(St. George, Utah – Jan. 31, 2024) - The Utah Tech indoor track and field team heads back to Northern Arizona on Friday for the Ron Mann Classic hosted at Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff.
COMPETING TEAMS
CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona, Southern Utah, Utah Tech, UC Riverside
TRAILBLAZERS SET FOUR PROGRAM RECORDS AT NAU LUMBERJACK TEAM CHALLENGE
Utah Tech notched four program records, ten top-eight finishes and 18 personal bests at the NAU Lumberjack Team Challenge on Jan. 19.
Matching her program record set last season in the 60 meter hurdles, sophomore
Ashlyn Parish posted a time of 8.80 in the prelims before going on to take seventh in the finals.
A week after setting the 400 meter record at the BYU Cougar Invitational, freshman
Whitney Christiansen raced to a time of 58.20 knocking nearly a second off her previous time program record time of 59.16 to place sixth in the event.
Junior
Rashawnna Gibson knocked off 0.02 seconds off of her own program record in the 60 meters clocking a time of 7.75. Finally, freshman
Kaydance Sherwood set a new program mark in the 200 meters with a speedy time of 25.72.
NINE TRAILBLAZERS HEAD INTO MEET WITH TOP FIVE TIMES/MARKS IN THE FIELD
- High Jump
- 60m Hurdles
- 400 Meters
- 800 Meters
- 3000 Meters
- 4x400 Meter Relay
TRAILBLAZERS SET PAIR OF PROGRAM RECORDS AT BYU COUGAR INVITATIONAL
Utah Tech notched a pair of program records, eight top-eight finishes and 19 personal bests at the BYU Cougar Invitational on Jan. 12-13.
Junior
Lexi Larsen raced to a first-place showing in the 1000 meters in a time of 3:09.74 and freshman
Whitney Christiansen placed 10th in the 400 meters with a time of 59.16.
LOOK BACK AT BYU DECEMBER INVITATIONAL
The Trailblazers got the indoor season underway at the BYU December Invitational on Dec. 8-9 posting three new program records and 26 personal bests.
Program records came in the
Rashawnna Gibson in the 60 meters (7.77),
Kaydance Sherwood in the 300 meters (41.63) and
Ryan Mendez (1:18.34) in the 500 meters.
Junior
Sadie Edwards placed eighth in the 800 meters clocking a time of 2:21.82 while in the sprints, sophomore
Ashlyn Parish checked in 10th in the 60 meter hurdles breaking the nine-second mark at 8.99.
RETURNERS
Utah Tech brings back 22 returners this season with 10 sophomores and 12 juniors. Junior
Addi Wyatt is back as a mid-distance runner after earning All-WAC honors in the 800 meters in the outdoor season last season.
NEWCOMERS
The Trailblazers welcome 18 newcomers to the team this season with six distance runners, eight sprinters, two sprinters/hurdlers, one hurdler and one jumper/sprinter.
INDOOR SEASON
The Blazers close out the regular season at Idaho State for the Mountain State Games next weekend on Feb. 9-10 before the indoor season wraps up at the WAC Indoor Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Feb. 19-20.
HEAD COACH DERRICK ATKINS
Head coach
Derrick Atkins is in his fourth season as the head coach of the track and field team in 2024.
With his guidance, the Trailblazers have achieved significant success setting 16 school records in outdoor events and 12 in indoor events, with 10 of those records being set in the 2023 season alone.
Not only has the team excelled athletically, but they have also excelled academically. They earned 20 Indoor Academic All-Conference honors and 45 Academic All-Conference honors outdoor.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- FRIDAY
- Field Events
- 2:00 PM - Long Jump - 1 entry, Triple Jump, Pole Vault
- 3:00 PM - Shot Put
- 4:00 PM - High Jump - 2 entries
- Running Events
- 4:00 PM - 60m Hurdles - Prelims - 5 entries
- 4:24 PM - 60m dash - Prelims - 8 entries
- 5:03 PM - 1 Mile - 8 entries
- 5:33 PM - 600 meters
- 5:50 PM - 60m Hurdles - Finals
- 6:06 PM - 60m dash - Finals
- 6:12 PM - 400 meters - 8 entries
- 6:42 PM - 800 meters - 7 entries
- 6:59 PM - 200 meters - 16 entries
- 7:57 PM - 3000 meters - 3 entries
- 8:25 PM - 4x400m Relay - 4 entries
