Lobo Men in 5th, Women in 7th Through Day One at UNM Collegiate Classic
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico Track & Field athletes racked up 14 new personal bests to open up the UNM Collegiate Classic on Friday at the Convention Center, highlighted by a new all-time personal best from Rebecca Grieve in the 200m.
Through the first day of competition, No. 3 USC leads the men’s team score and No. 62 Arizona State leads the women’s scoring – the UNM men sit in 5th with 20 points, while the Lobo women are in 7th with 2.
Tomorrow’s action on Day Two gets started at 10 a.m. MT. Head to GoLobos.com/FollowTrack for all of this weekend’s live results and streaming links all in one place and follow @UNMLoboXCTF on Instagram and X for live coverage, meet day content and more.
| UNM WOMEN’S POINT SCORERS – DAY ONE | UNM MEN’S POINT SCORERS – DAY ONE |
| Anya Belisle – 6 points (3rd, Mile) Sylvia Schwedler – 4 (5th, Mile) Maleah Goldie – 2 (7th, Mile) Katrina Endres – 1 (8th, Mile) Hannah Taylor – 6 (3rd, 800m) Holloway – 2 (7th, 800m) |
Iker Sanchez – 5 points (4th, Mile) Hernandez – 4 points (5th, Mile) Burrows – 8 points (2nd, 800m) Endrody – 3 points (6th, 800m) |
ON THE RUNWAYS
In the first field action of the day, Jacquelyn Gorman cleared a new personal best (3.87m) to lead UNM in the women’s “B” pole vault, finishing second overall ahead of Kiara Quezada-Arzate (3.72m) and Kailey Ludwig (3.57m), who finished seventh and ninth. Quezada-Arzate posted a season-best and Ludwig notched a new personal best to finish ahead of Isabel Thomas (3.42m) in 11th.
Kyle Hatler (4.79m) led the way in the men’s “B” flights that followed (8th overall), while Thomas Alrick cleared a personal-best 4.49m to place 11th. Hatler’s now cleared 4.70m in three of his last four outings dating back to 2024 MW Outdoor Championships.
In the women’s long jump, Zennia Gonzalez jumped 5.67m on her third and final attempt, finishing 19th overall. Alyssa Magallanez cleared above 1.60m for the third competition in a row in the women’s high jump, finishing 11th with a 1.63m mark.
Two more UNM women competed in the “A” pole vault to round out field events for the day — Alyssa Gregory cleared 3.87m and Maja Gebauer cleared 3.72m as the duo finished 11th and 13th overall.
ON THE TRACK
First up in the men’s unseeded 200m, Semaj Thompson was the only athlete not DQ’d from the sixth heat, clocking a 22.98 raw time that placed him 47th overall. CJ Pizzeck finished third in the ninth heat (22.69) and 46th overall.
In the women’s unseeded heats up next, Rebecca Grieve posted her second 200m PR of the indoor season – this time a 23.72 (23.79 converted) that stands as a .23-second improvement and moves her into sole possession of the No. 3 spot on the UNM all-time list after matching McKenna Watson’s 23.95 (24.02@) personal best in her season debut at the MLK Invite on Jan. 24.
Another big improvement from Rebecca Grieve in the 200!
Her 23.72 finish moves her into sole possession of the #⃣3⃣ spot on the UNM Indoor All-Time List. She finishes 12th overall among today’s competitors.
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Laylah Lawson (48th, 25.20) added a personal best of her own and Ophelia Pulley (51st, 25.44) both recorded new personal bests as the next-fastest UNM finishers, with Adryana Shelby (25.67) rounding things out in 52nd.
Iker Sanchez led five Lobos in the men’s mile for an event win in his first indoor race of the season, finishing fourth overall to score five points (4:09.05 / 4:03.63@) ahead of Jayden Hernandez (5th, 4:13.87 / 4:08.34@), Will Pardue (9th, 4:19.37 / 4:13.72@), Kipruto Koech (10th, 4:19.66 / 4:14.01@) and Blake Reynolds (11th, 4:20.91 / 4:15.23@). Hernandez ran just .14 seconds shy of matching a raw personal best at the MLK Invite on Jan. 25, while Pardue, Koech and Reynolds all improved on their previous mile times from earlier in the season.
Anya Belisle led the way for the women’s mile, scoring six points with a third-place finish while crossing in 5:10.30 (5:03.34). Finishing fifth, Sylvia Schwedler scored four more points (5:14.29 / 5:07.45@) and Maleah Goldie (7th, 5:17.76 / 5:10.84@) and Katrina Endres (8th, 5:23.39 / 5:16.35) combined for three more ahead of Lyla Fedio (9th, 5:37.52 / 5:30.17).
As 800m racing got underway, Dylan Burrows came just shy of a converted all-season personal best with a 1:49.18 (1:48.57) clocking in his first indoor race since the Boston U Opener in December – the Australian senior finished second by just .14 seconds, scoring eight more points for the Lobo men.
Behind him, freshmen Matthew Endrody (1:49.66) ran under 1:50 for the first time for a new personal best and Rhys Crawford (1:53.80) ran just .07 seconds behind his season-opening time – they finished 6th and 12th, respectively.
In the women’s 800m, Hannah Taylor (2:10.95) and Fiona Holloway (2:17.14) put down UNM’s 14th and 15th new personal bests of the day, finishing third and seventh to combine for eight more points.
UP NEXT / FOLLOW THE ACTION
Tomorrow’s action on Day Two gets started at 10 a.m. MT with women’s shot put and men’s 60 hurdle prelims. Head to GoLobos.com/FollowTrack for all of this weekend’s live results and streaming links all in one place and follow @UNMLoboXCTF on Instagram and X for live coverage, meet day content and more.