Weight throw, pole vault marks headline action for Rams on day one of Potts Indoor Invitational

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BOULDER, Colo. – Performances in the weight throw and the pole vault headlined action for the Colorado State track & field team at the Potts Indoor Invitational on Friday from the CU Indoor Practice Facility.

The top individual performance belonged to senior Kelcey Bedard, whose mark of 64-7.75 (19.70m) in the women's weight throw was the best in Friday's field by over eight-and-a-half feet. The Rams took the top three spots in that event, with senior Linnea Jonsson and sophomore Tarynn Sieg placing behind Bedard with respective marks of 55-11.25 (17.05m).

Junior Josie Spitz matched her indoor best in the pole vault to top Friday's field, clearing 12-5.5 (3.80m) en route to winning the event by nearly half of a foot. Freshman Maddie Wilson also matched her indoor collegiate best (11-5.75/3.50m) for a third-place finish. Spitz's mark ranks sixth on CSU's all-time indoor list, while Wilson's is 17th.

On the men's side, junior Bailey King topped the men's weight throw field with a best throw of 60-0.50 (18.30m). CSU freshmen Adam Dawson (55-9.25/17.00m) and Weston Wright (54-2.5/16.52m) followed in second and third place, respectively. Sophomore Beau Gordon threw the weight 53-1 (16.18m) to finish off a 1-2-3-4 sweep for the Rams in the event. Rounding out top performers for the Rams in men's events was freshman Cory Taylor, who won the long jump with a mark of 22-3 (6.78m).

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Brian Bedard
"I think we got off to a good start coming back off of the break. We're always particularly concerned with technical events, in terms of whether our athletes have lost their sharpness. I think enough of our athletes came back early and trained over break that I don't think we fell off a whole lot going into the break. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how we got started today."

NOTES
- While Kelcey Bedard's mark was shy of her personal best in the women's weight throw, only four other Rams in program history have a better mark than she registered on Friday.
- Josie Spitz's previous indoor pole vault mark of 12-5.5 (3.80m) was at the Air Force Invitational on Jan. 27, 2018.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State track & field team returns to action for the second day of the Potts Indoor Invitational on Saturday. Field events begin at 10 a.m. MT with the men's shot put and women's triple jump, while events on the track are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. MT with the men's 60-meter hurdles.

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