Broncos Record Five Top-Five Finishes in Texas and Washington

Thursday, January 26

Lubbock, Texas

Boise State

Texas Tech Open & Multis

Broncos Record Five Top-Five Finishes in Texas and Washington

1/28/2023 9:27:00 PM | Track & Field

BOISE, Idaho – The Boise State track and field team registered five top-five finishes, as the Broncos split their squad, competing in both Texas (Jan. 26-28) and Washington (Jan. 27-28).

In Lubbock, Texas, senior MaLeigha Menegatti garnered a gold-medal finish at the Texas Tech Open & Multis, topping the podium in the women's 600-meter race with a time of 1:29.67.

Freshman Abby Stamper secured a top-five finish in the women's 600m, recording a personal best of 1:35.33.

The women's 4x400m relay concluded the meet, with the team of Alyssa Cullen, Menegatti, Nyenuchi Okemgbo, and Anita Taviore placing eighth, running the second-fastest time in program history (3:42.04).

Meanwhile, in Seattle, Wash., freshman Kaiya Robertson etched her name in the record book, running the fifth-fastest time in Bronco history in the women's mile (4:44.87).

In the women's 3000m, six of the eight Broncos set new personal records, including sophomores Lauren Larson and Abby Kendrick who improved their times by over 11 seconds each.

On the men's side, sophomore Ahmed Ibrahim garnered a fourth-place finish, notching the fifth-fastest time in the 3000m all-time (7:56.23).

Six Broncos earned personal bests in the men's 3000m, including sophomore Murdoch McIntyre who shattered his personal record by more than 20 seconds (8:07.11).

TEXAS TECH OPEN & MULTIS

WOMEN:

60m Hurdles – (Qualifying – Prelims) – 24th | Isabella Ales – 9.20

(Prelims) – 21st | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 9.08

60m – (Qualifying-Prelims) – 24th | Alyssa Cullen – 7.71 (PR), 31st | Emily Stefan – 7.76 (PR), 38th | Isabella Ales – 7.85 (PR)

60m (Prelims) – 23rd | Anita Taviore – 7.60

200m – 18th | Anita Taviore – 24.19, 61st | Emily Stefan – 25.48, 91st | Megan Dunakin – 26.19 (PR)

400m – 53rd | Megan Dunakin – 1:00.09 (PR)

600m – 1st | MaLeigha Menegatti – 1:29.67 (PR), 5th | Abby Stamper – 1:35.33 (PR), 9th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 1:41.91

4x400m Relay – 8th | Alyssa Cullen, MaLeigha Menegatti, Nyenuchi Okemgbo, Anita Taviore – 3:42.04 (second-fastest time in program history), 19th | Isabella Ales, Abby Stamper, Emily Stefan, Rebecca Vander Poel – 3:58.32

MEN:

60m (Prelims) – 21st | Wyatt Roseman – 7.16 (PR)

200m – 50th | David Pierce – 22.09

600m – 12th | Trent Missamore – 1:20.61, 18th | Caleb Stamper – 1:21.32

Triple Jump – 20th | Josh Nichols – 13.64m

4x400m Relay – DNF | Trent Missamore, David Pierce, Wyatt Roseman, Caleb Stamper

UW INVITATIONAL

WOMEN

5000m – 5th | Delaney Griffin – 16:38.98, DNF | Autumn Ost

MEN

800m – 9th | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:52.75 (PR), 24th | Ethan Florez – 1:55.86 (PR), 35th | Alex Thompson – 1:58.90 (PR)

Mile – 27th | Brogan Giffin – 4:07.76 (PR), 39th | Joe Hudson – 4:13.65 (PR), 40th | Trent Wigod – 4:14.32 (PR), 53rd | Aidan Roberts – 4:21.28

5000m – 5th | Joe Hudson – 14:19.22

Notables

· The Broncos combined for five top-five finishes at the Texas Tech Open & Multis and UW Invitational.

· 28 personal bests were registered between both meets.

Quotables

· "I'm happy today with our continued progress," said head coach Corey Ihmels. "Kaiya [Robertson], Autumn [Ost], and Ahmed [Ibrahim] were outstanding this afternoon. I'm excited to see where everyone is in a couple of weeks."

· "We're pleased with the progress we saw this weekend," said assistant coach Andy Green. "This meet is a great opportunity to run against elite competition and I think the athletes rose to the occasion. We're in a good spot right now and expect bigger marks in the coming weeks."

Top Broncos

· MaLeigha Menegatti notched a first-place finish in the women's 600m.

· Kaiya Robertson and Ahmed Ibrahim registered the fifth-fastest times in program history in the women's mile and men's 3000m, respectively.

Up Next

The Broncos head to Spokane, Wash., for the WSU Open and Combined Events, Feb. 2-4.