Air Force Opens Competition at MWC Championships

Feb. 22, 2007

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Air Force track and field team opened competition at the Mountain West Conference Championships this morning (Feb. 21) in Albuquerque, N.M. Backed by a pair of runner-up finishes in the four heptathlon events that were contested, senior Brian Walsh is currently in third place with 3029 points.

Walsh, the defending heptathlon champion, finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.09, while completing a distance of 23'3½" in the long jump. In addition, he cleared a season-best 6'2¼" in the high jump to finish fifth and threw 40'11" in the shot put to take sixth.

Sophomore Skylar Morgan and junior Matt Gensic currently sit in seventh- and 10th-place, respectively, in the heptathlon. Morgan used a third-place high jump mark of 6'3½" to tally 2699 points, while Gensic has posted 2491 points. Morgan also took sixth in the long jump (21'1½"), seventh in the shot put (37'1¼") and eighth in the 60-meter dash (7.48). Gensic's top finish was an eighth-place high jump mark of 6'0", while also taking a pair of ninth-place finishes in the long jump (20'2½") and shot put (35'1") and a 10th-place time in the 60-meter dash (7.57).

With just the combined events being contested today, the women's heptathlon was the only event to be completed. Lindsey Bengard, Air Force's lone competitor, finished 16th with a career-best 2719 points. That total improves her eighth-place standing on the Academy's all-time list. Bengard's top finish of the day was a 12th-place height of 5'0¼" in the high jump. She also clocked times of 9.72 (60-meter hurdles) and 3:07.50 (800-meter run), while tallying marks of 15'10½" in the long jump and 30'6¼" in the shot put.

Heptathlon action concludes tomorrow (Feb. 23) with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter run. The individual events of the MWC Championships are slated to begin 1 p.m., with the women's weight throw and men's long jump. All action will take place at he Albuquerque Convention Center.

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