Broncos Have Five Podium Finishes at Indoor Championships

Thursday, February 22

Albuquerque, N.M.

Boise State

Mountain West Championships

Broncos Have Five Podium Finishes at Indoor Championships

2/24/2024 4:41:00 PM | Track & Field

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Boise State track and field earned five medalist honors to conclude the 2023-24 Mountain West Indoor Championships, Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

The Broncos started off the three-day meet strong with a runner-up finish from Julia Kiesler in the women's 5,000-meters with a time of 16:55.07. The men's distance medley relay team, composed of Tom Graham-Marr, Trevor Cogley, Anass Mghari and Ollie Newman, also took home a podium-finish, finishing the relay in third in 10:09.50.

Day three of the meets started with another podium-finish, this one coming from Kaiya Robertson as she got third in the women's mile with a time of 4:48.16. Ollie Newman followed in the next race with a silver-medal finish in the men's mile in 4:12.26.

Yasmin Marghini continued the distance success, earning a bronze medal finish in the women's 3,000-meters in 9:35.97.

Notables

The Broncos earned eight top-five finishes on the weekend, with five of those being podium-finishes.
Julia Kiesler's second-place finish in the women's 5,000m marked the highest finish in the event by a Boise State freshman since Brenna Peloquin earned second in 2016.
Kaiya Robertson's podium-finish in the women's mile marked the first for the Broncos in the event since Allie Ostrander earned second in 2019.

Top Broncos

Ollie Newman finished second in the mile in 4:12.26. He was also a member of Boise State's third-place distance medley relay team.
Yasmin Marghani took home the bronze medal with a 9:35.97 in the women's 3,000-meter.
Julia Kiesler was second in the women's 5,000-meter in 16:55.07.
Kaiya Robertson was second in the women's mile in 4:48.16.

Boise State Results
Women

60m, Qualifying | 3. Anita Taviore - 7.41 (Q), 18. Alyssa Cullen - 7.74, 24. Khadijat Tajudeen - 7.91, 26. Isabella Ales - 7.99, 27. Kenna DeLemos - 8.22
60m, Finals | 5. Anita Taviore - 7.51
200m, Qualifying | 13. Anita Taviore - 24.22, 24. Alyssa Cullen - 24.94, 26. Khadijat Tajudeen - 25.30, 27. Isabella Ales -25.35
400m, Qualifying | 26. Rebecca Vander Poel - 57.99
800m, Qualifying | 3. Janiah Brown (q) - 2:10.58
800m, Finals | 4. Janiah Brown - 2:10.33
Mile, Qualifying | 4. Kaiya Robertson - 4:53.32 (Q), 10. Ines Borba - 4:59.02 (q), 13. Hanna Ackermann - 5:06.53, 14. Lauren Larson - 5:08.10, 19. Bianca Boehnke - 5:18.87, 21. Isabella Frisone - 5:23.04
Mile, Finals | 3. Kaiya Robertson - 4:48.16, 9. Ines Borba - 4:58.31
3000m, Finals | 3. Yasmin Marghini - 9:35.97, 8. Emily Jobes - 9:49.83, 13. Julia Kiesler - 9:53.88, 27. Kaiya Robertson - 10:05.67, 30. Hanna Ackermann - 10:12.95, 31. Sunitha Black - 10:17.28, 33. Lauren Larson - 10:23.47, 34. Bianca Boehnke - 10:25.00, 38. Brynnli Poulsen - 10:35.03
5000m, Finals | 2. Julia Kiesler - 16:55.07, 9. Yasmin Marghini - 17:09.15, 14. Emily Jobes - 17:19.66, 22. Autumn Ost - 17:44.82
4x400m, Finals | 10. Ciara Brown, Anita Taviore, Alyssa Cullen, Janiah Brown - 3:44.61
Distance Medley Relay, Finals | 7. Ines Borba, Rebecca Vander Poel, Hanna Ackermann, K. Robertson - 11:57.81
Long Jump Trials and Finals | 28. Kenna DeLemos - 5.22m
Pentathlon | 10. Gabbie Hasskamp - 3320

Men

400m, Qualifying | 16. Trevor Cogley - 49.01, 17. John Dailey - 49.13
800m, Qualifying | 8. Anass Mghari - 1:52.97 (q)
800m, Finals | 5. Anass Mghari 1:51.55
Mile, Qualifying | 1. Ollie Newman - 4:11.31 (Q), 7. Alex Thompson - 4:11.74 (q), 11. Jack Tolbert - 4:12.99, 13. Austen Apperson - 4:!3.83, 17. Fraser Sproul - 4:17.18
Mile, Finals | 2. Ollie Newman - 4:12.26, DNF. Alex Thompson
3000m, Finals | 12. Brian Kiprotich - 8:19.27, 13. Tom Graham-Marr - 8:20.12, 18. Christian Graham - 8:24.89, 19. Jack Tolbert - 8:26.22, 23. Austen Apperson - 8:31.00, 24. Ned Potter - 8:32.28, 28. Murdoch McIntyre - 8:34.10, 29. Fraser Sproul - 8:34.56, 31. Alex Durant - 8:37.73
5000m, Finals | 9. Brian Kiprotich - 14:35.58, 12. Christian Graham - 14:38.82, 15. Ned Potter - 14:54.79, 16. Matty Mackay - 15:04.72, 17. Murdoch McIntyre - 15:11.05, 18. Alex Durant - 15:17.63
4x400m, Finals | DQ. John Dailey, Trevor Cogley, Anass Mghari, Caleb Stamper - 3:18.23
Distance Medley Relay, Finals | 3. Tom Graham-Marr, Trevor Cogley, Anass Mghari, Ollie Newman - 10:09.50
Long Jump Trials and Finals | 10. Josh Nichols - 6.39m
Triple Jump Trials and Finals | 11. Josh Nichols - 13.95m

Italics denote indoor personal best.

Up Next
This concluded Boise State's 2023-24 indoor track and field season. Next, Boise State will turn their focus to the outdoor track and field season, beginning in March.