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Air Force Last Chance
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Falcons to Cap Indoor Homestand with Air Force Last Chance
2/14/2024 3:13:00 PM | Track and Field
The track and field team wraps up the home portion of its indoor season this Friday (Feb. 16), when it hosts the Air Force Last Chance at the Academy's Cadet Field House. The meet, which will serve as a final tune-up before the upcoming conference meet, is slated to begin at 12:00 p.m. (MT).
MEET INFORMATION
The Air Force Last Chance will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at the Cadet Field House Indoor Track, with the women's weight throw kicking off the day at noon (MT) – a complete schedule of events is listed below. Admission is free and fans must adhere to the Academy's 'Clear Bag Policy'. Live results will be available at GoAirForceFalcons.com/TrackFieldResults, while in-meet highlights will be posted on the team's official X and Instagram accounts - @af_tfxc.
WHO'S WHO
Air Force, Colorado, Colorado Christian, Colorado College, Houston, McPherson, MSU Denver, New Mexico Highlands, New Mexico Junior College, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma Panhandle, Oregon, UCCS, Washington State, and Wyoming are expected to send athletes to the Cadet Field House for the Air Force Last Chance.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS [TENTATIVE]
12:00 p.m.: Women's Weight Throw, followed by Men's Weight Throw, Women's Shot Put, Men's Shot Put; 1:00 p.m.: Men's Pole Vault, followed by Women's Pole Vault; 2:00 p.m.: Women's High Jump, followed by Men's High Jump; 2:00 p.m.: Women's Long Jump, followed by Women's Triple Jump; 2:00 p.m.: Men's Long Jump, followed by Men's Triple Jump; 2:30 p.m.: Women's 4x400-Meter Relay, Men's 3000-Meter Run (seeded), Mile Run, 60-Meter Hurdles, 400-Meter Dash, 60-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Run, 3000-Meter Run, 200-Meter Dash (unless indicated, women will compete first in all running events)
THE END OF AN ERA
The Air Force Last Chance will mark the final competition with the current configuration of the Cadet Field House Indoor Track, as the facility – which has remained mostly unchanged since the building's dedication in 1968, will undergo an extensive renovation throughout the next academic year. The Cadet Field House Indoor Track – the second-highest collegiate track in NCAA Division I – has hosted nine MW Indoor Championships and 14 WAC Indoor Championships, as well as many of the nation's elite athletes during the annual Air Force Invitational.
AIR FORCE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Texas Tanner is ranked among the nation's Top 25 in the latest TFRRS standings (Feb. 12), listed at No. 24 for his Academy Record distance of 60'8¾" in the shot put at the Potts Invitational. Two other Falcons – Caiden Macktinger (No. 28 in the pole vault, 17'7" at the Air Force Holiday Opener) and Luke Combs (No. 30 in the 5000-meter run, 13:32.08 at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener) – are ranked among the top 30, while Braeden Holcombe is listed 31st nationally in the heptathlon with a 5471-point total from the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
SQUAD GOALS
With a combined time of 55:48.08, the men's 5000-meter quartet of Luke Combs, Eli Bennett, Jason Renze and Jett Knight are ranked ninth in the Feb. 12 edition of the USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings – which are determined by the cumulative season-best marks from a team's top-four athletes in the national descending order list. The men currently have three event groups listed in the nation's Top 20, including the 19th-ranked pole vault (19.82m from Caiden Macktinger, Robert Postell, Tanner Woodring, Wyatt Curl) and weight throw (74.32m from Texas Tanner, Gerrit Tamminga, Cooper Stroka, Massimo Grisotto) squads.
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
02-10-24 | For an event that has seen just one Top 10 update since 2015, the women's 800-meter run has seen two freshmen account for four improvements in the last three weeks. Liliane Aittama clocked an Air Force Freshman Class Record time of 2:09.20 at the Windy City Invitational to take more than one second off the program's 17-year-old freshman standard and move into No. 3 on the Academy's all-time list, while Camryn Bodine registered a personal-best time of 2:11.03 to account for the fifth-fastest time in program history. In addition, fellow freshman Rachel Fereday improved her No. 17 spot on the all-time standings following a career-best time of 2:15.39 at that meet.
WHAT'S ON DECK
The indoor championship season begins next week, when the Falcons head to Albuquerque, N.M., for the 2024 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships. The three-day competition, which begins on Thursday, Feb. 22, and runs through Saturday, Feb. 24, will be held at the ABQ Convention Center.
MEET INFORMATION
The Air Force Last Chance will be held Friday, Feb. 16, at the Cadet Field House Indoor Track, with the women's weight throw kicking off the day at noon (MT) – a complete schedule of events is listed below. Admission is free and fans must adhere to the Academy's 'Clear Bag Policy'. Live results will be available at GoAirForceFalcons.com/TrackFieldResults, while in-meet highlights will be posted on the team's official X and Instagram accounts - @af_tfxc.
WHO'S WHO
Air Force, Colorado, Colorado Christian, Colorado College, Houston, McPherson, MSU Denver, New Mexico Highlands, New Mexico Junior College, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma Panhandle, Oregon, UCCS, Washington State, and Wyoming are expected to send athletes to the Cadet Field House for the Air Force Last Chance.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS [TENTATIVE]
12:00 p.m.: Women's Weight Throw, followed by Men's Weight Throw, Women's Shot Put, Men's Shot Put; 1:00 p.m.: Men's Pole Vault, followed by Women's Pole Vault; 2:00 p.m.: Women's High Jump, followed by Men's High Jump; 2:00 p.m.: Women's Long Jump, followed by Women's Triple Jump; 2:00 p.m.: Men's Long Jump, followed by Men's Triple Jump; 2:30 p.m.: Women's 4x400-Meter Relay, Men's 3000-Meter Run (seeded), Mile Run, 60-Meter Hurdles, 400-Meter Dash, 60-Meter Dash, 800-Meter Run, 3000-Meter Run, 200-Meter Dash (unless indicated, women will compete first in all running events)
THE END OF AN ERA
The Air Force Last Chance will mark the final competition with the current configuration of the Cadet Field House Indoor Track, as the facility – which has remained mostly unchanged since the building's dedication in 1968, will undergo an extensive renovation throughout the next academic year. The Cadet Field House Indoor Track – the second-highest collegiate track in NCAA Division I – has hosted nine MW Indoor Championships and 14 WAC Indoor Championships, as well as many of the nation's elite athletes during the annual Air Force Invitational.
AIR FORCE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Texas Tanner is ranked among the nation's Top 25 in the latest TFRRS standings (Feb. 12), listed at No. 24 for his Academy Record distance of 60'8¾" in the shot put at the Potts Invitational. Two other Falcons – Caiden Macktinger (No. 28 in the pole vault, 17'7" at the Air Force Holiday Opener) and Luke Combs (No. 30 in the 5000-meter run, 13:32.08 at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener) – are ranked among the top 30, while Braeden Holcombe is listed 31st nationally in the heptathlon with a 5471-point total from the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
SQUAD GOALS
With a combined time of 55:48.08, the men's 5000-meter quartet of Luke Combs, Eli Bennett, Jason Renze and Jett Knight are ranked ninth in the Feb. 12 edition of the USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings – which are determined by the cumulative season-best marks from a team's top-four athletes in the national descending order list. The men currently have three event groups listed in the nation's Top 20, including the 19th-ranked pole vault (19.82m from Caiden Macktinger, Robert Postell, Tanner Woodring, Wyatt Curl) and weight throw (74.32m from Texas Tanner, Gerrit Tamminga, Cooper Stroka, Massimo Grisotto) squads.
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
02-10-24 | For an event that has seen just one Top 10 update since 2015, the women's 800-meter run has seen two freshmen account for four improvements in the last three weeks. Liliane Aittama clocked an Air Force Freshman Class Record time of 2:09.20 at the Windy City Invitational to take more than one second off the program's 17-year-old freshman standard and move into No. 3 on the Academy's all-time list, while Camryn Bodine registered a personal-best time of 2:11.03 to account for the fifth-fastest time in program history. In addition, fellow freshman Rachel Fereday improved her No. 17 spot on the all-time standings following a career-best time of 2:15.39 at that meet.
WHAT'S ON DECK
The indoor championship season begins next week, when the Falcons head to Albuquerque, N.M., for the 2024 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships. The three-day competition, which begins on Thursday, Feb. 22, and runs through Saturday, Feb. 24, will be held at the ABQ Convention Center.
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