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BYU Men, Colorado State Women Lead After Day Two of the MWC Indoor Track Championships
Walsh comes from behind to win men's heptathlon title.
Feb. 24, 2006 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Colorado State University women and Brigham Young University men lead the Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships after two days of competition at the Albuquerque Convention Center. CSU leads second place BYU on the women's side 73-64.5, while the Cougars have a 71-67 lead on the Rams in the men's race. The final events get underway on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Air Force (43) is currently in third place on the men's side, followed by New Mexico (28), Wyoming (14) and league newcomer TCU (8). In the women's competition, San Diego State is third (31.5), followed by Utah (29.5), Wyoming (17), New Mexico (9.5), TCU (7) and Air Force (1).
A breakdown of today's event finals is below:
· Air Force junior Brian Walsh won the men's heptathlon with an NCAA provisional qualifying and MWC Championship record score of 5,412...Walsh erased a 93-point deficit over the final two events (pole vault & 1,000m) to give Air Force its second straight MWC heptathlon title...each of the top-four finishers surpassed the NCAA provisional standard (5,200) and the 2-year-old MWC Championships record (5,263)...BYU freshman Meelis Kosk jumped from fifth to second in the final event, finishing with 5,321 points...Colorado State junior Kevin Johnson, the leader after six events, finished third (5,319) and Wyoming junior Olav Roe was fourth (5,274) in his collegiate heptathlon debut...New Mexico's Dan Feltman, the 2005 MWC decathlon champion, was fifth (5,145)...BYU junior Chris Weirich was forced to pull out of the competition after landing awkwardly and injuring his leg in the pole vault...Weirich was in sixth place after six events.
· Colorado State junior Nicole Feest ended BYU's 6-year dominance of the women's 5,000m, winning the race with a MWC Championship and Albuquerque Convention Center record time of 17:08.61...her time was also under the altitude adjusted NCAA provisional qualifying standard (17:11.35)...BYU senior Chelsea McKell, who entered the meet ranked 11th in the country by Trackwire.com, finished second (17:14.20) and junior teammate Breanne Sandberg was third (17:24.68).
· Colorado State junior Rob Watson gave the Rams a sweep of the 5K, winning the men's 5,000m with a facility record time of 14:44.83...New Mexico junior Jeremy Johnson was second (14:51.25) in his MWC Championships debut, followed by BYU sophomore Chandler Goodwin (15:01.61)...CSU has won the MWC 5,000 three of the past four years.
· BYU finished 1-2 in the men's long jump with senior Matthew Anderson (23-01.75) edging junior teammate Boian Marinov (23-00.00) for the MWC title...Air Force sophomore Devin Hart was third (22-09.75)...BYU has won four of the last five men's long jump crowns at the MWC Indoor Championships. · Colorado State senior Jill McCormick won the women's weight throw with a mark of 64-02.25...McCormick was the runner-up last year behind teammate Loree Smith...Wyoming sophomore Kate Burton was second (61-08.50), followed by CSU junior Jaimee Troth (60-05.75). · Colorado State senior Nate Heyrman led a 1-2-3-4-5 finish for the Rams in the men's weight throw with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 63-09.75...it's the first time in MWC Indoor Championships history that a team has swept the first five places in a men's event...junior Trey Eder was second with an NCAA provisional mark of 63-09.00, followed by senior Jace Rivera (61-09.00), sophomore Jason Schutz (60-01.75) and sophomore Alex Godell (55-01.00). · BYU junior David Pendergrass became the first back-to-back champion in the men's high jump, clearing 6-11.75 as the Cougars swept the top-3 spots...Pendergrass won his fourth MWC high jump title overall, adding to his 2005 and '02 outdoor crowns...teammates Bryce Bergen (junior) and Trevor Heiner (freshman) tied for second with a mark of 6-09.75. · BYU won its fifth-straight MWC women's distance medley relay title, clocking a Championships and Albuquerque Convention Center record of 11:52.80...the Cougars have won all but one DMR race in MWC history...CSU finished second (12:03.26) and New Mexico was third (12:06.93)...all three surpassed the old MWC Championships record of 12:12.22. · The Cougars also won their third straight men's distance medley relay title, finishing with a MWC Championship and facility record time of 10:00.73...MWC newcomer TCU was second, surpassing the previous meet record (10:03.22) with a time of 10:02.91...CSU finished third with a time of 10:05.41. · San Diego State senior Erin Asay won her second women's pole vault crown with a clearance of 13-04.50...Asay won the 2004 MWC Indoor title and was the runner-up behind teammate Shayla Balentine last year...BYU senior Mandy Lonsway was second (13-00.75) and SDSU freshman Dana Jensen (12-08.75) was third. · CSU junior Janay DeLoach ended a three-year BYU run in the women's long jump, winning the event with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 20-00.50...DeLoach and current UNM assistant coach Keren Bentzur (2003) are the only athletes to break-up the Cougars' five indoor LJ titles...BYU freshman Mindy Neeley was second (19-03.25), just ahead of Utah junior Amanda Feight (19-02.50). · Air Force sophomore Travis Picou had the fastest qualifying time in the men's 200m, tying the MWC Indoor Championship record with a time of 21.15.
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