POCATELLO, Idaho - The College of Idaho men's and women's track and field teams began the 2023 season at the Stacy Dragila Open at Idaho State University on Saturday.
The season-opener saw
Sage Martin and
Abbey Shirts post NAIA "A" and "B" qualifying times, respectively in the mile. With conversions, Martin was fifth in a time of 4:57.80 to secure a "A" qualifying time and the third fastest time in the nation to date in the NAIA. Shirts was eighth in a converted time of 5:06.04 for a "B" qualifying mark. The time by Shirts is the 16
th fastest time in the nation to date.
Among the other top finishes for the College of Idaho was an eighth-place finish by
Charlotte Bowman in the 60m dash (8.02). Juniors
Roby Young and
Morgan Harrison finished sixth (5-0 ¼ / 1.53m) and eighth (4-10 ¼ / 1.48m), in the high jump.
Addison Trent and
Sophi Clay were 11
th (16-1 ½ / 4.91m) and 12
th (15-11 / 4.85m), respectively in the long jump. Clay and Jada Kinser were seventh (34-11 ¾ / 10.66m) and eighth (33-8 ¾ / 10.28m) in the triple jump. Kinser posted a pair of PRs on the day in the 200m dash (27.38) and 60m (8.43) dash.
In their College of Idaho debut,
Addison Trent was 16
th in the 60m (8.16),
Graycee Litton was 13th in the 400m dash (1:07.16) and
Zoe Butler was 13
th in her debut in the 800m run (2:30.53).
"We were really proud of our freshmen men and women," said head coach
Dominic Bolin. "This was their first collegiate competition and first indoor meet for many of them. They posted some good marks and competed tough. They didn't let the moment get too big for them."
On the men's side, long jumpers
Amari Evans and
Kade Setoki led the Yotes with a fifth (21-2 ¾ / 6.47m) and sixth (21-1 ¼ / 6.43m) finish, respectively.
Casey Senethavilay posted a time of 7.27 in the 60m dash on his way to a 13th-place finish. Plus, he finished 15
th in the 200m dash with a time of 23.60.
Tanner Sackman had a pair of career-best efforts with a toss of 49-6 ¼ (15.09m) in the weight throw on his way to an eighth-place finish and he was 10
th in the shot put with a heave of 44-09 (13.64m) and
Trajan Holtzen took 11
th in the 800m run with a time of 2:00.88.
