Menegatti Wins Gold at Mountain West Indoor Championships

Thursday, February 23

Albuquerque, N.M.

Boise State

Mountain West Championships (Indoor)

MaLeigha Menegatti smiles as she wins the women's 800m at the MW Indoor Championships 2023, breaking the conference, meet, and school record.

Menegatti Wins Gold at Mountain West Indoor Championships

2/25/2023 6:38:00 PM | Track & Field

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Senior MaLeigha Menegatti highlighted the Broncos' action-packed weekend at the 2023 Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 23-25, capturing gold in the women's 800-meter run.

With her time of 2:03.83, Menegatti bested Nevada's Halyn Senegal by nearly six seconds.

Menegatti's gold-medal performance broke a 13-year-old MW Indoor Championships record, conference record, and school record.

The Blue and Orange collected three medals (two silver and one bronze) in addition to Menegatti's gold this weekend.

On Thursday, the women's distance medley relay team garnered the Broncos' first podium finish of the weekend, capturing the silver medal.

The quartet of Delaney Griffin, Rebecca Vander Poel, MaLeigha Menegatti, and Kaiya Robertson posted a time of 11:32.08.

Sophomore Anita Taviore picked up a silver medal in the women's 60m dash, breaking her own school record with a mark of 7.37.

On the men's side, sophomore Ahmed Ibrahim took bronze in the men's 3,000m, posting a time of 8:13.29.

As a team, the Bronco women, and men both finished seventh overall, with 37 and 28 points, respectively.

RESULTS
THURSDAY
Women
Pentathlon (finals) – 10th | Emily Stefan – 3445 points (PR; Fifth-best performance)
5000m (finals) – 11th | Autumn Ost – 17:17.58, 13th | Abby Kendrick – 17:39.66
DMR (finals) – 2nd | Delaney Griffin, Rebecca Vander Poel, MaLeigha Menegatti, Kaiya Robertson – 11:32.08

Men
5000m (finals) – 6th | Murdoch McIntyre – 14:25.88, 8th | Ahmed Ibrahim – 14:28.46, 9th | Aidan Palmer – 14:32. 77, 12th | Joe Hudson – 14:41.85, 15th | Nathan Dunn – 14:50.20, 16th | Alex Durant – 14:51.76, 18th | Freddie Carcas – 15:00.97, 19th | Trent Wigod – 15:13.04, 21st | Max Milarvie – 15:30.28, 22nd | Ben Sherman – 15:52.44
DMR (finals) – 5th | Brogan Giffin, Caleb Stamper, Angus Fitzgerald, Mohammed Jouhari – 10:00.85

FRIDAY
Women
60m Dash (prelims) – 3rd | Anita Taviore – 7.45 (Qualified), 15th | Alyssa Cullen – 7.65, 24th | Isabella Ales – 7.79 (PR)
60m Hurdles (prelims) – 13th | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 8.86
200m (prelims)  – 3rd | Anita Taviore – 23.65 (PR; Qualified), 18th | Isabella Ales – 24.63 (PR)
400m (prelims)  – 25th | Megan Dunakin – 59.25 (PR), 28th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 1:01.27
800m (prelims)  – 1st | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:09.29 (Qualified), 8th | Abby Stamper – 2:14.22 (Qualified)
Mile (prelims) – 2nd | Kaiya Robertson – 4:55.13 (Qualified), 5th | Delaney Griffin – 4:55.93 (Qualified), 14th | Ines Borba – 4:59.89, 18th | Hannah O'Connor – 5:08.49, 19th | Elsa Wallenius – 5:09.69, 21st | Samantha Wood – 5:14.69, 23rd | Lauren Larson – 5:27.09
High Jump (trials and finals) – 13th | Alison Kremer – 1.57m

Men
200m (prelims)  – 16th | David Pierce – 21.91
800m (prelims)  – 6th | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:54.14 (Qualified),  8th | Trent Missamore – 1:55.64 (Qualified), 11th | Caleb Stamper – 1:57.98, 13th | Ethan Florez – 2:02.65
Mile (prelims) – 6th | Mohammed Jouhari – 4:13.00 (Qualified), 8th | Ollie Newman – 4:12.89 (PR; Qualified), 13th | Jonathan Shields – 4:15.65, 16th | Jack Tolbert – 4:17.02 (PR), 17th | Brogan Giffin – 4:22.18, 18th | Aidan Roberts – 4:37.18
Long Jump (trials and finals) – 11th | Josh Nichols – 6.62m

SATURDAY
Women
60m (finals) – 2nd | Anita Taviore – 7.37 (PR; School Record)
200m (finals) – 5th | Anita Taviore – 23.89
800m (finals) – 1st | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:03.83 (PR; School Record; MW Indoor Championships Record; Conference Record), 8th | Abby Stamper – 2:18.19
Mile (finals) – 6th | Kaiya Robertson – 4:56.36, 8th | Delaney Griffin – 5:02.06
3000m (finals) – 14th | Autumn Ost – 9:56.17 - 18th | Abby Kendrick – 10:03.22, 23rd | Elsa Wallenius – 10:07.88 (PR), 24th | Ines Borba – 10:08.14, 27th | Delaney Griffin – 10:15.12, 33rd | Sunitha Black – 10:32.48, 34th | Lauren Larson – 10:40.64
4x400m Relay (finals) – 9th | Cullen, Okemgbo, Ales, Menegatti – 5:53.11
Triple Jump (trials and finals) – 7th | Maggie Larson – 12.13m

MEN
800m (finals) – 6th | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:52.73, 8th | Trent Missamore – 1:54.55
Mile (finals) – 6th | Mohammed Jouhari – 4:08.38, 8th | Ollie Newman – 4:09.95 (PR)
3000m (finals) – 3rd | Ahmed Ibrahim – 8:13.29, 13th | Murdoch McIntyre – 8:21.97, 15th | Joe Hudson – 8:24.77, 18th | Nathan Dunn – 8:26.59, 20th | Jonathan Shields – 8:28.92, 21st | Brogan Giffin – 8:29.63, 22nd | Aidan Palmer – 8:30.82, 24th | Freddie Carcas – 8:32.19, 26th | Alex Durant – 8:35.65, 27th | Ben Sherman – 8:38.80, 29th | Ollie Newman – 8:39.52, 30th | Jack Tolbert – 8:40.18, 31st | Trent Wigod – 8:41.32, 34th | Max Milarvie – 8:49.72
4x400m Relay (finals) – 6th | David Pierce, Caleb Stamper, Ethan Florez, - 3:21.92
Triple Jump (trials and finals) – 7th | Josh Nichols – 14.28m

Quotables

"MaLeigha [Menegatti] was spectacular, any time you can set the overall conference record and championship record you've done something really special," said head coach Corey Ihmels.
"I'm really proud of the way we competed," said Ihmels. "Everyone needs to keep working to move themselves forward as we head outdoors."
"I'm overjoyed for [MaLeigha Menegatti]," said assistant coach Gavin O'Neal. "This has been a few years in the making. She's come close to conference titles in the past but fell just short. For her to win, and break the school, meet, and conference record was incredible."

Top Broncos

MaLeigha Menegatti garnered two podium finishes this weekend, winning gold in the women's 800m and silver in the women's distance medley relay.
Anita Taviore registered a silver-medal finish in the women's 60m dash, beating her school record with a time of 7.37.
Ahmed Ibrahim won bronze in the men's 3,000m.

Notables

Boise State earned points in 12 different events over the weekend.
Emily Stefan recorded a personal best and the fifth-best performance all-time in the women's pentathlon, earning 3445 points.
Ten Broncos qualified for the finals of their respective events.
Ten Boise State student-athletes set personal records.

What's Next
The Broncos will take a few weeks off before heading to San Diego, Calif., to open the outdoor track & field season, March 25.