Jan. 26, 2008

Complete Results

LOGAN, Utah - Seven members of the Utah State's men and women's track and field teams posted Western Athletic Conference leading times at the Cougar Indoor Invitational hosted by Washington State Friday and Saturday. A total of eight Aggies won events during the two-day meet.

USU competed against Eastern Washington, Washington State, conference foe Idaho, and the USC women.

"I am very pleased with the way we performed today," USU head coach Greg Gensel said. "We had lots of athletes who earned season bests, others who earned personal records, and we won some events. I am pleased with the progress we continue to make."

Sophomore Erin Stratton had the "performance of the meet," according to Gensel. She won the mile with a conference leading time of 4:59.87. With that time she moves into eighth-place on the USU Women's Indoor Top 10 list in the mile.

For the men, junior Nick Karren and sophomore Steve Strickland recorded conference leading and personal record times with their first place finishes in the 400m and 3000m with times of 48.66 and 8:25.63 respectively. Strickland moves into sixth-place on USU Men's Indoor Top 10 list, where he also holds the ninth-fastest time as well.

Karren helped fellow Aggie juniors Keith Williams and Brandon Waller, along with freshman James Allred to a first-place victory in the men's 4x400m, with a conference leading time of 3:17.24.

"We've been having lots of success in the last couple of meets, now we need to keep building on what we've started," said Gensel. "If we can just keep going with this, that's all a coach can ask for."

Senior Amy Egan set a Cougar Indoor Invitational record in the 800m with her first place time of 2:11.95. She also moved into fourth-place on USU Women's Indoor Top 10 list for the 800m, where she currently holds second place.

Other Aggie women who performed well include freshman Maria Halton, whose time of 25.45 ranks her second in the WAC in the 200m. Sophomore Kirsta Larson placed first in the weight throw (16.53m, 54-02.75) and Sonia Grabowska also placed first in the pole vault (3.65m, 11-11.75).

On the men's side, freshman Chio Lopez ran a personal best with his placed first in the mile with a time of 4:17.2. Fellow Aggie freshman Silas Pementel also placed first in the 200m with a time of 22.26.

Next up, the Aggies will head to Colorado Springs, Colo. to compete in the Air Force Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2-3.

Cougar Indoor Invitational
January 25 - 26, 2008
Pullman, Washington
Utah State Women's Results
60 Meter Dash Preliminaries
6. Maria Halton - 7.78; 8. Kimiko Kamo - 7.88; 11. Brittany Chadwick -
 8.01
60 Meter Dash Finals
6. Maria Halton - 7.77; 10. Kimiko Kamo - 7.94
200 Meter Dash
3.  Maria Halton - 25.45; 4. Kimiko Kamo - 26.15; 6. Brittany Chadwick
 - 26.46
400 Meter Dash
4. Katelyn Jensen	 - 58.20; 7. Katie Thatcher - 58.65; 8. Camille Fehlberg
 - 59.36; 10. Elaine Connolly - 59.57; 11. Jessie Nielson - 59.99; 13.
 Cachet Webb - 1:00.10; 16. Jen Day - 1:00.56
Mile Run
1. Erin Stratton - 4:59.87; 6. Alicia Holt - 5:22.12
800 Meter Run
1. Amy Egan - 2:11.95*; 5. Shanna Nielsen - 2:25.68
3000 Meter Run
2. Stacie Lifferth (Dorius) - 10:20.33; 3. Amy Egan - 10:28.01; 7.
 Vanessa Hawkins - 10:31.04; 9. Allison Taylor - 10:36.38
6 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
8.  Ashlee Cannon - 8.94; 10. Katie Thatcher -  9.33; 14.
Camille Fehlberg - 9.58
60 Meter Hurdles Finals
7. Ashlee Cannon - 8.98; 11. Katie Thatcher - 9.45; 13.
Camille Fehlberg - 9.70
4x400 Meter Relay
3. Utah State (E. Connolly, K. Jensen, J. Nielson, K. Thatcher) -
3:54.44
High Jump
5. Tara Pickett	 - 1.58m, 5-02.25
Long Jump
3. Katelyn Jensen - 5.59m, 18-04.25; 6. Camille Fehlberg - 5.03m,
16-06.00
Long Jump Indoor Pentathlon
7. Jennifer Scheiss - 4.92m, 16-01.75, 538
Shot Put
6. Brooke McNaughton - 11.71m, 38-05.00
Shot Put Indoor Pentathlon
3. Jennifer Scheiss - 9.54m, 31-03.75, 499
Weight Throw
1.	Krista Larson - 16.53m, 54-02.75; 7. Brooke McNaughton - 13.27m,
 43-06.50
Indoor Pentathlon
5. Jennifer Scheiss - 3056
Utah State Men's Results
60 Meter Dash Preliminaries
2.	Silas Pimentel - 7.00; Lamar Brown - 7.32
60 Meter Dash Finals
2. Silas Pimentel - 6.99
200 Meter Dash
1. Silas Pimentel - 22.26
400 Meter Dash
1. Nick Karren - 48.66; 3. Keith Williams - 49.73; 5. Brett Knighton -
 50.88
Mile Run
1.Chio Lopez - 4:17.2; 4. Ben Kessen - 4:21.1; 8. Eric Larson - 4:23.2

800 Meter Run
2. James Allred - 1:59.06
3000 Meter Run
4. Seth Wold - 8:34. 55; 6. Jason Holt - 8:39.85; 7. Hunter Nelson -
 8:40.22; 9. Jared Glenn - 8:53.26; 11. Andrew Niccoli - 8:56.84
60 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries
6. John Strang - 8.39; 7. Keith Williams - 8.54
60 Meter Hurdles Finals
5. John Strang - 8.34; 7. Keith Williams - 8.53
4x400 Meter Relay
1.	Utah State (K. Williams, B. Waller, J. Allred, N. Karren) -
3:17.24
Pole Vault
5. Palmer Hawkins - 4.40m, 14-05.25
Long Jump
2.	Blake Hadfield - 6.77m, 22-02.50; 3. John Strang - 6.77m, 22-02.50
Triple Jump
3.	Blake Hadfield - 14.09m, 46-02.75
Shot Put
3.	Joe Canavan - 16.10m, 52-10.00; 5. Daniel Cruz - 14.38m, 47-02.25
Weight Throw
6. Joe Canavan - 15.41m, 50-06.75; 8. Tyler Ellis - 14.75m, 48-04.75
Men's Team Scoring (Does Not Include Heptathlon)
WSU 65  Utah State 56
Utah State 79  EWU 34
Utah State 64  Idaho 49
Women's Team Scoring (Does Not Include Heptathlon)
WSU 78  Utah State 43
Utah State 79  Idaho 30
Utah State 63  USC 45
Utah State 85.5  EWU 28.5