Cavinta and Johnson Earn Gold on Final Day

Saturday, May 15

Fresno, Calif.

Boise State

Mountain West Championships - Day Three

5/16/2021 1:09:00 AM | Track & Field

Team Scores Men's Results Women's Results Photo Gallery

CLOVIS, Calif. – On the final day of the Mountain West Championships, Boise State track and field garnered a pair of gold medals in the women's 1,500-meter and the men's 400m hurdles.

Olivia Johnson, running in the 1,500m set a MW Championships record time of 4:19.86 to secure the overall victory. The mark also improved her personal best by nearly three seconds. For Johnson, it's her first-career MW title.

Ryan Cavinta cruised to the win and a personal best of 52.07 in the 400m hurdles. Cavinta is a first-time Mountain West Champion. Right behind him was fellow Bronco Jose Rubio, setting a PR of his own with a time of 52.33 and grabbing a silver medal for the effort.

In the morning field events, the Boise throwers made a mark on the leaderboard; Connor Bjornson PR'd twice to earn a sixth-place finish in a strong Mountain West field. Madelin Muilenburg added over three meters to her personal best in the women's javelin and was rewarded with a bronze-medal finish.

Running in the 800m, Boise State swept the bronze medals for both the men and the women. Jacob Grinwis clocked a time of 1:51.81. For the women, Kristie Schoffield ran her fastest 800 time of the year at 2:06.11.

The Bronco men's 4x400m relay team of Rubio, Chip Mitchell, Brayden Durfee and Cavinta blasted a time of 3:13.30 to earn the silver medal. That mark is the fastest time by a Boise State relay team this season by just over three seconds.

Boise State closed the MW Championships with a total medal count of nine (two gold, two silver, five bronze).

COMPETING BRONCOS
Women
800m – 3. Kristie Schoffield – 2:06.11, 4. MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:07.82, 7. Kelly Moodry – 2:09.44
1,500m – 1. Olivia Johnson – 4:19.86
5,000m – 6. Clare O'Brien – 16:00.56, 9. Olivia Johnson – 16:28.41, 11. Christina Geisler – 16:40.68, 12. Sailor Hutton – 16:44.21, 15. Malia Pivec – 16:50.99, 17. Yukino Parle – 16:55.73, 19. Claire Graves – 17:17.73, 20. Tiahna Vladic – 17:18.45
4x100m Relay – 8. (Laura Ellis, Kate White, Grace Oldham, Rebecca Troescher) – 50.60
4 x 400m Relay – (Kelly Moodry, MaLeigha Menegatti, Harlee Hales, Kristie Schoffield) – DNF
Javelin – 3. Madelin Muilenburg – 42.92m, 15. Liz Gaffney – 33.60m
Triple Jump – 13. Kate White – 11.20mw

Men
Javelin – 6. Connor Bjornson – 57.76m
100m – 6. Brayden Durfee – 10.78
200m – 7. Brayden Durfee – 21.67
800m – 3. Jacob Grinwis – 1:51.81
1,500m – 5. Jonathan Shields – 3:43.60, 10. Leif Everson – 3:52.45, 11. Ben Sherman – 3:58.49
5,000m – 7. Dario De Caro – 14:15.73, 13. Jack Leitch – 14:28.31, 18. Israel Anaya-Carmona – 14:37.72, 19. Murdoch McIntyre – 14:44.45, 20. Austen Apperson – 14:47.29, 26. Leif Everson – 15:16.93, 27. Ben Sherman – 15:23.04, Nathan Dunn - DNF, Jonathan Shields - DNF
400m Hurdles – 1. Ryan Cavinta – 52.07, 2. Jose Rubio – 52.33
4x400m Relay – 2. (Jose Rubio, Chip Mitchell, Brayden Durfee, Ryan Cavinta) – 3:13.30