The Idaho track and field team jumped the border and headed up to Cheney for the Pelluer Invitational. A number of Vandals grabbed first place finishes, with several players moving up in the Big Sky Conference rankings.
Freshman Maddy Dustin won the 100 meters in 12.93 seconds. The women’s 4×100 meter squad of junior Nicole Carter, freshman Jordyn Rauer, freshman Karina Moreland and freshman Rechelle Meade won in 48.48 seconds.
Meade found another victory in the long jump with an outdoor personal record leap of 5.85 meters. Meade currently sits tied at second place in conference for the long jump.
Junior Kolcie Bates won the hammer throw with a toss of 50.45 meters.
Numerous athletes on the men’s side also found success in Cheney. Sophomore Jonny Magee took first in an uncontested triple jump with a hop of 14.84 meters. With this jump, Magee set a new personal record and moves up into fourth place in the Big Sky.
Freshman Zachary Short won the shot put with a throw of 17.27 meters. This is now the fourth best toss in conference this season.
Freshman Kasin Pendergrass-Anderson was another Vandal to rise through the ranks and set a new personal record. Pendergrass-Anderson took second in the long jump with a leap of 7.12 meters to move in to sixth place in the Big Sky.
Sophomore Matthew Bauman finished second in the hammer throw with a lob of 53.00 meters.
Sophomore Rikki McCaw finished first in the 200-meter race with a time of 21.11 seconds. Freshman Ben Doucette won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.84 seconds. Sophomore Kaizer Gillispie rounded out the first-place winners on the men’s side with a win in the 400-meter race with a time of 49.64 seconds.
Idaho had two athletes competing in the heptathlon — freshman Silke Berendse and freshman Emily Callahan. Berendse finished in sixth with 3,817 points while Callahan finished in ninth with a total of 3,585 points.
Idaho kicks off a string of meets with the Mt. Sac Invitational Tuesday in Cerritos, California.
Meredith Spelbring can be reached at [email protected]