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Christiansen Invite
Air Force Takes Fourth at CSU Invitational
4/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Backed by four first-place finishes and three improvements to the Academy record book, the Air Force track and field team concluded competition at the Jack Christiansen Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday, April 25. The Falcons accounted for nearly 30 scoring finishes, en route to fourth-place finishes in the men's and women's team standings.
Junior Riley Vann moved into tie for fifth on the Air Force pole vault's all-time list, after winning the event with a career-best clearance of 12'7½". Jamiel Trimble also impacted the Academy record book during a victorious performance, as he improved his own Freshman Class Record in the 110-meter hurdles (14.37).
Vann and Trimble were two of four first-place finishers for the Falcons this afternoon. Junior Dylan Bell cleared a season-best 17'1½" to win the pole vault, while sophomore Taylor Hulslander finished first in the javelin throw after recording a season-best toss of 195'2".
Air Force claimed the top two finishers in the javelin throw, as sophomore Eric Hoff unleashed a throw of 190'4" to finish second behind Hulslander and improve his own career mark by over 20 feet. The Falcons also received an additional scoring finish in the 110-meter hurdles, as senior Edmond Duvall clocked a personal-best time of 14.96 to finish seventh.
In addition to his victory in the 110-meter hurdles, Trimble also ran on Air Force's two scoring relays. The freshman led off the 4x400-meter relay that finished second in 3:20.28 (freshman Tyler Koss, sophomore Chandler Myers, classmate Garrett Newman) and anchored the 4x100-meter relay that matched the program's fastest time of the year (41.12) to finish fourth (Myers, sophomore Zach Johnson, freshman Cody Ray).
Johnson added a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash (career-best 10.70), while Myers took eighth in the 200-meter dash (career-best 22.19). Freshman Robbie Anderson also scored for the Falcons in the 200-meter dash, placing seventh with a career-best 22.18.
The men picked up a pair of top-eight finishes in the 400-meter hurdles, as junior Jordan McCool and senior Siotame Latu placed fifth (54.28) and seventh (career-best 54.49), respectively. Freshman Jimmy Shipley finished sixth in the 5000-meter run (15:38.03), while senior Kyle Gartrell placed seventh in the triple jump (46'4") and junior Spencer Baldwin earned the same finish in the hammer throw (182'10").
On the women's side, Sydney Rohlwing clocked the third-fastest time in Academy history (1:02.13) to finish third in the 400-meter hurdles. Rohlwing, who has improved the program's #3 time and Sophomore Class Record in that event for three straight meets, also scored in the 100-meter hurdles (career-best 15.31, sixth).
Vann's pole vault victory paced Air Force to four of the top-six spots, as sophomore Emily Smithwick, freshman Hannah Durbin and sophomore Zoe Casteel all cleared matching marks of 11'7¾" to finish third, fifth and sixth, respectively. That clearance is a personal-best for both Durbin and Smithwick.
The women also earned multiple finishes in the 100-meter hurdles and javelin throw. Senior Sierra Schepper crossed the finish line of the 100-meter hurdles in 15.71 to joie Rohlwing with a top-eight finish (eighth), while freshman Ryan Vicek and junior Jacki French finished second (125'0") and seventh (112'11"), respectively, in the javelin.
Senior Morgan Malone picked up a pair of scoring finishes for the Falcons, placing fifth in the 100-meter dash (season-best 12.41) and seventh in the 200-meter dash (25.21). Junior Angelea Ross matched her season-best distance of 38'2¼" to finish third in the triple jump, while sophomore Samantha Skold finished fifth in the 1500-meter run (season debut 4:56.96) and senior Danielle Tabb placed sixth in the shot put (season-best 45'3¾").
The abbreviated Air Force squads finished fourth in the 10-team standings for both the men (72 points) and women (64 points). Colorado State swept the team titles (192 men, 238 women) at their home invitational, while Colorado (92.50), Northern Colorado (75), Air Force and Wyoming (47.50) finished second through fifth in the men's field and Wyoming (92), Northern Colorado (66.25), Air Force and Colorado (50) completed the top five on the women's side.
Air Force remains on the road next weekend, when it travels to Lawrence, Kan., for the Jayhawk Classic on May 2.
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