Broncos Record a Slew of Personal Bests in Weekend Competitions

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Broncos Record a Slew of Personal Bests in Weekend Competitions

2/11/2023 6:14:00 PM | Track & Field

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State track & field registered a total of 27 personal records at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., and Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., this weekend.

In her indoor track debut, sophomore Yasmin Marghini etched her name in the record book with a personal best and the fifth-fastest time in program history (9:19.95) in the women's 3000-meter at the Husky Classic. Six of the nine Broncos that ran in the women's 3000m registered personal records.

Freshman Kaiya Robertson bested her previous time by a second (4:43.15), moving up from fifth-fastest to fourth-fastest all-time in the women's mile.

On the men's side, a total of 10 Broncos recorded personal bests in their respective events.

Over in Albuquerque, MaLeigha Menegatti garnered a silver medal finish in the women's 800m, recording the fourth-fastest time in Bronco history.

Sophomore Anita Taviore finished 20th in the women's preliminary 60m dash with a time of 7.55, the fourth fastest in program history.

DON KIRBY ELITE INVITATIONAL
WOMEN'S RESULTS:
60m Hurdles (Qualifying-Prelims) – 25th | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 8.92, 55th | E. Stefan – 9.42
60m Dash (Qualifying-Prelims) – 31st | Alyssa Cullen – 7.75, 55th | Isabella Ales – 7.89
(Prelims) – 20th | Anita Taviore – 7.55 (fourth-fastest time in program history)
200m Dash (Unseeded) – 46th | Isabella Ales – 25.18 (PR), 61st | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 25.72, 67th | Megan Dunakin – 25.84 (PR), 84th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 26.59 (PR)
(Finals) – 12th | Anita Taviore – 23.78 (second-fastest time in program history)
400m (Unseeded) – 8th | Alyssa Cullen – 56.14 (PR), 36th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 59.25 (PR), 47th | Megan Dunakin – 1:01.76
800m – 2nd | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:05.92 (fourth-fastest time in program history), 12th | Abby Stamper – 2:17.68
High Jump – 34th | Alison Kremer – 1.57m
Triple Jump – 25th | Maggie Larson – 12.01m

MEN'S RESULTS:
60m Dash (Qualifying-Prelims) – 39th | Wyatt Roseman – 7.14
200m Dash (Finals) – 28th | David Pierce – 22.06
400m (Unseeded) – 36th | David Pierce – 50.76
800m – 14th | Trent Missamore – 1:54.49 (PR), 18th | Caleb Stamper – 1:58.09
Long Jump – 42nd | Josh Nichols – 6.46m
Triple Jump – 23rd | Josh Nichols – 14.04m

HUSKY CLASSIC
WOMEN'S RESULTS:
Mile – 22nd | Kaiya Robertson – 4:43.15 (PR; fourth-fastest time in program history), 52nd | Delaney Griffin – 4:50.28 (PR), 61st | Autumn Ost – 4:51.80 (PR), 95th | Elsa Wallenius – 4:59.16 (PR), 102nd | Lauren Larson – 5:01.14
3000m – 23rd | Yasmin Marghini – 9:19.95 (PR; fifth-fastest time in program history), 29th | Kaiya Robertson – 9:24.46 (PR), 44th | Delaney Griffin – 9:30.52 (PR), 66th | Ines Borba – 9:41.61, 76th | Hannah O'Connor – 9:47.79 (PR), 81st | Sunitha Black – 9:53.48 (PR), 85th | Samantha Wood – 9:54.34 (PR), 96th | Lauren Larson – 10:04.57, 106th | Tiahna Vladic – 10:23.17
5000m – 22nd | Abby Kendrick – 16:20.30 (PR), 36th | Autumn Ost – 16:32.57, 53rd | Ashley LaJocies – 17:15.33

MEN'S RESULTS:
800m – 30th | Ethan Florez – 1:55.30 (PR), 38th | Alex Thompson – 1:59.17
Mile – 46th | Brogan Giffin – 4:06.32 (PR), 48th | Mohammed Jouhari – 4:06.91 (PR), 57th | Angus Fitzgerald – 4:08.38, 101st | Aidan Roberts – 4:20.70
3000m – 46th | Ollie Newman – 8:12.29 (PR), 71st | Freddie Carcas – 8:18.98, 76th | Alex Durant – 8:24.08, 79th | Max Milarvie – 8:25.97 (PR), 85th | Trent Wigod – 8:30.51, 87th | Jack Tolbert – 8:32.82
5000m – 16th | Murdoch McIntyre – 13:55.86 (PR), 27th | Aidan Palmer – 14:02.69 (PR), 30th | Mohammed Jouhari – 14:06.42 (PR), 31st | Joe Hudson – 14:06.93 (PR), 32nd | Nathan Dunn – 14:08.63 (PR), 39th | Brogan Giffin – 14:16.00

Quotables

There was continued progress yesterday and today," said head coach Corey Ihmels. "I'm excited for us to get some time over the next few weeks to train before conference. We've had some great highlights so far, and a lot of people are competing better than ever."

Top Broncos

Kaiya Robertson moved up from fifth fastest to fourth fastest in the women's mile after registering a personal-best time of 4:43.15.
Yasmin Marghini ran the fifth-fastest time in Bronco history in the women's 3000m.
MaLeigha Menegatti placed second in the women's 800m, registering the fourth-fastest time in program history.

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