The highlight of the weekend’s competition was the performance of senior Mason Finley who won the shot put on Saturday with a throw of 65-3 1/2. Finley has yet to be defeated in the shot put since the start of indoor season.
Sophomore Tyler Anderson also threw well for the Cowboys, earning a second-place finish in the weight throw with a season-best toss of 64-4 on Friday.
“The male throwers continued to post impressive marks this season,” Wyoming head coach Bryan Berryhill said.
Sophomore Scott Carter placed sixth in the triple jump in 46-4. Senior Jacob Edwards earned seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.47, beating out fellow senior Aaron Praska who finished ninth in the same event with a time of 8.49.
Sophomore Amos Bowen finished 10th in the mile with a personal-best 4:21.
The Cowgirls failed to earn a top finish during the weekend’s competition, but got a spark from senior Jenna Mann who finished second in the 60-meter hurdles
with a time of 8.51.
Freshman Mikalah Skates also placed in the 60-meter hurdles, earning eighth with a time of 9.06. Senior Candace Wollert ran the 800-meter dash in 2:14 to place third, ahead of freshman teammate Cassidy Meade who ran a 2:16 and finished sixth. Senior Audrey West also placed, earning a fifth place finish in the 60 meters in 7.72.
Freshman Shana Wilcoxson climbed to 10th on UW’s all-time indoor chart at 37-5, which was enough to earn her a seventh place finish at this weekend’s competition. She was immediately followed by fellow freshman Cowgirl Tabitha Briscoe who finished eighth in 37-4 ½.
“We were coming off a great performance last weekend, but we were a little down here at Air Force,” UW head coach Bryan Berryhill said. “We made some mental errors out there that we’ll have to clean up before we face a very good Montana State team next weekend in Gillette. We didn’t have a lot of personal bests out
there today, but they put in the effort. They were just competing on tired legs.”
Wyoming resumes track and field action next Saturday at the Campbell County Recreation Center in Gillette against Montana State. The Powder River Dual is set to start at noon.
