POCATELLO, Idaho –
Abbey Shirts and
Sage Martin hit national qualifying marks in the mile and
Catylynn Duff broke her own school record in the weight throw, as The College of Idaho track team returned to action at the Stacy Dragila Open in Holt Arena.
Competing in a 40-person field, Shirts placed sixth overall with a time of 5:09.40 – but due to an altitude conversion, her converted time of 5:03.50 met the NAIA "A" qualifying standard. Martin was the benefactor of racing at 4,500-feet – as her tenth-place time of 5:18.59 was converted to 5:12.52 – meeting the "B" standard.
Duff had another big day – placing second in a deep weight throw field, launching her final attempt 17.90 meters (58 feet, 8.75 inches) – extending her lead among all NAIA competitors and breaking her own school mark by seven centimeters.
In the field events –
Emily Fox led the Yotes in the shot put (11.66 m / 38-3 ¼),
Sophi Clay had a solid effort in the triple jump (10.58 m / 34-8 ½),
Naeve Rodgers recorded the top long jump mark (4.91 m / 16-1 ½) and
Cassidy Stoddard paced the group in the high jump (1.53 m / 5-0 ¼).
On the track, Chloe Barlyski had C of I's top times in both the 60-meters (8.11) and 200-meters (27.00), with
Kahea Figueira posting a time of 2:29.68 in the 800-meters and
Larissa Mauer leading the Yotes in the 3,000-meters (11:04.68).
The team will be off next weekend, prepping for the Mountain State Games, Feb. 11-12.
