Rams post highlights in weight throw, long jump and pole vault on day one of Air Force Invitational

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USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – Performances in the women's weight throw, women's pole vault and men's long jump highlighted action for the Colorado State track & field team at the Cadet Field House on day one of the Air Force Invitational.

Team scores have not been officially tallied as of Friday night, but five Rams tallied points toward eventual team scoring in the women's weight throw. That group was led by Aimee Larrabee, who placed second in the event with a mark of 60-10.75 (18.56m). Linnea Jonsson placed third with a personal-best mark of 60-6.75 (18.46m), while Kelcey Bedard placed fourth (60-6.50/18.45m), Maria Muzzio placed fifth (54-8/16.66m) and Tarynn Sieg took seventh (53-4.50/16.27m). Jonsson's mark moves her to 10th in the event on CSU's all-time indoor list.

Colorado State's Josie Spitz won the pole vault by nearly a foot after clearing 12-5.5 (3.80m), a mark that ties for fifth on CSU's all-time indoor list. Freshman Tate Thornton topped 10-11.75 (3.35m) to move to 17th on CSU's all-time list in the event. Rounding out the top performances in the field events was freshman Isa Bynum's mark of 23-6.75 (7.18m) in the men's long jump, which was good for fourth place on Friday. Bynum's long jump mark ranks 15th on CSU's all-time indoor list.

Only preliminary races were held for the sprints and hurdles on Friday, with several Rams moving on to Saturday's races. Marybeth Sant clocked the second-fastest time in women's 60 meters competition, advancing to Saturday's semifinals after running the event in 7.50. Freshman Jasmine Chesson also advanced after running the fourth-fastest time (57.16) in 400 meters preliminaries. Destinee Rocker (8.57) finished as the No. 2 collegian in the women's 60-meter hurdles to advance to Saturday's semifinal action.

On the men's side, Ronald Sayles advanced to Saturday's final in the 200 meters with Friday's fourth-best preliminary time (21.77), while Darius Smith clocked the meet's fifth-best time in 400 meters prelims (49.86) to move on to his respective final. Ayo Sanusi (7.00) and E'Lias Sutton (7.02) moved on to the 60 meters semifinals, and in the men's 60-meter hurdles action, each of Jalen Hunter (8.06) and Garrett Lane (8.36) advanced to semifinals.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Brian Bedard
On the women's weight throw:
"I thought the women's weight throwers competed well tonight. Any time you see that many athletes scoring points for our team, that's a good thing. Aimee (Larrabee) was very close to a lifetime best toinight and for Linnea (Jonsson) it was a lifetime best. Kelcey (Bedard) struggled a little bit tonight - she had some massive throws in warm-ups and just couldn't quite put it together in competition, but that happens. In track events, we were trying to get some athletes in the finals for tomorrow and I think we ran fairly well to get there."

NOTES
- Five current CSU pole vaulters rank in CSU's all-time indoor top 20. Josie Spitz (12-5.5) and Tate Thornton (10-11.75) joined Gabby Smith (12-9.5 in 2016-17), Aliya Simpson (12-5.5) and Bridget Kelly (10-11.75).
- Prior to Friday night, Linnea Jonsson's top mark in the weight throw was 59-9, which she recorded during the 2016-17 indoor season.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State track & field team continues competition in the Air Force Invitational on Saturday. The first field events (men's shot put, women's high jump, women's pole vault) are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. MT, while track events will begin at 1 p.m. MT with the women's 60-meter hurdles.

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