Broncos Capture Trio of Top-Three Finishes

Thursday, April 13

Azusa, Calif.

Boise State

Bryan Clay Invitational

Photo by: Tyler McFarland

4/16/2023 1:07:00 AM | Track & Field

BOISE, Idaho - Boise State's track and field team collected three top-three finishes at the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., April 14-15.

The Broncos kicked off the weekend with a bronze-medal finish in the women's 4x100-meter relay with a time of 45.75, the fifth-fastest in Bronco history.

MaLeigha Menegatti also earned a bronze medal for her performance in the women's 400m dash with a personal-best time of 54.66.

Closing out the weekend, Alyssa Cullen, Menegatti, Nyenuchi Okemgbo and Anita Taviore recorded a podium finish in the women's 4x400m relay. The quartet garnered a silver medal with a time of 3:41.22, tied for the third-fastest performance in program history.

Boise State also competed in Azusa, Calif., April 13-15, at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

In Azusa, Kaiya Robertson etched her name in the record book, posting a time of 4:18.68 in the women's 1500m Invite. Her performance marked the fifth fastest in program history and was a personal best.

RESULTS

Beach Invitational
Friday

Women
Long Jump – 10th | Kenna DeLemos – 5.28m (PR)

Men
Javelin Throw – 27th | Connor Bjornson – 51.92m

Saturday

Women
100m Dash – 52nd | Kenna DeLemos – 12.72 (PR), 55th | Khadijat Tajudeen – 12.80
100m Hurdles – 37th | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 14.52, 42nd | Emily Stefan – 14.80 (PR)
200m Dash – 54th | Megan Dunakin – 26.62 (PR)
400m Dash – 3rd | MaLeigha Menegatti – 54.66 (PR), 36th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 59.53 (PR)
400m Hurdles – 23rd | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 1:02.79, 38th | Isabella Ales – 1:05.56
4x100m Relay – 3rd | Team A – 45.75 (PR; fifth-fastest time in program history)
4x400m Relay – 2nd | Team A – 3:41.22 (tied for third-fastest time in Bronco history), 11th | Team B – 4:00.71
High Jump – 26th | Alison Kremer – 1.51m

Men
400m Dash – 41st | Trent Missamore – 51.16 (PR)

Bryan Clay Invitational
Thursday

Women
Steeplechase – 78th | Abby Kendrick – 10:49.73 (PR)
10k Invite – 18th | Autumn Ost – 34:06.63 (PR)

Men
Steeplechase – 44th | Murdoch McIntyre – 8:59.79
10k Invite – 27th | Joe Hudson – 29:16.77 (PR), 28th | Aidan Palmer – 29:25.56 (PR), 30th | Max Milarvie – 29:30.44 (PR)

Friday

Women
800m Open – 106th | Abby Stamper – 2:17.80
800m Invite – 12th | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:03.98 (PR)
5k Open A (Heat 2) – 10th | Samantha Wood – 17:01.58 (PR), 18th | Sunitha Black – 17:09.54 (PR)
5k Open B – 39th | Lauren Larson – 17:41.44
5k Invite (Heat 2) – 15 | Yasmin Marghini – 16:11.83
(Heat 3) – Delaney Griffin – 17:10.01
(Heat 4) – Ines Borba – 16:33.80

Men
800m Open – 43rd | Trent Missamore – 1:53.46 (PR), 101st | Caleb Stamper – 1:56.31
800m Invite – 117th | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:52.82
5k Open A (Heat 1) – 19th | Trent Wigod – 14:46.48
(Heat 2) – 19th | Alex Durant – 14:38.41 (PR)
(Heat 4) – 21st | Ben Sherman – 14:21.83 (PR)
(Heat 5) – 23rd | Brogan Giffin – 14:18.36
5k Invite (Heat 1) – 18th | Jonathan Shields – 13:49.65
(Heat 3) – 10th | Ahmed Ibrahim – 13:50.88 (PR)
(Heat 4) – 6th | Freddie Carcas – 13:55.77 (PR)

Saturday

Women
1500m Open A – 18th | Isabella Frisone – 4:38.76 (PR), 45th | Sunitha Black – 4:43.65 (PR)
1500m Open B – 57th | Elsa Wallenius – 4:32.22, 108th | Samantha Wood – 4:35.79 (PR), 177th | Lauren Larson – 4:46.83
1500m Invite – 49th | Kaiya Robertson – 4:18.68 (PR; fifth-fastest time in program history), 116th | Yasmin Marghini – 4:25.46, 133rd | Ines Borba – 4:27.39 (PR), 155th | Delaney Griffin – 4:32.94

Men
1500m Open A – 9th | Ollie Newman – 3:46.80 (PR), 16th | Brogan Giffin – 3:47.28 (PR), 58th | Angus Fitzgerald – 3:49.65, 138th | Ben Sherman – 3:53.57 (PR), 170th | Alex Durant – 3:57.81 (PR)
1500m Open B – 42nd | Jack Tolbert – 3:52.85 (PR), 117th | Austen Apperson – 3:56.60, 146th | Aidan Roberts – 3:58.22, 187th | Trent Wigod – 4:03.80 (PR)
1500m Invite – 60th | Jonathan Shields – 3:43.38, 151st | Freddie Carcas – 3:51.09

Top Broncos

MaLeigha Menegatti secured Boise State's lone individual top-three performance, finishing third in the women's 400m dash at the Beach Invitational.
Kaiya Robertson ran the fifth-fastest time in Bronco history in the women's 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational.