Broncos Dominate in Opening Meet of Season

Saturday, March 20

Las Vegas, Nev.

Boise State

UNLV Spring Invitational Sheila Tarr-Smith Multis

3/20/2021 7:04:00 PM | Track & Field

Broncos Dominate in Opening Meet of Season
LAS VEGAS – Boise State track and field made its 2020-21 outdoor-season debut, Saturday at the UNLV Spring Invitational Sheila Tarr-Smith Multis.

In their first meet in over 650 days, the Broncos turned in a strong showing, including 12 personal bests and four event wins.

Sophomore Chip Mitchell started things off for the Broncos, running in the 400-meter dash. He earned a second–place finish with a time of 49.81 just .06 off his personal best.

In the women's 800m, junior MaLeigha Menegatti secured the first win of the season for Boise State, clocking a personal best of 2:09.99. Seniors Jose Rubio and Ryan Cavinta added a one-two finish in the men's 400m hurdles.

Both the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams took home the top spot with times of 3:17.27 and 3:46.67, respectively.

Women
200m – 2. Anita Taviore (23.32), 22. Laura Ellis (25.56)
800m – 1. MaLeigha Menegatti (2:09.99), 2. Kelly Moodry (2:11.22), 9. Rebecca Troescher (2:18.21), 12. Harlee Hales (2:18.71)
4x400m Relay –   1. (MaLeigha Menegatti,  Anita Taviore, Kelly Moodry, Harlee Hales) – 3:46.67
Long Jump – 13. Laura Ellis (5.40m), 25. Grace Oldham (5.10m), 28. Kate White (5.04m)
Triple Jump – 14. Grace Oldham (11.01), Kate White (NM)
Javelin – 12. Liz Gaffney (38.41), 15. Madelin Muilenburg (37.44)

Men
200m – 17. David Pierce (22.05), 18. Brayden Durfee (22.10), 23. Mason Leatham (22.34)
400m – 2. Chip Mitchell (49.81)
400m Hurdles –  1. Jose Rubio (54.16), 2. Ryan Cavinta (54.55)
4x400m Relay –  1. (Brayden Durfee, Ryan Cavinta, Chip Mitchell, David Pierce) – 3:17.27
Javelin – 7. Connor Bjornson (56.30m)
*Bold and Italic for personal best