POCATELLO, Idaho — The Sacramento State men's and women's track and field teams are both in fourth place after the first full day of competition at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships. The meet concludes on Saturday with 11 event finals for both genders.
The Hornet women scored 23.5 points but have significant work to do to catch Montana and Northern Arizona which lead with field 47 and 39 points, respectively. From there, Weber State (24), Sacramento State and Eastern Washington (23) are closely bunched for third through fifth place.
Montana State scored 43 points to lead the men's competition. Northern Arizona (32.5), Southern Utah (28), Sacramento State (25.5) and Eastern Washington (21) complete the top five.
Friday's action started with the second day of the heptathlon were Max Jette finished third and Alec Acevedo was sixth to lead the Hornets. Jette scored a career high 5,202 points which moved him to second place in school history. His score made him just the second Hornet to surpass 5,200 points and trailed only Sam Schur's school record of 5,375 from 2011. Jette began the second day by running the 60-hurdles in 8.50 seconds. He then tied for the best mark in the competition with a pole vault of 14-04.00 before running 2:47.31 in the 800.
Acevedo totaled 4,924 points and was just seven points shy of fifth place. He had marks of 8.85 in the 60-hurdles, cleared 13-08.25 in the pole vault and ran 2:59.52 in the 800.
Mason Storm of Montana State won the competition with a total of 5,340 points.
WOMEN'S TRACK NOTES
• Amari Jones advanced to the finals of both the 60 and 200. Jones set career highs in both events and moved into fifth place in school history in each race. Her time of 7.72 seconds in the 60 was the sixth fastest during the qualifying round. She later ran 24.77 in the 200 which ranked her seventh in the heats.
• Joy Weems posted the second fastest time of the day in the 400. The senior ran 55.96 to move into third place in school history. Weems became just the third Hornet woman to run sub-56 seconds in the 400 joining Dominque Whittington (53.91, 2015) and Africa Eldridge (55.46, 1999). Carly Schulz nearly advanced to the event after running 56.74 to finish ninth. Schulz time was a career best and improved her standing in 10th place in school history.
• Kristen Robinson and Emilia Del Hoyo each punched their ticket to the finals of the 60-hurdles. Robinson ranked fifth in the qualifying rounds with a time of 8.67 seconds. That mark placed her .26 seconds off of the fastest time of the day. Del Hoyo crossed the line in 8.74 seconds and ranks sixth going into the finals.
WOMEN'S FIELD NOTES
• Danielle Brandon and Hayley Ann Carbullido each scored points for the Hornets in the pole vault. Brandon finished in second place with a successful vault of 13-03.00. She remains second in school history but improved on her previous best of 13-01.50. Carbullido tied for sixth place with a best of 12-05.25.
• Abby Taylor finished seventh long jump to add two points toward the team total. Taylor had a leap of 18-07.25.
• Tyhana Cooper placed sixth in the weight throw with a best of 58-03.00.
MEN'S TRACK NOTES
• Freshman Alec Foster ran the fastest time of the day in the 400. Foster's time of 47.96 moved him into fourth place in school history and was the fastest since Evan Crayton-Crogan set the school record of 47.19 in 2012.
• Andre Lindsey ran 8.16 and ranks second heading into the finals of the 60-hurdles. Lindsey's time ranks seventh in school history and placed him just .12 seconds behind Idaho's Ben Doucette for the event lead.
• Sacramento State nearly snuck three student-athletes into the finals of the 60. However, Michael Turner (6.91), Lindsey (6.92) and Eric Adorno (6.93) finished in ninth, 10th and 11th place leaving them outside of the top eight.
MEN'S FIELD EVENTS
• The trio of Turner, Cory Barger and Acevedo each scored points in the long jump. Turner was third with a best of 24-02.50. Barger used a career long of 24-01.50 to finish in fourth place and move into sixth in the Sacramento State record book. Acevedo tied for eighth place after a jump of 23-01.75.
• Daniel Onuoha and Darius Armstead finished in sixth and seventh place, respectively, in the high jump. Both cleared 6-04.75 but were separated based on jumps. Mohamed Abdullah also was successful at the same height but finished tied for ninth.
| 2017 BIG SKY CONFERENCE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| Women's Team Scores |
Men's Team Scores |
| 1. Montana - 47 |
1. Montana State - 43 |
| 2. Northern Arizona - 39 |
2. Northern Arizona - 32.5 |
| 3. Weber State - 24 |
3. Southern Utah - 28 |
| 4. SACRAMENTO STATE - 23.5 |
4. SACRAMENTO STATE - 25.5 |
| 5. Eastern Washington - 23 |
5. Eastern Washington - 21 |
| 6. Montana State - 19.5 |
6. Weber State - 19 |
| 7. Idaho State - 19 |
7. Idaho State - 18 |
| 8. North Dakota - 14 |
8. Idaho - 17 |
| T9. Southern Utah - 8 |
9. North Dakota - 12 |
| T9. Idaho - 8 |
10. Montana - 10 |
| 11. Portland State - 5 |
11. Portland State - 8 |
| 12. Northern Colorado - 4 |
12. Northern Colorado - 0 |
Women's Results
60 (Qual): 1Q. Genna Settle, PSU, 7.51; 6Q. Amari Jones 7.72; 14. Abby Taylor 7.88; 18. Kristen Robinson 8.02; 20. Artearra Coffey 8.23.
200 (Qual): 1Q. Moriah Zachary, UNC, 24.12; 7Q. Amari Jones 24.77; 9. Carly Schulz 24.96.
400 (Qual): 1Q. Jasmine Malone, NAU, 55.16; 2Q. Joy Weems 55.96; 9. Carly Schulz 56.74; 14. Cassidy Zurn 58.19.
800 (Qual): 1Q. Maggie Carruth, NAU, 2:10.93; 15. Jocelyn Orozco 2:21.18.
5K: 1. Ellie Child, WSU, 16:56.66; 13. Haley Heinemann 17:57.36.
60H (Qual): 1Q. Akayla Anderson, PSU, 8.41; 5Q. Kristen Robinson 8.67; 6Q. Emilia Del Hoyo 8.74; 9. Artearra Coffey 8.88; 19. Ivie Eboigbodin 9.49; 20. Olivia Leavitt 11.63.
DMR: 1. Northern Arizona 11:39.45; 11. Sacramento State 12:41.46.
LJ: 1. Shanice McPherson, NAU, 20-06.50; 7. Abby Taylor 18-07.25; 9. Nirie Boglino 18-06.00.; 15. Emilia Del Hoyo 18-00.50; 23. Ivie Eboigbodin 17-00.50.
PV: 1. Anandae Clark, EWU, 13-07.00; 2. Danielle Brandon 13-03.00; T6. Hayley Ann Carbullido 12-05.25; T17. Siobhan Anderson 11-07.25; 20. Tessa Davis 11-01.50.
WT: 1. Brooke Andersen, NAU, 66-08.00; 6. Tyhana Cooper 58-03.00; Jelaia Jones Foul.
PENT: 1. Erika McLeod, UM, 3955; 4. Elizabeth Venzon 3656; 6. Emilia Del Hoyo 3527; 10. Ivie Eboigbodin 3273; 15. Julia Grimm 3027.
Men's Results
60 (Qual): 1Q. Tre James, SUU, 6.72; 9. Michael Turner 6.91; 10. Andre Lindsey 6.92; 11. Eric Adorno 6.93; 16. Jelani Brice-Moore 6.96; 18. Karsten Niederer 6.99; 22. Chris Ilio 7.10.
200 (Qual): 1Q. Alex Reece, WSU, 21.31; 15. Karsten Niederer 22.20; 16. Eric Adorno 22.31; 19. Chris Ilio 22.83; 20. Alec Foster 23.11; 21. Jelanie Brice-Moore 23.63.
400 (Qual): 1Q. Alec Foster, SAC, 47.96; 12. Andrew Stich 49.86; 14. Adam Huynh 50.02.
800 (Qual): 1Q. Kasey Knevelbaard, SUU, 1:51.63.
5K: 1. Tyler Day, NAU, 14:31.36; 12. Sammy Scheuer 15:35.85.
60H (Qual): 1Q. Ben Doucette, UI, 8.04; 2Q. Andre Lindsey 8.16; 17. Austin Tinsley 8.75.
DMR: 1. Montana State 10:01.21; 10. Sacramento State 10:41.61.
HJ: 1. Noah Martin, MSU, 6-10.25; 6. Daniel Onuoha 6-04.75; 7. Darius Armstead 6-04.75; T9. Mohamed Abdullah 6-04.75; 19. Max Jette 6-02.75.
LJ: 1. Keshun McGee, EWU, 25-00.00; 3. Michael Turner 24-02.50; 4. Cory Barger 24-01.50; T8. Alec Acevedo 23-01.75; 10. Gathunga Ndirangu 22-05.25; T12. Jah Strange 22-02.25; 16. Richard Cooper 21-01.75; 17. Darius Armstead 21-09.50.
SP: 1. Justin Franz, ISU, 58-07.50; 18. Kyle Peterson 42-09.50.
HEPT: 1. Mason Storm, MSU, 5340; 3. Max Jette 5202; 6. Alec Acevedo 4924; Andrew Stich DNF.
