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Fum McGraw Open
Recap: Rams sweep dual opponents at Fum McGraw Open
3/25/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Full Results: Individual Results | Team Scores
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Colorado State track & field team swept dual opponents Colorado, Northern Colorado and Wyoming on each of the women's and men's sides at the Fum McGraw Open from Jack Christiansen Track on Saturday.
Colorado State defeated Colorado 107-49 on the women's side and 102.5-45.5 on the men's side. CSU downed Northern Colorado 103-76 in women's competition and 101-69 in men's competition. The Rams topped Wyoming 101-69 on the women's side and 103-66 on the men's side.
Kelcey Bedard inked her name near the top of CSU's all-time outdoor list with a mark of 195-6 (59.60m) in the hammer. With that mark, Bedard won the event, recorded a new personal best and registered the fourth-best mark in the event in program history. Linnea Jonsson placed third in the event with a mark of 188-3 (57.37m), while Aimee Larrabee placed fourth (181-2/55.23m).
Bedard added her second event win of the day as well as her second personal best as the Rams went one-two in the women's discus. Bedard threw the discus 159-4 (48.57m), while Aaliyah Pete placed second with a mark of 148-5 (45.23m). 2017 indoor shot put national champion Mostafa Hassan also threw the discus on Saturday, winning the event on the men's side with a mark of 180-5 (54.99m). Hassan's mark is a new personal best in the event, and ranks as the 12th-best in program history.
Emily Romo's performance in the 200 meters highlighted running events on Saturday. Romo clocked a time of 24.10 for a new personal best and the sixth-best outdoor time in program history. On the men's side, Ronald Sayles placed second in the 200 meters with a time of 21.32, the ninth-best time in program history.
The high jump was a highlight on each of the women's and men's sides, with the women taking the top three spots in the event. McKenzie Wright and Autumn Gardner each leapt 5-7.25 (1.71m), with Wright claiming the top spot on the basis of fewest missed jumps. Isobel Brown placed third with a best jump of 5-5.25 (1.66m).
Trenton Wallace won the high jump on the men's side, clearing 6-9 (2.06m) to win the first outdoor high jump competition of his collegiate career. Collin Scheer placed third with a mark of 6-7 (2.01m). Uche Obinnah and Nick Meihaus each leapt 6-5 (1.96m), with Obinnah placing fourth and Meihaus placing fifth based upon number of misses.
CSU highlights in the running events on Saturday were rounded out by the victories by the Rams in each of the women's and men's 1,500 meters. Macy Kreutz and Dominique Ward took the top two spots in the event, as Kreutz clocked a time of 4:33.46 and Ward finished in 4:34.77. Eli Oftedal earned the victory on the men's side with a time of 3:59.11.
The Rams went one-two in the shot put, as Daniel Weirich won the event with a mark of 55-11 (17.04m), while Alex Blaho placed second with a mark of 55-0.25 (16.77m). Austin Blaho recorded a mark of 50-5.5 (15.38m) to place fourth. Aubry Brown rounded out the Rams' performers in the men's shot put with a mark of 50-0.75 (15.26m).
Dalten Fox and Scheer placed first and second, respectively, in the men's long jump. Fox leapt 23-4 (7.11m), while Scheer jumped 22-11.25 (6.99m). Rounding out the Rams' top performances in the jumps were respective second and third place finishes by Wright and Amelia Harvey in the triple jump. Wright jumped 38-3.25 (11.66m), while Harvey jumped exactly 38 feet (11.58m). Fox added a second-place finish in the men's triple jump (46-11/14.30m), while Daniel Baumgardt placed third in the men's triple (46-5.25/14.15m).
IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Brian Bedard
"It was a great `start-up' meet for us. One of our goals was to establish a good starting point for us. I think we accomplished what we set out to do. I think we had some real highlights. We competed very few of our distance and middle distance runners, but in most of the event areas we saw some bright spots. We had some beautiful weather today, so we were obviously thankful for that. Our athletes had a great attitude and we competed hard."
On Kelcey Bedard's performance in the hammer and discus:
"She's been training and hitting PR throws in practice for the last couple of weeks. I thought she could PR in one or both events, so it's not a huge surprise. Just because you're doing that in practice doesn't mean you'll do that in the meet - you have to keep your composure. She's off to a good start. I'm happy for her that her hard work is paying off."
On Mostafa Hassan's performance in the discus:
"I'm pumped for him. Lifetime best for him and he moves up our all-time list, knocking me down a spot (to 16th all-time in CSU history)."
NOTES
- Aliya Simpson's mark of 11-9.75 in the pole vault ranks as the 10th-best in the event on CSU's all-time outdoor list.
- With his high jump mark of 6-9, Trenton Wallace ranks at No. 9 on the Rams' all-time outdoor list.
- Amelia Harvey now ranks as the No. 15 performer in the triple jump on CSU's all-time outdoor list with her mark of 38-0/11.58m.
UP NEXT
The Colorado State track & field team continues its outdoor campaign next weekend at the Tom Benich Invitational. The one-day meet, slated for all-day competition on Saturday, April 1, is held in Greeley, Colo.
