Menegatti Wins Women’s 800m at Conference Championships

Thursday, May 11

Fresno, Calif.

Boise State

MW Championships (Outdoor)

MaLeigha Menegatti after placing first at the 2023 MW Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the women's 800m.

Photo by: Tyler McFarland

Menegatti Wins Women’s 800m at Conference Championships

5/13/2023 11:59:00 PM | Track & Field

CLOVIS, Calif. – MaLeigha Menegatti captured the gold medal in the women's 800-meter race at the 2023 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships, May 11-13.

The senior clocked a time of 2:02.41 in the final Saturday, breaking the conference meet record.

Menegatti qualified for the women's 800m final during the first day of the championships, besting her competition by over two seconds with a time of 2:05.38.

Yasmin Marghini also earned hardware at the conference championships, placing third in the women's 5000m with a time of 16:07.40.

The Broncos closed the meet with a bronze-medal performance in the women's 4x400m relay.

The quartet of Alyssa Cullen, Anita Taviore, Nyenuchi Okemgbo, and Menegatti registered a time of 3:39.16, setting a school record.

As a team, the Bronco women placed ninth overall with 39 points. On the men's side, Boise State took eighth, tallying 23 points.

MW CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Day 1
Women's
200m (Prelims) – 9th | Alyssa Cullen – 24.15 (Q, PR), 14th | Anita Taviore – 24.48, 20th | Khadijat Tajudeen – 25.55, 24th | Megan Dunakin – 26.34, 26th | Kenna DeLemos – 26.63 (PR)
400m Hurdles (Prelims) – 1st| Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 59.64 (Q), 17th | Isabella Ales – 1:03.50
800m (Prelims) – 1st | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:05.38 (Q), 19th | Abby Stamper – 2:20.93
10k (Final) – 5th | Freddie Carcas – 30:38.06 (PR), 6th | Joe Hudson – 30:42.66, 7th | Aidan Palmer – 30:43.30, 9th | Max Milarvie – 30:43.84, 12th | Alex Durant – 31:36.95 (PR)
Men's
200m (Prelims) – 16th | David Pierce – 21.99
800m (Prelims) – 3rd | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:53.59 (Q), 6th | Trent Missamore – 1:55.33 (Q), 13th | Caleb Stamper – 1:59.07
Javelin (Final) – 7th | Connor Bjornson – 53.33m

Day 2
Women's
100m (Prelims) – 15th | Khadijat Tajudeen – 12.60 (PR), 17th | Kenna DeLemos – 12.81
400m (Prelims) – 18th | Rebecca Vander Poel – 1:01.47
1500m (Prelims) – 4th | Kaiya Robertson – 4:27.05 (Q), 8th | Elsa Wallenius – 4:28.60 (Q, PR), 11th | Ines Borba – 4:30.48 (Q), 20th | Samantha Wood – 4:38.26, 21st | Lauren Larson – 4:38.51 (PR), 22nd | Delaney Griffin – 4:39.52, 23rd | Sunitha Black – 4:44.05, 26th | Isabella Frisone – 4:52.80
3000m Steeplechase (Final) – 8th | Abby Kendrick – 10:30.19 (PR)
Long Jump (Final) – 29th | Kenna DeLemos – 5.20m
Heptathlon (Final) – 7th | Emily Stefan – 4947 points (PR)
Men's
100m (Prelims) – 15th | David Pierce – 10.95 (PR)
1500m (Prelims) – 5th | Jonathan Shields – 3:46.54 (Q), 12th | Ollie Newman – 3:53.65 (Q), 13th | Mohammed Jouhari – 3:55.93, 14th | J. Tolbert – 3:56.67, 15th | Brogan Giffin – 3:58.30, 18th | Aidan Roberts – 4:07.57
3000m Steeplechase (Prelims) – 7th | Murdoch McIntyre – 9:01.45, 11th | Austen Apperson – 9:09.46

Day 3
Women's
200m (Final) – 9th | Alyssa Cullen – 24.18
400m Hurdles (Final) – 9th | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 1:03.08
800m (Final) – 1st | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:02.41 (Meet Record; PR; Third Fastest in Program History)
1500m Relay (Final) – 4th | Kaiya Robertson – 4:18.92, 8th | Ines Borba – 4:26.22 (PR), 12th | Elsa Wallenius – 4:47.26
5000m (Final) - 3rd | Yasmin Marghini - 16:07.40, 14th | Autumn Ost - 16:57.08, 25th | Samantha Wood - 17:26.21, 27th | Delaney Griffin - 17:37.24, 28th | Abby Kendrick - 17:42.16, 30th | Lauren Larson - 17:47.53, 32nd | Sunitha Black - 17:51.11, 37th | Elsa Wallenius - 18:36.36, 38th | 18:48.62 (PR)
4x100m Relay (Final) – 4th | 1 Team – 45.37 (second fastest in program history)
4x400m Relay (Final) - 3rd | 1 Team - 3:39.16 (school record)
High Jump (Final) – 15th | Alison Kremer – 1.58m
Men's
800m (Final) – 4th | Angus Fitzgerald – 1:49.71, 9th | Trent Missamore – 1:58.42
1500m (Final) – 7th | Ollie Newman – 3:45.02, 9th | Jonathan Shields – 3:46.69
5000m (Final) - 10th | Jonathan Shields - 14:27.31, 12th | Aidan Palmer - 14:29.59, 16th | Brogan Giffin - 14:43.21, 18th | Jack Tolbert - 14:47.84 (PR), 22nd | Alex Durant - 14:56.56 (PR), 24th | Trent Wigod - 15:12.04, 26th | Ben Sherman - 15:19.83
Long Jump (Final) - 6th | Josh Nichols - 14.10m

Quotables

"Both groups gave great effort this weekend," said head coach Corey Ihmels. "MaLeigha [Menegatti] and Yasmin [Marghini] were magnificent today, and it's always a positive to end a meet with our [women's] 4x400 finishing on the podium with a school record."
"We're looking forward to seeing who qualifies for regionals, and getting ready to compete again soon," said Ihmels.

Top Broncos

MaLeigha Menegatti broke the meet record for the women's 800m and placed first overall.

Notables

The Broncos recorded 12 top-five finishes.
Boise State had 10 student-athletes qualify for the final round of their respective events.

What's Next

The Broncos await official word on which individuals will travel to Sacramento, Calif., for the 2023 NCAA West Preliminaries, May 24-27. The announcements will be released Thursday, May 18, at 11 a.m. MT on the NCAA website.