Friday, February 19
USAFA
9:00 am MT
Air Force Academy
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Air Force Collegiate Open
Photo by: Trevor Cokley
Track & Field Set to Host Air Force Open
2/18/2021 12:45:00 PM | Track and Field
The Falcons will welcome nine teams to the Academy for the Feb. 19 meet.
After several successful weekends on the road, the track and field team returns to the Academy to host the Air Force Collegiate Open on Friday, Feb. 19. The 10-team meet, which is slated to begin at 9:00 a.m. (MT) inside the Cadet Field House, will kick off a two-week homestand for the Falcons.
MEET INFORMATION
The Air Force Collegiate Open, which will be held at the Academy's Cadet Field House, features a strong lineup of collegiate teams from Air Force Collegiate Open, including Air Force, California, Colorado, Colorado Christian, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Northern Colorado, Stephen F Austin, UNLV and Western State. A full schedule of events is listed below. Live video and results will be available via GoAirForceFalcons.com (direct links are available on the team's schedule page, stats will update once the first results are entered). In addition, in-meet updates and highlights will be posted on the team's official Twitter account (@af_tfxc).
NOTICE FOR SPECTATORS
Due to social distancing requirements for Air Force track and field meets, spectators will not be allowed at the Cadet Field House.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00 a.m.: Women's Weight Throw, followed by Men's Weight Throw, Women's Shot Put, Men's Shot Put; 9:00 a.m.: Men's High Jump, followed by Women's High Jump; 9:00 a.m.: Women's Long Jump, followed by Men's Long Jump, Women's Triple Jump, Men's Triple Jump; 11:00 a.m.: 60-Meter Hurdles (prelims), followed 60-Meter Dash (prelims), 12:00 p.m.: Men's Pole Vault, followed by Women's Pole Vault; 12:00 p.m.: Mile Run, followed by 60-Meter Hurdles (finals), 400-Meter Dash, 60-Meter Dash (finals), 800-Meter Run, 200-Meter Dash, 3000-Meter Run, Mile Relay (women will compete first in all running events).
LOOKING AROUND THE NATION
Five Falcons are ranked in the top 25 of this week's national indoor standings, including a pair of 5000-meter runners – Mahala Norris (12th, 16:00.94), Sam Gilman (15th, 13:48.36) – that are listed in the top 15. The men's distance medley relay is listed 19th (10:13.78a#), while Mitch Lipe and Cole Lindhorst are ranked 21st (pole vault, 17'3") and 23rd (mile run, 3:59.28), respectively. In addition, Jake Hall (26th – high jump, 6'11"), Greg Skage (28th – pole vault, 17'0¾"), Braeden Holcombe (29th – heptathlon, 5168) are ranked in the top 30.
SQUAD GOALS
This week's USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings – which are determined by using the cumulative season-best marks from a team's top-four athletes on the national descending order list – feature four Air Force event groups ranked in the nation's top 10. The heptathlon is ranked fourth and the pole vault is ranked sixth, while the 5000-meter run and high jump are both listed seventh.
RECORDS WERE MADE TO BE BROKEN
Breaking the famed four-minute barrier in his first race at the mile distance, Cole Lindhorst set a new Academy record at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13. With a debut time of 3:59.28, Lindhorst became the first Falcon to run a raw sub-four, while deleting 0.49 seconds from the previous altitude-adjusted record that had stood for five years. The only freshman to place within the top seven, Lindhorst finished second amongst collegiate runners and third overall.
THE LONG BLUE LINE
Cole Lindhorst is no stranger to the Air Force Academy. His father, Chris – a member of the first Air Force cross country team to claim a conference championship (1991, WAC) – and mother, Grace (O'Neill), combined for 11 cross country and track letters before their graduation from the Academy in 1994. Lindhorst is one of two second-generation distance runners on the Falcons' team, as Frank Rossi's father, Frank Sr., was a four-time letterwinner in cross country and track prior to his 1986 graduation.
COMING UP
Air Force continues its two-week homestand next week, when it welcomes some of the nation's top teams to the Academy for the three-day Championships at the Peak meet on Feb. 25-27.
MEET INFORMATION
The Air Force Collegiate Open, which will be held at the Academy's Cadet Field House, features a strong lineup of collegiate teams from Air Force Collegiate Open, including Air Force, California, Colorado, Colorado Christian, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Northern Colorado, Stephen F Austin, UNLV and Western State. A full schedule of events is listed below. Live video and results will be available via GoAirForceFalcons.com (direct links are available on the team's schedule page, stats will update once the first results are entered). In addition, in-meet updates and highlights will be posted on the team's official Twitter account (@af_tfxc).
NOTICE FOR SPECTATORS
Due to social distancing requirements for Air Force track and field meets, spectators will not be allowed at the Cadet Field House.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00 a.m.: Women's Weight Throw, followed by Men's Weight Throw, Women's Shot Put, Men's Shot Put; 9:00 a.m.: Men's High Jump, followed by Women's High Jump; 9:00 a.m.: Women's Long Jump, followed by Men's Long Jump, Women's Triple Jump, Men's Triple Jump; 11:00 a.m.: 60-Meter Hurdles (prelims), followed 60-Meter Dash (prelims), 12:00 p.m.: Men's Pole Vault, followed by Women's Pole Vault; 12:00 p.m.: Mile Run, followed by 60-Meter Hurdles (finals), 400-Meter Dash, 60-Meter Dash (finals), 800-Meter Run, 200-Meter Dash, 3000-Meter Run, Mile Relay (women will compete first in all running events).
LOOKING AROUND THE NATION
Five Falcons are ranked in the top 25 of this week's national indoor standings, including a pair of 5000-meter runners – Mahala Norris (12th, 16:00.94), Sam Gilman (15th, 13:48.36) – that are listed in the top 15. The men's distance medley relay is listed 19th (10:13.78a#), while Mitch Lipe and Cole Lindhorst are ranked 21st (pole vault, 17'3") and 23rd (mile run, 3:59.28), respectively. In addition, Jake Hall (26th – high jump, 6'11"), Greg Skage (28th – pole vault, 17'0¾"), Braeden Holcombe (29th – heptathlon, 5168) are ranked in the top 30.
SQUAD GOALS
This week's USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings – which are determined by using the cumulative season-best marks from a team's top-four athletes on the national descending order list – feature four Air Force event groups ranked in the nation's top 10. The heptathlon is ranked fourth and the pole vault is ranked sixth, while the 5000-meter run and high jump are both listed seventh.
RECORDS WERE MADE TO BE BROKEN
Breaking the famed four-minute barrier in his first race at the mile distance, Cole Lindhorst set a new Academy record at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13. With a debut time of 3:59.28, Lindhorst became the first Falcon to run a raw sub-four, while deleting 0.49 seconds from the previous altitude-adjusted record that had stood for five years. The only freshman to place within the top seven, Lindhorst finished second amongst collegiate runners and third overall.
THE LONG BLUE LINE
Cole Lindhorst is no stranger to the Air Force Academy. His father, Chris – a member of the first Air Force cross country team to claim a conference championship (1991, WAC) – and mother, Grace (O'Neill), combined for 11 cross country and track letters before their graduation from the Academy in 1994. Lindhorst is one of two second-generation distance runners on the Falcons' team, as Frank Rossi's father, Frank Sr., was a four-time letterwinner in cross country and track prior to his 1986 graduation.
COMING UP
Air Force continues its two-week homestand next week, when it welcomes some of the nation's top teams to the Academy for the three-day Championships at the Peak meet on Feb. 25-27.
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