ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Seattle U track and field continued their indoor season at the WAC Indoor Championships on February 19 and 20 in Albuquerque. The meet featured a first place win in the women's distance medley relay for the Redhawks, and another school record for sophomore Miguel Rosario III.
The combination of Azalea Groleau, Taylor Marks, McKenna White and Lilianne Hargreaves were the team that came through with the distance medley relay victory for the Redhawks, finishing with a time of 12:05.94. This is the fourth distance medley relay title that the Redhawks have earned over the past few seasons, with both the men and women having earned two titles each.
"Congratulations to the women's thrilling distance medley relay win Monday night." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "It was a very stacked field and it was the first time this team of girls have ever raced together." he continues.
The men's combination of Alex Franklin, Alex Jensen, Zack Sundt and Gus Harquail also performed well in the distance medley relay, finishing in fourth place with a time of 10:08.97.
"Props to the men's distance medley relay team, finishing fourth in another thrilling finish and incredibly stacked field." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "Same case as the women, it was their first time racing together." he continues.
Sophomore Miguel Rosario III also had an incredible weekend, finishing in first place in the 60 meter dash prelims and second in the 200 meter dash prelims. Rosario's time of 21.03 in the 200 meter broke the school record by a staggering amount of .68. Rosario was able to significantly improve upon on his personal best time from a year ago, which was 21.92.
"You rarely see this type of improvement." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "Last year as a freshman Miguel didn't make the final in either event, so I give a ton of credit to Miguel and coach Tony Monroe. Miguel finished in second by just a fraction in the 60 meter dash final. After his finish he fell and got a slight strained hamstring so we weren't able to race him in the final, which he would have been in contention of winning." he continues.
Sophomore Azalea Groleau continued her impressive season for the Redhawks, earning her second All-WAC title after earning one this fall during the cross country season. Groleau placed sixth in the 3000 meter, improving from her twelfth place spot at last years WAC Indoor Championships.
This was the youngest team that the Redhawks have had at the WAC Indoor Championship, with twenty-eight out of the teams total forty-one members at the meet being freshman or sophomore's.
The Redhawks had fourteen personal bests at the meet, bringing them to a total of forty-eight personal best's on the season. The team also had a number of top ten performances at the meet, bringing them to a total of twenty-nine top ten performances on the season.
TOP 10 INDOOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES:
- Miguel Rosario III: 1st place in men's 200 meter (21.03)
- JR Zamora: Tied 2nd place in men's long jump (6.55), 10th place in men's triple jump (12.79).
- Azalea Groleau, Taylor Marks, McKenna White and Lilianne Hargreaves: 3rd place in women's distance medley relay (12:05.94)
- Alex Franklin, Alex Jensen, Zack Sundt and Gus Harquail: 4th place in men's distance medley relay (10:08.97)
- Manthita Wague: 4th place in women's long jump (5.37)
- Zoe Tibbo: 6th place in womens long jump (5.27), 7th place in women's triple jump (11.18)
- Julie Smith: 6th place in women's 200m (25:85), 10th place in women's 60m (7.99)
- Amadeus Eckart: Tied 8th place in men's long jump (6.24)
- Kavon Holden: Tied 8th place in men's 60m (7.07)
- Joseph Alleyne, Alex Jensen, Gus Harquail, Alex Franklin: 10th place in men's 4x400 relay (3:25.93)
The combination of Azalea Groleau, Taylor Marks, McKenna White and Lilianne Hargreaves were the team that came through with the distance medley relay victory for the Redhawks, finishing with a time of 12:05.94. This is the fourth distance medley relay title that the Redhawks have earned over the past few seasons, with both the men and women having earned two titles each.
"Congratulations to the women's thrilling distance medley relay win Monday night." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "It was a very stacked field and it was the first time this team of girls have ever raced together." he continues.
The men's combination of Alex Franklin, Alex Jensen, Zack Sundt and Gus Harquail also performed well in the distance medley relay, finishing in fourth place with a time of 10:08.97.
"Props to the men's distance medley relay team, finishing fourth in another thrilling finish and incredibly stacked field." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "Same case as the women, it was their first time racing together." he continues.
Sophomore Miguel Rosario III also had an incredible weekend, finishing in first place in the 60 meter dash prelims and second in the 200 meter dash prelims. Rosario's time of 21.03 in the 200 meter broke the school record by a staggering amount of .68. Rosario was able to significantly improve upon on his personal best time from a year ago, which was 21.92.
"You rarely see this type of improvement." says head coach, Kelly Sullivan. "Last year as a freshman Miguel didn't make the final in either event, so I give a ton of credit to Miguel and coach Tony Monroe. Miguel finished in second by just a fraction in the 60 meter dash final. After his finish he fell and got a slight strained hamstring so we weren't able to race him in the final, which he would have been in contention of winning." he continues.
Sophomore Azalea Groleau continued her impressive season for the Redhawks, earning her second All-WAC title after earning one this fall during the cross country season. Groleau placed sixth in the 3000 meter, improving from her twelfth place spot at last years WAC Indoor Championships.
This was the youngest team that the Redhawks have had at the WAC Indoor Championship, with twenty-eight out of the teams total forty-one members at the meet being freshman or sophomore's.
The Redhawks had fourteen personal bests at the meet, bringing them to a total of forty-eight personal best's on the season. The team also had a number of top ten performances at the meet, bringing them to a total of twenty-nine top ten performances on the season.
TOP 10 INDOOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES:
- Miguel Rosario III: 1st place in men's 200 meter (21.03)
- JR Zamora: Tied 2nd place in men's long jump (6.55), 10th place in men's triple jump (12.79).
- Azalea Groleau, Taylor Marks, McKenna White and Lilianne Hargreaves: 3rd place in women's distance medley relay (12:05.94)
- Alex Franklin, Alex Jensen, Zack Sundt and Gus Harquail: 4th place in men's distance medley relay (10:08.97)
- Manthita Wague: 4th place in women's long jump (5.37)
- Zoe Tibbo: 6th place in womens long jump (5.27), 7th place in women's triple jump (11.18)
- Julie Smith: 6th place in women's 200m (25:85), 10th place in women's 60m (7.99)
- Amadeus Eckart: Tied 8th place in men's long jump (6.24)
- Kavon Holden: Tied 8th place in men's 60m (7.07)
- Joseph Alleyne, Alex Jensen, Gus Harquail, Alex Franklin: 10th place in men's 4x400 relay (3:25.93)