EUGENE, Ore. – The Utah track & field team wrapped up its weekend at the Oregon Team Invitational on Saturday inside Hayward Field behind an event victory, section wins and a host of new personal bests.
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Lindsey Peters,
Mackenzie Rogers and
Grace Moroney got the evening started for Utah in the 1500m invite. Peters secured a seventh-overall finish thanks to a PR time of 4:17.05 – which was also good for eighth on the all-time list. Rogers wasn't far back to place ninth-overall after running a new personal best mark of 4:21.46 while Moroney rounded things out for Utah in the race at 4:33.0
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In section one of the 100m hurdles, María Alvarado and
Lela Divinity finished 1-2 with Alvarado edging out Divinity in the final 20 meters with a time of 14.17 while Divinity crossed at the 14.36 mark. Alvarado ended up in fourth-overall while Divinity finished in ninth.
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Running in her first outdoor 400m dash,
Kinzlee Riddle finished seventh-overall after securing a time of 56.69.
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Matejah Mangum picked up a third-place finish in the 100m dash and was just .03 off her PR after crossing the finish line in 11.64.
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Kyla Martin kicked it into the gear down the straightaway in the 800m run to place third-overall with her time of 2:05.81 while
Madi Hulsey ran a season-best 2:07.39 to take sixth-overall.
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Divinity then went out and won her section of the 400m hurdles behind a new PR of 1:00.07 – which was good for fifth-overall. Alvarado, who was also in the same section, clocked in at 1:03.73 for a narrow PR as well.
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Chelsea Amoah made a splash in her 200m debut this season, winning the event with a PR time of 23.23 to improve her hold of the No. 2 spot at Utah. Mangum was right on her tails to secure second-place behind a new PR time of 23.67 and bumped her up to No. 4 on the all-time list.
Haley Duvall was just shy of completing the podium sweep for Utah as she finished in 24.53 for fourth.
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Sona Kourilova finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase behind a time of 10:22.64. Over in the high jump,
Glo Hussey finished in eighth after jumping a height of 1.64m (5-4.5).
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Utah mixed up its 4x400m relay team on Saturday, starting things off with Duvall followed by Martin, Riddle and Amoah as the anchor leg. The quartet would finish fourth-overall with a time of 3:41.95 to end the weekend in Eugene, Ore., for the Women of Utah.
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The Utes will have a short turnaround as it heads to the famed blue oval this upcoming Wednesday for the 116th running of the Drake Relays (April 23-25).
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