The Wildcats Hit the Road for Windy City Invitational
Chigaco, Ill. – Arizona Track and Field travels to Chicago for the Windy City Invititaional & Multis on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12. The competition will start at 10:00 a.m MST on Friday with the high jump featuring Pac-12 leading jumper Talie Bonds. The running events kick off at 1:40 p.m. MST with the 5000m run.
37 athletes will compete in the Windy City, including Shannon Meisberger, Trayvion White-Austin, and Talie Bonds who are all within the top ten in the conference in their events.
A complete recap of the meet will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com. You can also follow @ArizonaTrack on twitter throughout the day for live updates.
The Wildcats split up last weekend, competing in the Ron Mann Classic in Flagstaff and the WSU Open and Invitational. In the Ron Mann Classic, Trayvion White-Austin placed second both the qualifying and final of the 60m dash with a 6.72 in his finals race. Freshman Carl Hicks topped the podium of the 400m dash at the Ron Mann Classic with a PR of 47.69.
At the WSU Open and Invitational, Jordan Geist won the Open competition in the men's weight throw with an impressive throw of 21.75m. Mackenna Orie threw a new PR in the women's shot put of 15.98m on the way to also breaking The Podium's arena record and placing first. Youssef Koudssi won the men's open shot put. Samantha Noennig threw in the women's invitational shot put today and came in first place with an amazing throw of 17.27m.
Who is Competing
Women's Side
Talie Bonds, Jenica Bosko, Maddy Christopher, Katie Daily, Grace Driskill, Anna Foreman, Neysia Howard, Meggie Karp, Ajaysha Lewis, Alisa Lyesina, Shannon Meisberger, Johnnie Mitchell, Rylee Perkins, Tiana Poirier-Shelton, Alexa Porpaczy, Hollan Powers, Diana Ramos, Xahria Santiago, Skylar Sieben
Men's Side
Isaac Davis, Dominic Gehr, Logan Hasher, Carl Hicks, Damien Jackson, Jacorey Jones, Jacob Kauffman, Shem Kemboi, Timothy Kibet, Tanner Kippes, Cade Russo, Ian Sanchez Lopez, Iker Sanchez Lopez, Ayden Schilb, Trent Stimac, Trayvion White-Austin, Calvin Wilson, Ivan Zaharchenko
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