Outdoor track & field - 2023 regular season results and news

[AztecBuff]

Preview of the 2 local meets the Buffs are planning on competing at this weekend, with the team at Mines today and CSU Sunday. A relatively light weekend, with only the throwers, jumpers and one hurdler evidently in action.




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/4/20/...ines-mini-meet-and-fum-mcgraw-power-meet.aspx

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BOULDER -- The University of Colorado track and field program is set to participate in the Mines Mini-Meet (Apr. 21) and the Fum McGraw Power Meet (Apr. 23) this week.

Amanda Opp gets the meet started for the Buffs, competing in the women's hammer throw at 10:30 a.m. Upon the conclusion of the women's hammer event, Matt Ward and Tyler Sconce will participate for the men.

Jackson Meyer, John Swabik and Nicholas Bianco will be competing in the long jump for the men, while Avery McMullen, Kara Lucyk, Riley Burkey, and Allie Routledge will compete for the women after the men's event.

The Mines Mini-Meet will conclude for the Buffs with Joy Moorer running in the 400-meter hurdles.

On Sunday, a full contingent of Buffs will travel to Fort Collins to take part in the Fum McGraw Power Meet at CSU.

The meet kicks off Sunday with the men's Hammer at 9:00 a.m., followed by the women directly after. Ward and Sconce will be back in action for the men, competing along with Lars Atkinson, Lucas Williams, Ames Newman and Isaiah Bouchard.

Meanwhile, Amanda Opp will also be back in action for the women's team, participating along with Jane Powers, Elena Opp, Isabella Braun and Gya'ni Sami.
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Various Links:

Mines Mini-Meet:

Live results - http://results.tfmeetpro.com/Colorado_School_of_Mines/Mines_Mini_Meet/

Final schedule - https://minesathletics.com/documents/2023/4/20/Mines_Mini_Meet_FRIDAY_Final_Schedule.pdf

Fum McGraw Power Meet:

Schedule - https://csurams.com/documents/2023/4/19/230423_Fum_McGraw_meet_info.pdf

 

[AztecBuff]

Nice start to the weekend.

 

[AztecBuff]

Articles after this weekend's 2 meets.
(With what looks like the last big regular season meets scheduled for next week (although there is what I assume may be a fine tuning option at the AFA on Friday the 5th for I assume mainly sprinters and field athletes), and Pac 12's only ~3 weeks away, assume everyone is rounding into their top condition to peak soon.)

Friday's (at Mines) -




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/4/21/track-and-field-ward-breaks-own-hammer-record.aspx

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GOLDEN - The Colorado track & field program put out a solid effort at the Mines Mini Meet on Friday with a new school record.

Matt Ward, still a relative newcomer to the team, seems to be enjoying his start as a Buff. Ward set the school record in hammer two weeks ago at the Kit Mayer Invite, also at Colorado Mines. He would do it again on Friday, winning the men's hammer and breaking his previous school record with a throw of 65.17m (213-10). The mark places Ward within the top 20 in the NCAA West region. Tyler Sconce also competed in the event, throwing 60.59m (198-9) to place second.

Amanda Opp placed first in the women's hammer, throwing 57.58m (188-11).

Colorado took the top two spots in the men's long jump. Nicholas Bianco placed first with a leap of 6.67m (21-10.75). Jackson Meyer jumped 6.59m (21-7.50) to place second.

Kara Lucyk jumped 5.88m (19-3.50) to take the win in the women's long jump with a new personal best and the eighth-best mark in CU history. Riley Burkey placed third with a jump of 5.32m (17-1.50).
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Sunday's (at CSU) -




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/4/23/...-weekend-strong-at-fum-mcgraw-power-meet.aspx

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FORT COLLINS - The Colorado Buffaloes traveled to Fort Collins to compete at Sunday's Fum McGraw Power Meet. CU left the meet with a new school record and a handful of new top-10 marks.

For the second time this weekend and the third time this season, Matt Ward broke his own school record in the men's hammer with a winning throw of 66.33m (217-07). He previously set the school record with throws of 213-8 and his most recent mark of 213-10. Ward remains in the top 20 performers in the NCAA West region and moves into the top 35 in the nation.

Tyler Sconce also competed in the event, placing second with a throw of 59.13m (194-00). Lars Atkinson, Isaiah Bouchard and Ames Newman went 4, 5, and 6 for the Buffs in the event.

Ward and Atkinson also returned as CU's top two throwers in the discus. Ward closed the event in second with a top mark of 53.76m (176-04). Atkinson placed third with a personal-best toss of 51.65m (169-05).

Amanda Opp set a new personal best in the women's hammer, taking first place with a throw of 59.99m (196-10). She is now tied for second-best in CU history. Jane Powers placed third in the event, throwing 54.61m (179-02), while Isabella Braun threw a new personal best of 53.95m (177-00) to place fourth. Braun has now moved to the eighth-best mark in CU history, improving on her previous-best mark of 174-4.

Abbey Glynn picked up her second 400-meter hurdles win of the season. She bested the field with a season-best time of 57.85.

Emma Pollak and Grace Jenkins took the top two spots in the women's 400-meters. Pollak won the event with a time of 55.72, while Jenkins was right on her heels with a time of 57.31. The Buffs also occupied the top two spots in the women's high jump. Routledge cleared 1.72m (5-07.75), while McMullen cleared 1.62m (5-03.75).

McMullen also competed in the women's 200-meters, clocking a 24.29 to finish second. Jaida Drame closely followed, placing third with a time of 24.50.

Lauren Whyrick added her name to CU's top 10 list in the women's shot put. She finished fourth on the day with a heave of 14.35m (47-01). Meghan Whyrick's top mark for the day was good for sixth in the event (12.95m./42-06).

Nicholas Bianco took home the meet's men's pole vault title. He was the only competitor to clear the bar at 4.72m (15-05.75), doing so in his first attempt.

Jada Green secured her second women's javelin win of the season, beating the field by almost 21 feet. She put up a mark of 46.18m (153-06) in her fifth attempt, while the second-place finisher topped out at 39.71m (130-03).

The Colorado track & field program will be back in action next weekend at the Doug Max Invitational as well as the Desert Heat Invitational.
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Full results - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/4/23/230423_fum_mcgraw_results.pdf

 

[AztecBuff]

Congrats to Mr. Ward!

 

[AztecBuff]

Preview in front of the 2 meets this Saturday.
(Although not noted in the preview article, a LOT of the top distance runners are also racing at the Arizona meet. Also, per the heat sheets (see link below), looks like the article is missing MANY other CU competitors, at least at the Arizona meet.)

Good to see that, at least per their schedule, the CSU meet does have video coverage planned. (Link at the bottom of this post.)




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/4/27/...y-for-weekend-in-fort-collins-and-tuscon.aspx

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BOULDER -- The University of Colorado's track and field program returns to action with athletes competing in two different meets simultaneously on Saturday. Some athletes will remain in Colorado to participate in the Doug Max Invitational at CSU, while a full contingent of Buffaloes will travel to the University of Arizona to take part in the Desert Heat Classic.

The Doug Max Invitational will kick off in Fort Collins at 10 a.m. MT, with Lucas Williams, Ames Newman and Isaiah Bouchard participating in the men's hammer event. Following the men's hammer, Elena Opp, Bella Braun, Obi Osafo-Mensah and Gya'ni Sami will compete in the women's hammer event.

After the conclusion of the hammer events, Meghan Whyrick will participate in the women's shot put. Williams, Newman and Bouchard will also participate in the men's discus event.

Newman and Bouchard will then compete in the men's shot put, followed by Henry Carlson, who will be the sole Buff competing in the men's javelin event.

Riley Burkey will sprint in the women's 400-meter dash, while Joy Moorer will run in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

The meet will conclude for the Buffs with Burkey competing in the women's 200-meter dash

The Desert Heat Classic will begin at 1:00 p.m. MT, featuring Amanda Opp and Jane Powers in the women's hammer throw.

Matt Ward, fresh off his first Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor, returns alongside Tyler Sconce and Laurence Atkinson in the men's hammer. Ward has broken the school record in the hammer throw three times this season, including twice last weekend. Ward and Atkinson will also be participating in the men's discus.

Kara Lucyk will be the sole participant in the long jump, followed by Allie Routledge and Avery McMullen in the high jump.

Troy Colleran and Jackson Meyer will take on the men's high jump.

The running events will get going later in the evening with Nichoals Bianco sprinting for the Buffs in the men's 110-meter high hurdles. Elle Orie and Alisa Meraz-Fishbein will be running in the women's 3000-meter Steeplechase.

Alex Baca will represent the Buffs in the men's 5000-meters.

The meet concludes with the highly anticipated men's 4 x 400m relay, where the Buffs will have two squads participating. Squad A will feature a combination of Tyler Williams, Ian Gilmore, Garrett Nelson and James Milholen and Luke Dry, while squad B will consist of Ben Greene, Isaiah Givens, Ryan Lindrud, and Noah Hibbard.

Live updates for the Desert Heat Classic 2023 can be found at https://finishedresults.com/meets/4377
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Links:

Desert Heat Classic (In Tucson):

Arizona's meet info document - https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2023/4/27/2023_Desert_Heat_Classic_Meet_info_final.pdf

FINAL Schedule - https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2023/4/27/2023_Desert_Heat_Classic__-_Final_schedule.pdf

Heat sheets/ Start lists - https://arizonawildcats.com/documents/2023/4/27/Desert_Heat_Meet_Program__Heat_Sheets.pdf

Live results - https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/11377/events

Doug Max Invitational (at CSU):

Meet info document (Which includes prelim schedule) - https://csurams.com/documents/2023/4/22/Doug_Max_Final_Info.pdf

Schedule - Not released as I type this.

Live results - https://www.rapidresultslive.com/2023/DougMax/

Live video -

Mountain West Network - Colorado State Athletics

Colorado State Athletics

csurams.com

 

[AztecBuff]

Meets day!
(Per the schedules, looks like action at CSU has just begun (1st field event starting at 10:00 and track race at 10:20 AM), while field action in Tucson is scheduled to start around 1:00 PM MT, with the track getting busy starting at 6:00 PM MT.)

 

[AztecBuff]

Article after yesterday's action.
(With many PR's, I'd say the biggest highlights that jump out to me were the 4X400M men's relay getting very close (less than 0.2 seconds) to breaking the OLD (1994) CU record, and 400M hurdler Abbey Glynn, already #2 all-time in the CU record books, taking ~0.6 seconds off her PR to get even closer (less than 0.4 seconds) to Buff great Gabby Scott's CU record from 2019.)




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/4/30/track-and-field-colorado-wraps-up-busy-saturday.aspx

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TUCSON - The Colorado track & field program split locations and competed at two different meets on Saturday. The Buffaloes had representatives at the Doug Max Invitational hosted by Colorado State as well as the Desert Heat Classic at the University of Arizona.

Isaiah Bouchard to the day started at CSU in the men's hammer throw. He set a new personal best with a throw of 55.63m (182-06), placing him fourth. Bella Braun placed fifth on the women's side with a throw of 52.40m (171-11), while Elena Opp closed the event in sixth, throwing 51.09m (167-07).

Meghan Whyrick threw a new personal best in the women's shot put, topping out at 13.26m (43-06.00) to place fifth.

Henry Carlson took home the win in men's javelin, throwing 50.85m (166-10).

Riley Burkey, making her 400-meters debut for the Buffaloes, placed second, clocking a 59.20. Burkey also placed second in the women's 200-meters with a time new personal best time of 25.94.

The Buffs had a much larger contingent competing at the highly competitive Desert Heat Classic.

Amanda Opp and Jane Powers started strong in the women's hammer throw. Opp placed sixth with a throw of 58.32m (191-4), while Powers threw 54.10m (177-6) to place ninth. Matt Ward, the reigning Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week, placed second in the men's hammer with a throw of 64.47m (211-6).

Karak Lucyk placed ninth in the women's long jump, with a new personal best of 6.03m (19-9.5) and Nick Bianco ran a new personal best in the men's 110-meter hurdles, clocking 14.50.

James Milholen and Tyler Williams finished in a dead heat in the men's 400-meters. The pair both clocked in with a 46.06. The times had to be rounded out to the 100th, giving Milholen (46.054) a slight edge for fifth over Williams (46.060). Milholen's time replaces his previous best this season keeping him seventh on CU's all-time performance list.

In the women's 400-meters, it was Grace Jenkins and Jaida Drame representing the Buffs. Jenkins ran 55.89, while Drama was right behind her, with 56.05.

Garrett Nelson placed seventh in the men's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.75, while Abbey Glynn ran a new personal best of 56.41 in the women's 400-meter hurdles. Her time bests her own second-best mark on Colorado's performance list and is the ninth best time in the NCAA this season.

Gabrielle Orie dominated the field in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase. She ran 10:26.45 and was over 40 seconds ahead of second place (11:10.23).

The women's 4x400 of Avery McMullen, Emma Pollak, Drame and Glynn placed second with a time of 3:36.21. The time was good enough to place fourth on the program's performance list. Williams, Ian Gilmore, Garrett Nelson and Milholen clocked 3:05.24 to place third in the men's 4x400. They now sit second in the men's performance list.

The Buffaloes will be back in action at the Air Force Twilight on May 5, before heading off to the Pac-12 Championships.
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Full results:

Doug Max - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/4/30/doug_max_results.pdf

Desert Heat - https://files.finishedresults.com/Track2023/Meets/11377-Desert-Heat-Classic.html

 

[AztecBuff]

Preview for today's meet @ the Air Force Academy, the final one of the regular season - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/4/t...final-tune-up-at-air-force-twilight-open.aspx

(From the meet info document linked to below, looks like field action begins pretty soon (1:00 PM MT), while the track is scheduled to get busy at 3:35 PM MT.

Do want to also note the below preview seems to only be listing select Buffs competing today. For example, looks like the majority of CU throwers are in the start lists, but only a couple are noted below.)

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BOULDER – The University of Colorado Track and Field team will have one more chance to showcase their talents Friday at the Air Force Twilight Open this Friday. This will be the final meet of the season before postseason action begins next weekend with the Pac-12 Championships in Walnut, California.

Action Friday begins with Avery McMullen participating in the women's javelin at 1 pm, followed by Henry Carlson and Gustavo Alfonso representing the men in the same event.

At 2 pm, Jackson Meyer will showcase his jumping abilities in the high jump.

Running events will begin at 3:35 where McMullen will take on the women's 100m hurdles, followed by Nick Bianco in the men's 110m hurdles.

Later, Kara Lucyk will demonstrate her speed in the women's 100m and Aidan Christiansen and Sam Beckham will give their all in the men's 100m.

Finally, Beckham and Ian Gilmore take to the track in the 200m sprint, bringing the meet to a close.
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A couple meet related links:

Meet info document (Which includes a general schedule) - https://goairforcefalcons.com/documents/2023/5/3/TF17_AirForceTwlightOpen.pdf

Live results - http://results.tfmeetpro.com/Air_Force_Track/Air_Force_Twilight_Open/

 

[AztecBuff]

Article after Friday's meet. Now it's onto Pac 12's, which begin this Friday. (As usual, I plan on starting a new thread for those.)




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/5/5/t...regular-season-at-the-air-force-twilight.aspx

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USAFA – Colorado track and field traveled down to the Air Force Twilight for the final regular season meet of the season on Friday

The Buffaloes had six individual wins as the team looks ahead to next week's Pac-12 Championships.

CU swept the discus, picking up wins in the men's and women's discipline. Obi Osafo-Mensah secured the victory for the women with a throw of 47.91m (157-2), setting a new personal best and sliding into Colorado's top 10 on the performance list. Matt Ward secured the win for the men with a toss of 53.63m (175-11).

The Colorado throwers saw continued success in the shot put. Lauren Whyrick placed first in the event with a mark of 13.74m (45-1) on her sixth and final throw. Meghan Whyrick's second attempt went for 13.41m (43-1.50), good for second.

Tyler Sconce placed second in the men's hammer throw with a mark of 59.67m (195-9). Ward also competed in the event, placing third with a throw of 59.11m (193-11). Amanda Opp threw 55.56m (182-3) to place second in the women's hammer. Gya'ni Sami cracked the CU top 10 with her second throw of 53.04m (174-0), placing third behind Opp. Jane Powers placed fifth with a throw of 52.81m (173-3).

Avery McMullen secured the victory in the women's 200-meters, crossing the finish with a time of 24.30. Jaida Drame also competed in the event, placing third with a time of 24.93.

Emma Pollak took home the win in the women's 400-meter hurdles with a season-best 1:01.49. Colton Romig took the 400-hurdles title on the men's side with his best run of the season (52.74). Luke Dry placed fourth in the event, clocking 55.48.

Jackson Meyer placed second in the men's high jump, clearing 1.95m (6-4.75).

Nicholas Bianco cleared 4.75m (15-7) in the men's pole vault to place second.

Sam Beckham was CU's lone entry in the 100-meter dash. He placed fourth with a new personal best time of 10.88.

Ian Gilmore closed out the day for the Buffaloes in the men's 200-meter dash. He ran 21.73 to place fifth.

The Buffaloes will not focus in on the Pac-12 Championships in Walnut, Calif.
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Full results - https://goairforcefalcons.com/documents/2023/5/5/AirForceTwilightOpen.pdf