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NCAA Indoor Championships
Broncos Set for Indoor Track and Field National Championships
3/7/2019 4:29:00 PM | Track & Field
Quintet looks to have best-ever finish at an indoor national championship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Boise State track and field will conclude the 2018-19 indoor season this weekend with the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 8-9.
LOGISTICS: The two-day championship will be held at the Birmingham Crossplex, in Birmingham, Ala. Friday's action, beginning at 4:30 p.m. MT, while primarily be the preliminary rounds for the national championship. Saturday's finals will begin at 4 p.m. MT.
COMPETING BRONCOS: The Broncos qualified five women for the national championship, the second-consecutive season the program has advanced multiple athletes past the conference championships. Boise State will be the only women's program in the nation to be represented in all of the middle-distance and distance events (800m, mile, 3000m, 5000m and distance medley relay).
800m | 8. Kristie Schoffield- 2:04.34
Mile | 13. Alexis Fuller- 4:35.96
3000m | 4. Allie Ostrander- 8:55.26
5000m | 4. Allie Ostrander- 15:16.38
Distance Medley Relay | Boise State (Alexis Fuller, MaLeigha Menegatti, Kelly Moodry, Allie Ostrander, Kristie Schoffield) - 10:56.42
SCHEDULE (All times MT):
Friday
4:35 p.m. – Mile prelims (Fuller)
6:17 p.m. – 800m prelims (Schoffield)
7:07 p.m. – 5000m finals (Ostrander)
7:47 p.m. – Distance medley relay finals (Boise State)
Saturday
3:10 p.m. – Mile finals (Fuller)
4:30 p.m. – 800m finals (Schoffield)
5:10 p.m. – 3000m finals (Ostrander)
IN THE HUNT: With athletes entered in five different events, the Broncos have a chance to have their best team finish ever at the indoor national championships. Boise State has never scored more than 12 points on the women's side at an indoor national championship.
Currently ranked 13th in the USTFCCCA rankings index, the quintet is also looking to improve upon their tied for 17th-place finish in the team race last season – the best team finish for the women in program history.
OSTRANDER CHASING HISTORY: With two national titles to her name (2017-18 outdoor 3000m steeplechase), Ostrander is looking to become the first Boise State athlete to win three individual national titles in her career. If Ostrander were to accomplish the feat this weekend, she would become only the second Mountain West women's athlete to win three individual national titles in the sports of cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track field, over the course of their career.
Shanieka Thomas of San Diego State won the outdoor national crown in the triple jump in 2013, and won both the indoor and outdoor titles in the event in 2014.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE PART TWO: Ostrander is also attempting the 3000m/5000m double at the indoor national championships for the second time in her career. Coincidentally, she will attempt to double at the same site where she attempted her first. As a freshman, she qualified for the indoor national championships, held at the Birmingham Crossplex, but was unable to finish either race.
BREAKOUT SEASON FOR SCHOFFIELD: With a time of 2:04.34 set at the Husky Classic, Schoffield became only second woman in program history to qualify for the national championships in the indoor 800m. Former Bronco Sadi Henderson qualified in the event in both 2017 and 2018.
The sophomore is currently seeded eighth in the field, putting her in good position to qualify for the final.
FULLER STAYS CONSISTENT: A senior, Fuller will make her first appearance as an individual at an indoor national championship this weekend. Fuller appeared at last year's indoor national championship as a member of Boise State's distance medley relay, and qualified in the 1500m at the 2018 Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.
Fuller is the first Boise State woman to qualify in the mile since Niamh Beirne (1996). Her altitude-converted time of 4:35.96 seeds her 13th in the field.
LOGISTICS: The two-day championship will be held at the Birmingham Crossplex, in Birmingham, Ala. Friday's action, beginning at 4:30 p.m. MT, while primarily be the preliminary rounds for the national championship. Saturday's finals will begin at 4 p.m. MT.
COMPETING BRONCOS: The Broncos qualified five women for the national championship, the second-consecutive season the program has advanced multiple athletes past the conference championships. Boise State will be the only women's program in the nation to be represented in all of the middle-distance and distance events (800m, mile, 3000m, 5000m and distance medley relay).
800m | 8. Kristie Schoffield- 2:04.34
Mile | 13. Alexis Fuller- 4:35.96
3000m | 4. Allie Ostrander- 8:55.26
5000m | 4. Allie Ostrander- 15:16.38
Distance Medley Relay | Boise State (Alexis Fuller, MaLeigha Menegatti, Kelly Moodry, Allie Ostrander, Kristie Schoffield) - 10:56.42
SCHEDULE (All times MT):
Friday
4:35 p.m. – Mile prelims (Fuller)
6:17 p.m. – 800m prelims (Schoffield)
7:07 p.m. – 5000m finals (Ostrander)
7:47 p.m. – Distance medley relay finals (Boise State)
Saturday
3:10 p.m. – Mile finals (Fuller)
4:30 p.m. – 800m finals (Schoffield)
5:10 p.m. – 3000m finals (Ostrander)
IN THE HUNT: With athletes entered in five different events, the Broncos have a chance to have their best team finish ever at the indoor national championships. Boise State has never scored more than 12 points on the women's side at an indoor national championship.
Currently ranked 13th in the USTFCCCA rankings index, the quintet is also looking to improve upon their tied for 17th-place finish in the team race last season – the best team finish for the women in program history.
OSTRANDER CHASING HISTORY: With two national titles to her name (2017-18 outdoor 3000m steeplechase), Ostrander is looking to become the first Boise State athlete to win three individual national titles in her career. If Ostrander were to accomplish the feat this weekend, she would become only the second Mountain West women's athlete to win three individual national titles in the sports of cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track field, over the course of their career.
Shanieka Thomas of San Diego State won the outdoor national crown in the triple jump in 2013, and won both the indoor and outdoor titles in the event in 2014.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE PART TWO: Ostrander is also attempting the 3000m/5000m double at the indoor national championships for the second time in her career. Coincidentally, she will attempt to double at the same site where she attempted her first. As a freshman, she qualified for the indoor national championships, held at the Birmingham Crossplex, but was unable to finish either race.
BREAKOUT SEASON FOR SCHOFFIELD: With a time of 2:04.34 set at the Husky Classic, Schoffield became only second woman in program history to qualify for the national championships in the indoor 800m. Former Bronco Sadi Henderson qualified in the event in both 2017 and 2018.
The sophomore is currently seeded eighth in the field, putting her in good position to qualify for the final.
FULLER STAYS CONSISTENT: A senior, Fuller will make her first appearance as an individual at an indoor national championship this weekend. Fuller appeared at last year's indoor national championship as a member of Boise State's distance medley relay, and qualified in the 1500m at the 2018 Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.
Fuller is the first Boise State woman to qualify in the mile since Niamh Beirne (1996). Her altitude-converted time of 4:35.96 seeds her 13th in the field.
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