Men’s Relay Impacts Record Book at Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. – The 4x100-meter relay of senior Miguel Molas, junior Terrell Bradford, senior Sedacy Walden and senior Reece Pontious debuted on the Academy's all-time standings this afternoon (April 6), as the Air Force track and field team wrapped up competition at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder.

The quartet combined for a time of 40.66 – the fastest mark in three seasons – to debut in seventh on the Academy's all-time standings and win the nine-team event at Potts Field.

While the 4x100-meter relay accounted for one of Air Force's 30 top-10 finishes on Saturday afternoon, its individual members combined for four additional top-10 marks. Bradford and Pontious posted matching times of 21.62 to record the top collegiate finishes in the 200-meter dash – and tied for second in the full 69-runner field, while Walden clocked a 400-meter time of 46.35 to finish second out of 43 runners in that event. In addition, Bradford ran on the 4x400-meter relay (sophomore Terrell Davis, freshman Sean Geither, senior David Collins) that finished fourth with a time of 3:20.28.

Senior Sam Hinegardner and sophomore Mitch Lipe were the top collegiate finishers in the pole vault, as the pair recorded matching clearances of 16'5¼" to finish third in the overall field of 26. The duo led the Falcons to five top-10 finishes in the overall standings, as junior Logan Grizzle and freshman Ethan Gardner tied for fifth (15'11¼") and fellow freshman Zach Legg tied for ninth (14'11½").

Sophomore Luke Zuluaga joined Walden in the top-10 of the 400-meter dash following a ninth-place time of 48.63, as the men accounted for multiple top-10 finishes in two additional events. Junior George Brown posted a time of 10.97 (wind at -2.6 m/s) to finish fourth out of 47 sprinters in the 100-meter dash, while sophomore Zachary Dicken clocked a time of 11.09 (wind at -3.1 m/s) to finish 10th. Senior Garrett Coalson finished sixth in the shot put (51'2¾") and seventh in the discus (146'0"), while freshman Jarod Pankau added a ninth-place distance of 141'0" in the discus throw.

Freshman Will Kitzhaber earned a fourth-place finish in the 3000-meter run (9:01.08), while classmate Lashawn Taylor recorded a fifth-place distance of 21'11½" in his first long jump of the outdoor season and fellow freshman Jake Hall improved his high jump clearance to 6'7" during a sixth-place outing. Senior Micah Fontaine finished third amongst collegiate athletes – and sixth overall – in the 110-meter hurdles (14.99), while freshman La'akea Aiu accounted for a 10th-place time in the 400-meter hurdles (57.20).

On the women's side, sophomore Kathleen Medill and junior Megan Irvine earned runner-up finishes in their respective events, as Medill recorded a clearance of 5'5¼" in the high jump and Irvine tallied a time of 55.38 in the 400-meter dash. The Falcons accounted for multiple top-10 placements in those two events, as freshman Ari Martinez tied for fifth on the high jump (5'3¼") and classmate Michelle Roca placed ninth on the track (59.07).

A trio of freshmen accounted for top-10 finishes in the pole vault, as Erika Willis cleared 12'0" to tie for fourth and classmates Frankie Porambo and Corey Friedenbach tied for sixth behind matching marks of 11'6¼". Also from the field, sophomore Addyson Smith earned a fifth-place distance of a 42'4¼" in the shot put and classmate Donna Borer took seventh in the discus throw (143'9").

The Falcons return to action next weekend, as they split for another pair of meets. Part of the squad will travel to College Station, Texas, on April 12-13 for the Texas A&M Invitational, while the remainder of the team will head to Fort Collins for the Ram Quadrangular on April 13.

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