Utah Tech women's track will open up its 2023 Indoor Season at the BYU Indoor Invitational. This is the team's first of three indoor meets before the 2023 WAC Indoor Championships.
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The Trailblazers will compete in nine different events at the BYU Indoor Invitational, including one field event on Friday and eight running events on Saturday.
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BYU INVITATIONAL FIELD: Utah Tech will be joined by host BYU, Utah State, and Idaho State, Weber State to make up the five-team field at the meet.
UTAH TECH COMPETITORS: The Trailblazers will kick off the weekend on Friday with
Kylie Bishop,
Morgan Callens and
Lainee Leavitt competing in the high jump.
Utah Tech will compete in the majority of its events on Saturday. Starting off the day for the Trailblazers will be Madelynne Crawford,
Megan Jenkins,
Brittany Kuhn,
Emma Lloyd and
Ashlyn Parish compete in the 60 meter hurdles.
Up next Mary Fallon, Ashlynn Gilhula, Alaynah Reed, Kuhn and Parish will compete in the 60 meter race.
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Five Trailblazers will compete in the 400 meter, including Madelynne Crawford, Kelly Denninghoff, Sadie Edwards, Camilla Hamilton and Megan Jenkins. Alexia Corona, Savannah Eatough, Mariah Skinner, Kinley Spaulding and Addi Wyatt will compete in the one-mile race.
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Utah Tech will field seven competitors in the 200 meter, including Denninghoff, Fallon, Gilhula, Kuhn, Lloyd, Parish and Reed. Nya Farnsworth,
Rylee Jacobsen, Lexi Laresen,
Shakayla Morgan,
Brooklyn Smith and
Kirstin Williams will compete in the 3000m.
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UT will close the weekend with a 4x400 relay team.
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2022 ROSTER: Utah Tech enters the 2022 Indoor Season with 29 student-athletes on the roster, including 12 freshmen, 13 sophomores, and three juniors and one senior, with athletic eligibility based on the 2020-21 COVID-19 blanket waiver for an extra year of eligibility.
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COACHING STAFF: Derrick Atkins begins his third season as head coach at Utah Tech, and is joined by assistants
Justin Decker (Distance),
Elizabeth Cook (Distance), and
Ross Decker as a volunteer assistant.
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UP NEXT: The Trailblazers will travel to Flagstaff, Arizona for their indoor meet at Northern Arizona the January 19-21.
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