on Friday evening inside the Randal Tyson Track Center.
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Bri Rinn opened the day's competition for Utah in the mile semifinals and just missed out on qualifying despite running the eighth-fastest time overall at 4:37.82. Her time in the mile at the championships became the fastest mark by a Ute in that event at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
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In the 200m dash semifinals, sophomore
Chelsea Amoah placed third in her heat and 13th-overall with a run of 23.08. After crossing that finish line, Amoah officially became Utah's first sprinter to compete at the indoor championships.
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Utah's DMR team of Rinn,
Emily Martin,
Kyla Martin and
Erin Vringer closed out the night repeating as First-Team All-Americans when they finished the race seventh-overall with a combined time of 10:52.58 – which would've been the second-fastest time in program history had that same group not run the sixth-fastest time in the NCAA last year.
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Erin Vringer will conclude Utah's time at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday, March 14, when she toes the line for the 3000m finals at 5:10 p.m. (MDT) on ESPN+.
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