Falcons Head to Greeley for Tom Benich Invitational

The Air Force track and field team returns to Colorado this weekend, as they head to Greeley to take on some of their local counterparts at the Tom Benich Invitational, hosted by Northern Colorado, on Saturday, April 8.

MEET INFORMATION
The Tom Benich Invitational will take place at Nottingham Field, which is located near the intersection of 17th Avenue and Reservoir Road on the UNC campus. Action is slated to begin at 9:00 a.m. (MT) – a tentative schedule of events is listed below. Results will be available via RapidResultsTiming.com and a direct link is available on the Falcons' schedule page.

TOM BENICH INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00 a.m.: Men's Pole Vault, followed by Women's Pole Vault; 9:00 a.m.: Men's Hammer Throw, followed by Women's Hammer Throw; 9:00 a.m.: Women's Shot Put, followed by Men's Shot Put; 10:30 a.m.: Men's Long Jump; 12:00 p.m.: Women's Long Jump; 12:30 p.m.: 3000-Meter Steeplechase; 12:30 p.m.: Men's Javelin Throw, followed by Women's Javelin Throw; 1:30 p.m.: 4x100-Meter Relay; 1:30 p.m.: Men's Triple Jump; 1:50 p.m.: 1500-Meter Run; 2:00 p.m.: Women's High Jump, followed by Men's High Jump; 2:10 p.m.: 100-/110-Meter Hurdles, followed by 4:00-Meter Dash; 3:00 p.m.: Women's Triple Jump; 3:05 p.m.: 100-Meter Dash; 3:30 p.m.: Men's Discus Throw, followed by Women's Discus Throw; 3:35 p.m.: 800-Meter Run, followed by 400-Meter Hurdles, 200-Meter Dash, 4x400-Meter Relay (women compete first in all running events)

AIR FORCE IN THE RANKINGS
Highlighted by Ryan Johnson's No. 9 ranking in the 10,000-meter run, three Falcons are listed among the NCAA Top 30 in the April 3 edition of the TFRRS national standings. Johnson clocked an Academy Record time of 28:20.70 in his first 10K of the year at the Stanford Invitational, while Eli Bennett (13:42.70) and Sean Maison (13:46.78) are ranked 20th and 28th, respectively, in the 5000-meter event after their first race of the season at that meet.

SQUAD GOALS
With a combined time of 55:20.1, the men's 5000-meter quartet of Eli Bennett, Sean Maison, Ethan Marshall and Scott Maison are ranked fourth in the inaugural outdoor edition of the USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings – which are determined by the cumulative season-best marks from a team's top-four athletes on the national descending order list. The men's hammer throw lineup of Cooper Stroka, Jaret Prete, Gerrit Tamminga and Texas Tanner is listed among the nation's Top 15 (No. 12, 234m), while quartets from the 110-meter hurdles (Cameron Harris, Darek Hackett, Philip Hundl, Braeden Holcombe: 58.43) and discus throw (Hayden Bullock, Tamminga, Jace Pittman, Tanner: 203m) are both ranked 16th.

COMING UP
The Falcons head back to California for another busy weekend of competition on April 13-15, as they take part in the Bryan Clay Invitational (Azusa) and Beach Invitational (Long Beach).

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