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Wednesday, May 10
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FRESNO, Calif. - The 2017 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships kick off the first of four days of action on Wednesday at Ralph Maugham Track Stadium in Logan, Utah, starting with the multi events. The men's decathlon begins at 2 p.m. MT while the women's heptathlon gets underway at 2:30 p.m.
Three Bulldogs head into the championships with the top mark in the conference in their respective event. Defending champions Kayla Hopkins (discus) and Annemarie Schwanz (1500m) are two of those athletes while Vanja Spaic (javelin) is the third one of the group after grabbing bronze at last year's conference meet. Schwanz's school-record 1500-meter time of 4:13.82 ranks No. 9 in the NCAA while Hopkins' mark of 55.25m ranks No. 15 in the NCAA and is second is school history. Spaic currently has the 29th-ranked mark nationally and is ninth all-time at Fresno State.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Please click here for full schedule of events for the 2017 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Below is a schedule of events with Fresno State's athletes who rank in the top 25 of the MW heading into the championships. Not all athletes will compete in events they rank in.
Wednesday, May 10
2:00 p.m. - Men's Decathlon (100 Meters, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400 Meters)
2:30 p.m. - Women's Heptathlon (100 Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200 Meters)
Thursday, May 11
2:00 PM Men's Decathlon (110 Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500 Meters)
2:30 PM Women's Heptathlon (Long Jump, Javelin, 800 Meters)
6:15 PM Men's 10,000 Meters
7:00 PM Women's 10,000 Meters
Friday, May 12
Field Events
10:00 p.m. - Women's Hammer Trials & Finals
5:00 p.m. - Men's High Jump Finals
Track Events
3:30 p.m. - Men's 1500 Meters Qualifying
3:45 p.m. - Women's 1500 Meters Qualifying
4:40 p.m. - Women's 400 Meters Qualifying
6:25 p.m. - Women's 200 Meters Qualifying
Saturday, May 13
Field Events
2:30 p.m. - Women's Shot Put Trials & Finals
4:00 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault Finals
5:00 p.m. - Women's High Jump Finals
Track Events
3:30 p.m. - Men's 4x100 Relay Finals
4:00 p.m. - Women's 1500 Meters Finals
4:10 p.m. - Men's 110 Hurdles Finals
4:20 p.m. - Women's 100 Hurdles Finals
4:30 p.m. - Men's 400 Meters Finals
4:40 p.m. - Women's 400 Meters Finals
5:05 p.m. - Men's 100 Meters Finals
5:15 p.m. - Women's 100 Meters Finals
5:25 p.m. - Men's 800 Meters Finals
5:35 p.m. - Women's 800 Meters Finals
5:45 p.m. - Men's 400 Hurdles Finals
5:55 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Finals
6:05 p.m. - Men's 200 Meters Finals
6:15 p.m. - Women's 200 Meters Finals
6:25 p.m. - Men's 5000 Meters Finals
6:50 p.m. - Women's 5000 Meters Finals
7:15 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Relay Finals
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FRESNO, Calif. - The 2017 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships kick off the first of four days of action on Wednesday at Ralph Maugham Track Stadium in Logan, Utah, starting with the multi events. The men's decathlon begins at 2 p.m. MT while the women's heptathlon gets underway at 2:30 p.m.
Three Bulldogs head into the championships with the top mark in the conference in their respective event. Defending champions Kayla Hopkins (discus) and Annemarie Schwanz (1500m) are two of those athletes while Vanja Spaic (javelin) is the third one of the group after grabbing bronze at last year's conference meet. Schwanz's school-record 1500-meter time of 4:13.82 ranks No. 9 in the NCAA while Hopkins' mark of 55.25m ranks No. 15 in the NCAA and is second is school history. Spaic currently has the 29th-ranked mark nationally and is ninth all-time at Fresno State.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Please click here for full schedule of events for the 2017 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Below is a schedule of events with Fresno State's athletes who rank in the top 25 of the MW heading into the championships. Not all athletes will compete in events they rank in.
Wednesday, May 10
2:00 p.m. - Men's Decathlon (100 Meters, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400 Meters)
2:30 p.m. - Women's Heptathlon (100 Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200 Meters)
- Jestena Mattson – 5,004 (5)
Thursday, May 11
2:00 PM Men's Decathlon (110 Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500 Meters)
2:30 PM Women's Heptathlon (Long Jump, Javelin, 800 Meters)
6:15 PM Men's 10,000 Meters
7:00 PM Women's 10,000 Meters
Friday, May 12
Field Events
10:00 p.m. - Women's Hammer Trials & Finals
- Aisiah Tuiasosopo – 56.63m (5) / Manpreet Grewal – 52.79m (7) / Kayla Hopkins – 49.55m (14) / Katianna Parisis – 48.97m (16) / Kylie Coleman – 45.23m (24) / Tahjnee Thurston – 44.43m (25)
- Peter Breceda – 51.78m (8) / Luis Aguilar – 39.50m (16)
- Kayla Hopkins – 55.25m (1) / Yazmin Torres – 50.91m (4) / Tahjnee Thurston – 45.74m (13) / Aisiah Tuiasosopo – 45.08m (16)
- Jeremy Shumaker – 6.60m (16)
- Tieara Norman – 5.87m (9) / Breanna Covington – 5.78m (15) / Jestena Mattson – 5.60m (22)
5:00 p.m. - Men's High Jump Finals
- Stephan Gelpi – 1.95m (11) / Tanner Torrez – 1.95m (11)
- Kevin Sundberg – 52.58m (4) / Joseph Munoz – 42.80m (17) / Luis Aguilar – 39.44m (19)
Track Events
3:30 p.m. - Men's 1500 Meters Qualifying
3:45 p.m. - Women's 1500 Meters Qualifying
- Annemarie Schwanz – 4:13.82 (1)
- Kendall McNair – 15.61 (17)
- Kyndol Craver – 14.21 (13) / Tieara Norman – 14.56 (15) / Jestena Mattson – 14.76 (20)
4:40 p.m. - Women's 400 Meters Qualifying
- Maja Pogorevc – 54.30 (4) / Nailah Harris-Murillo – 54.91 (7)
- Eric Fernandez – 11.01 (19) / Alex Morris – 11.04 (21)
- Andira Ferguson – 12.04 (14) / Chastity Fellows – 12.06 (15)
- Esteban Vega – 1:51.23 (7) / Jack Kuzminsky – 1:54.55 (25)
- Annemarie Schwanz – 2:04.65
- Noah Soloman – 59.17 (15)
- Tieara Norman – 1:02.43 (12) / Kyndol Craver – 1:04.68 (22)
6:25 p.m. - Women's 200 Meters Qualifying
- Maja Pogorevc – 24.25 (11) / Nailah Harris-Murillo – 24.29 (12) / Jestena Mattson – 24.54 (17)
- Joel Gonzalez – 9:33.83 (15) / Clay Celum – 9:57.17 (17)
Saturday, May 13
Field Events
2:30 p.m. - Women's Shot Put Trials & Finals
- Kayla Hopkins – 14.60m (7) / Yazmin Torres – 13.74m (13) / Tahjnee Thurston – 12.22m (20) / Jestena Mattson – 11.27m (24)
- Noah Soloman – 13.35m (11) / Jeremy Shumaker – 13.25 (12)
- Breanna Covington – 11.77m (9)
4:00 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault Finals
5:00 p.m. - Women's High Jump Finals
- Savannah Miller – 1.66m (13) / Jestena Mattson – 1.63m (17)
- Vanja Spaic – 49.15m (1) / Jestena Mattson – 33.07m (19)
- Joseph Munoz – 15.79m (11) / Kevin Sundberg – 15.35m (13) / Luis Aguilar – 13.88m (17)
Track Events
3:30 p.m. - Men's 4x100 Relay Finals
- 42.82 (6)
- 46.18 (5)
4:00 p.m. - Women's 1500 Meters Finals
4:10 p.m. - Men's 110 Hurdles Finals
4:20 p.m. - Women's 100 Hurdles Finals
4:30 p.m. - Men's 400 Meters Finals
4:40 p.m. - Women's 400 Meters Finals
5:05 p.m. - Men's 100 Meters Finals
5:15 p.m. - Women's 100 Meters Finals
5:25 p.m. - Men's 800 Meters Finals
5:35 p.m. - Women's 800 Meters Finals
5:45 p.m. - Men's 400 Hurdles Finals
5:55 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Finals
6:05 p.m. - Men's 200 Meters Finals
6:15 p.m. - Women's 200 Meters Finals
6:25 p.m. - Men's 5000 Meters Finals
6:50 p.m. - Women's 5000 Meters Finals
7:15 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Relay Finals
- 3:24.57 (7)
- 3:42.23 (3)
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – The Bulldog Scholarship Fund gives Bulldog alumni, fans and friends the opportunity to support Fresno State Athletics and the student-athletes who inspire them. For information about how you can support the Bulldog Scholarship Fund, please visit www.bulldogschoarshipfund.com or call 559-278-7160.
Follow us on:
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