Track & Field Headed to Ogden This Weekend
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah track & field team is back at it again this weekend but won't have to go very far as it travels less than 50 miles to Ogden for the Weber State Indoor Invitational this Saturday, Jan. 30, at Stromberg Arena inside Swenson Gym.
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2021
Start Time: 10 a.m. (MT)
Location: Stromberg Arena inside Swenson Gym
Host: Weber State
Participants: Weber State, #24 BYU, Idaho, Idaho State, Utah, Utah Valley
STARTING BLOCK
After a successful start to the season the Utah track & field team won't have to travel very far as it competes at the Weber State Indoor Invitational this Saturday. The Utes will send 12 competitors to the meet and compete in four different events.
Of the 12 Women of Utah competing, Kelise Davis, Kaya Heideman, Delaney Gates, Annie Murdock, Bailey Kealamakia, Claire Rusovick, Martina Conner and Megan Curtin will be making their debut in the Red and White. Heideman and Gates will make their first appearance in the 55m while Murdock and Kealamakia make their collegiate debuts in the 400m. The distance crew will see Rusovick make her first appearance in the mile while Conner races in the 3k. Curtain will race unattached in the mile as well.
In addition to the newcomers making their debuts, Emma Earl will be racing for the first time in over a year competing in the Mile while Anna Busatto races in her first meet since MPSF Championships last season in the 3k.
UTAH ENTRANTS
55m Dash
Taylor Watson
Maya LeBar
Kelise Davis
Kaya Heideman
Delaney Gates
400m
Annie Murdock
Bailey Kealamakia
Mile
Emma Earl
Claire Rusovick
Megan Curtin (Unattached)
3k
Anna Busatto
Martina Conner
LAST TIME OUT
The Utah track & field team had good start to the season despite no practice nor have any racer ever compete inside Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium before, not to mention it being the first time anyone had competed in nearly a year.
Brooke Manson led the group of Utes in College Station, winning the 800m race with a mark of 2:10.12. Jackie Martin also made the podium for Utah, placing third in the 400m with a time of 55.84. Lauren O'Banion was just shy of the top-three with Martin in the 400m, finishing with a mark of 56.53.
Meanwhile, three other Utes recorded new personal records at the Aggie Invitational. Maya LeBar bested her previous 60m time, sprinting past the finish line with a time of 7.84 while Jasie York crushed her 800m PR time by nearly three seconds with a mark of 2:15.62. Ruby Jane Mathewson had a great day as well , setting PRs in both the 200m (26.08) and 400m (58.94).
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