Day 2 Results | Day 2 Team Scores
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico track & field team continued its push for titles during the second day of the at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Allan Hamilton repeated as long jump champion to help the Lobo men to third place, while the women currently sit in eighth after the second day of action. Through Friday’s events, the New Mexico men have 41 team points, and the women have 10 points.
With most of the day’s events holding just preliminary rounds heading into tomorrow’s finals, the Lobos are in still position to defend their team titles. The UNM men have won the last three MW Indoor titles, while the women have claimed the past two such championships.
Headlining the second day of the three-day meet was Hamilton’s title in the long jump, as he leaped 25 feet, 3 ½ inches (7.71 meters) for his second straight MW title in the event.
“Solid day,” Hamilton said. “I can’t complain. … We always said that today was about coming out and competing to the best of our ability and just getting the points for the team.”
Right behind was teammate Yannick Roggatz, who was second with a leap of 25 ½ (7.63), while Samuel Trigg added a fifth-place finish of 23-2 ½ (7.07). The long jumped added 22 of the Lobos’ 41 total points.
Only three other events went final for the UNM men on Friday, but the Lobos made the most of their opportunities.
| Daniel Lam |
Daniel Lam seized runner-up honors in the heptathlon with a one-point personal record of 5,241 points. He rode a commanding victory in the pole vault for his final tally, which ranks third in UNM history.
“Before coming in I thought I could get second place, and that’s what I did so I’m happy with that,” Lam said.
Beau Clafton also scored in the heptathlon, posting a big PR of his own. He totalled 4,945 points — the eighth-best mark in UNM history — with strong marks in the 60 and the shot put.
Together, the duo added 11 points to the men’s tally.
In the high jump Roggatz battled for a sixth-place clearance of 6-8 ¾, good for another three points.
Dan Milechman added a seventh-place time of 14 minutes, 58.03 second in the 5,000-meter run for two points.
On the women’s side, New Mexico received scoring marks in a handful of event finals.
Casey Dowling placed seventh in the long jump (18-4 ¼ [5.59m]) for two points, while Katherine Whiting and Heleene Tambet posted a pair of eighth-place finishes in the pole vault (12-5 ½ [3.80m]) and 5000 (17:31.35), respectively.
Most of the other track events ran preliminaries Friday, with the Lobos advancing athletes to the finals in a number of race.
For the men, Ridge Jones advanced in both the 60 (third place, time of 6.75) and the 200 (eighth, 21.68), while three other Lobos qualified in the 60, including Hamilton (fifth, 6.81), Scott Bajere (sixth, 6.85) and Carlos Wiggins (seventh, 6.88).
Also advancing to Saturday’s event finals were Mark Haywood (sixth, PR of 48.16) in the 400; Elmar Engholm (first, PR of 1:50.97) and Adam Cotton (sixth, 1:52.39) in the 800; and Roggatz in the 60 hurdles (seventh, 8.33).
The women got a pair of qualifying efforts from both Sophie Connor and Holly Van Grinsven.
Connor advanced in the 800 behind a school-record time of 2:08.43 that placed first in the preliminary round, while also moving on the mile (fourth, 4:55.57). Van Grinsven qualified to the finals of both the 400 (fifth, 55.07) and the 60 hurdles (third, 8.47).
Calli Thackery (seventh, 4:58.28) and Mackenzie Everett (10th, 5:04.12) also moved on to the finals of the mile run.
Through day two, the Colorado State men are leading with 69 points. Air Force is third with 43 points, two ahead of the Lobos’ third-place tally of 41 points. Wyoming (34 points) is fourth, with Utah State (29 points) in fifth and Boise State (15) in sixth.
The women’s results have Colorado State leading the 11-team field with 46 points. Boise State is second with 41.50 points, while San Diego State (32 points), Wyoming (32) and Nevada (21) round out the top five. Air Force (sixth, 14.5), San José State (seventh, 14), New Mexico (eighth, 10), Utah State (eighth, 10), Fresno State (10th, 8) and UNLV (11th, 5) sit sixth through 11th.
The final day of the championships begin at 10 a.m. MT with the women’s shot put and at noon with the final of the men’s mile. Check back at GoLobos.com for a complete recap.