Women's Track & Field | 4/6/2024 5:30:00 PM

(Las Vegas - April 6, 2024) - The Trailblazers set a pair of program records on Saturday at the UNLV ELITE meet hosted at Myron Patridge Stadium.

Leading the charge was a first-place finish from freshman Averie Perriton in the 3000 meters steeplechase. The Cheyenne, Wyo. native set a program record with a time of 11:07.09 cutting off more than 13 seconds off the previous record set by Skyler Storie.

The other program record set on Saturday came in the 4x400 meter relay with the team of Megan Jenkins, Addi Wyatt, Kelly Denninghoff and Whitney Christiansen taking third clocking a time of 3:49.32 to knock off over two seconds off the previous best mark. 

Other top performances came from Mackenzie Bradach in the triple jump (2nd), Lexi Larsen in the 1500 (2nd) & 800 meters (5th), Jenkins in the 100 meter hurdles (4th) and Lainee Leavitt in the high jump (5th).

On the men's side, six Trailblazers finished in the top eight in the 1500 meters led by Kyle Neuenschwander in third while Ryan Newton checked in eighth in the 800 meters.

The Trailblazers return to the track at the Southern Utah Coliseum Championships on April 20 in Cedar City.

Saturday's Top 8 Finishes

• Women's 4x100m Relay
  • 4. Ashlyn Parish, Rashawnna Gibson, Kooper Dennison, Jesse Fowler - 48.12
  • 6. Brittany Kuhn, Kaydance Sherwood, Sadie Edwards, Ashlyn Gilhula - 49.57
• Women's 1500 Meters
  • 2. Lexi Larsen - 4:48.00
  • 4. Mariah Skinner - 4:56.04
  • 6. Kinley Spaulding - 4:57.06 
  • 7. Charly Murie - 5:00.88
  • 8. Erin McKinnon - 5:01.15
• Men's 1500 Meters
  • 3. Kyle Neuenschwander - 4:06.39
  • 4. Ryan Newton - 4:07.67
  • 5. Aiden Hardy - 4:09.82
  • 6. Quinton Read - 4:13.96
  • 7. Collin Manning - 4:14.73
  • 8. Luke Howell - 4:14.94
• Women's 100 Meter Hurdles
  • 4. Megan Jenkins - 14.37
  • 6. Alaynie Wilcox - 14.92
  • 7. Reyes Hernandez - 15.40
  • 8. Madelynne Crawford - 15.56
• Women's 400 Meters
  • 7. Jenkins - 58.25
  • 8. Kelly Denninghoff - 58.91
• Women's 100 Meters
  • 6. Rashawnna Gibson - 11.92
• Women's 800 Meters
  • 5. Larsen - 2:16.85
  • 8. Addi Wyatt - 2:19.03
• Men's 800 Meters
  • 8. Newton - 1:58.66
• Women's 400 Meter Hurdles
  • 6. Hernandez - 1:08.58
  • 7. Wilcox - 1:10.15
  • 8. Emma Lloyd - 1:11.48
• Women's 3000 Steeplechase
  • 1. Averie Perriton - 11:07.09 - PROGRAM RECORD
  • 2. Spaulding - 11:41.97
• Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
  • 3. Jenkins, Wyatt, Denninghoff, Whitney Christiansen - 3:49.32 - PROGRAM RECORD
  • 5. Edwards, Sherwood, Ella Spear, Sunny Meyers - 4:00.03
  • 8. Kuhn, Crawford, Camilla Hamilton, Carly Cook - 4:08.32
• Women's High Jump
  • 5. Lainee Leavitt - 1.50m (4-11)
• Women's Triple Jump
  • 2. Mackenzie Bradach - 10.22m (33-6.5)