SUU Coliseum Championships
Host | Southern Utah
When | Thursday, May 1
Where | Eccles Coliseum - Cedar City, Utah
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Utah Tech track & field heads north for rival Southern Utah's SUU Coliseum Championships on Thursday in Cedar City. The championships will be the Trailblazers' final regular-season meet before the WAC Outdoor Championships in two weeks.

COMPETING TEAMS
Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Utah Valley

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All times Mountain and subject to change. Events list is not comprehensive and only shows likely events for Utah Tech women's track & field.

THURSDAY
Field Events
Time / Event
3:00 PM / High Jump

Running Events
Rolling schedule starting at 3:00 PM, with men's event followed by women's event.
100-Meter Hurdles
4x100-Meter Relay
Mile
100 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
400-Meter Hurdles
200 Meters
3,000 Meters
4x400-Meter Relay

RECORDS KEEP FALLING
The Trailblazers set five program records at their season-opening Utah Tech Invitational. Junior Laine Leavitt (High Jump, 1.65 meters, 5-5), senior Rashawnna Gibson (200 Meters, 24.35), senior Lexi Larsen (1,500 Meters, 4:32.24) and sophomore Whitney Christiansen (400 Meters, 54.79) all broke individual records. The Trailblazers also set a new 4x100-meter relay record with a time of 46.29. Gibson, Christiansen, junior Brittany Kuhn and freshman Adaorah Okafor ran the relay.

Christiansen set the Trailblazers' sixth program record of the season (800 meters, 2:09.94) at the UNLV Rebel ELITE on April 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Senior Kylie Bishop smashed the UT high jump record with a mark of 1.69 meters (5-6.5) to win the event at the CSU Fullerton-hosted Fullerton Friday Night Lights on April 11 in Fullerton, California.

Sophomore Averie Perriton finished fifth with a time of 11:03.82 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for a new program record at the Leopard Invitational on April 17.

On April 18, Larsen broke her 1,500 meters record by over two seconds (4:30.12) at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

WAC LEADERBOARD
On the 2025 WAC Outdoor Performance List, 14 Trailblazer marks rank in the top 10 across all events this season.

100 Meters
10. Rashawnna Gibson, 11.78

400 Meters
5. Whitney Christiansen, 54.79
9. Megan Jenkins, 55.71

800 Meters
3. Whitney Christiansen, 2:09.94
8. Lexi Larsen, 2:12.75

100-Meter Hurdles
3. Ashlyn Parish, 13.71
7. Brittany Kuhn, 13.94

400-Meter Hurdles
2. Megan Jenkins, 59.68
6. Ilenia DeHart, 1:02.48
7. Brittany Kuhn, 1:02.86

4x100-Meter Relay
5. Utah Tech (Okafor, Gibson, Christiansen, Fowler), 46.29

4x400-Meter Relay
4. Utah Tech (Christiansen, Jenkins, DeHart, Sampson), 3:49.91

High Jump
5. Kylie Bishop, 1.69 meters (5-6.5)
9. Lainee Leavitt, 1.65 meters (5-5)

LAST TIME OUT
Utah Tech track & field wrapped up another successful week with two program records and nine top-eight finishes across two concurrent meets in Southern California on April 17 and 18. 

On Thursday night at the La Verne-hosted Leopard Invitational, sophomore Averie Perriton took fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:03.82. Perriton is once again at the apex of the Trailblazer record books, besting her former program record of 11:07.09 set last season.

In the 10,000 meters, freshman Isabela Coffman and sophomore Charly Murie finished seventh and eighth at 37:45.88 and 37:49.71, respectively.

Sophomore Addie Payne placed third in her section of the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:51.38 to log UT's first top-eight mark of Friday.

In their section of the 800 meters, junior Savannah Eatough finished third at 2:17.37, while senior Sadie Edwards followed in eighth at 2:19.77.

Sophomore Aiden Hardy of the men's cross country team took second with a time of 3:57.76 in his section of the 1,500 meters.

On Friday at the Azusa Pacific-hosted Bryan Clay Invitational, senior Kylie Bishop and junior Lainee Leavitt placed sixth and seventh with tantamount marks of 1.58 meters (5-2.25) in the high jump, respectively.

Senior Lexi Larsen can tout another program record after posting a time of 4:30.12 in the 1,500 meters on Friday night. Larsen effaced her previous record of 4:32.24 set last month.

2024 SEASON RECAP
UT competed in six meets last outdoor season, setting nine program records. At the 2024 WAC Outdoor Championships, six Trailblazers earned all-conference honors. Junior Megan Jenkins was named First Team All-WAC for finishing third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.85.

HEAD COACH DERRICK ATKINS
Head coach Derrick Atkins is in his fifth season at the helm of Utah Tech track & field in 2025. 

With his guidance, Utah Tech has set school records in 19 indoor events and 18 outdoor events, with 17 of those records achieved during the 2024 seasons. The Trailblazer set nine program records during the 2025 indoor season.

UT has also excelled academically under Atkins, with 10 Trailblazers earning academic all-WAC honors during the 2024 indoor season and 25 Trailblazers earning the same honor during the 2024 outdoor season.

UP NEXT
Utah Tech will open the postseason at the WAC Outdoor Championships on Thursday-Saturday, May 15-17, at Maverick Stadium in Arlington, Texas. UT Arlington is serving as the host institution.