Saturday, January 25
College Station, TX
9:00 am MT
Air Force Academy
at
Ted Nelson Invitational
Photo by: Tyler Schank, NCAA Photos
Texas Tanner's Record-Setting Meet Headlines Trip to College Station
1/25/2025 8:47:00 PM | Track and Field
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Another record-setting meet from junior Texas Tanner headlined the Air Force track and field team's weekend trip to College Station, Texas, for the Ted Nelson Invitational. Resetting his own Academy Records in both throwing events for the second time in three meets this season, Tanner led the Falcons to five Air Force Top 10 performances and six more improvements to the program's extended standings.
| AIR FORCE RECORDS |
| Texas Tanner, Men's Weight Throw (22.26m, 73'0½") * |
| Texas Tanner, Men's Shot Put (19.38m, 63'7") * |
| * Service Academy Records |
Launching a throw of 73'0½" (22.26 meters) on his second attempt of the weight throw, Tanner added nearly two feet to the program standard he set at the season-opening Wyoming Power Meet in December. While all four of his countable throws bested the prior record, his 22.26m heave will be listed across several record books. In addition to resetting his own Air Force standard, Tanner dislodged Navy's Joshua Boarnah from the All-Academy Records by nearly two feet and added almost five feet to the Meet and Facility Records at Texas A&M. That throw also marked the third-best throw in Mountain West history.
The junior wasn't done marking up the record book, however, as he returned to the throwing circle for a record-setting distance of 63'7" (19.38 meters) in the shot put. Adding nearly a foot to his previous record, Tanner won the 24-thrower event by more than three feet, while setting a new Facility Record and resetting his own Service Academy Record.
| AIR FORCE TOP 10 MARKS |
| No. 4 – Javin Bostic, Men's 200-Meter Dash (21.07) |
| No. 4 – Cooper Stroka, Men's Weight Throw (19.49m, 63'11 ½") |
| No. 6 – Camryn Bodine, Women's Mile Run (4:50.08) |
Overall, the Falcons went 1-2 in the 18-man weight throw event, as senior Cooper Stroka recorded a throw of 19.49 meters (63'11½") – the fourth-best distance in Air Force history – to capture second-place honors.
The women made six improvements to the Academy Record Book on Saturday, including their own Air Force Top 25 mark in the shot put, as sophomore Pagie Birch moved up to 23rd behind her first 40-foot throw of her career (40'1¾", 12.22m). Classmate Camryn Bodine led the women's record book rewrite on Saturday, as she posted a career-best mile time of 4:50.08 to move up to No. 6 on the program's all-time standings. Fellow sophomore Rachel Fereday, who anchored the 4x400-meter relay to the 11th-fastest time in program history (3:52.12), individually moved up to No. 14 on the program's 800-meter standings following a seventh-place time of 2:13.65 in that event. Freshman Ella Pears, sophomore Liliane Aittama and senior Taylor Rioux joined Fereday on the relay, while Aittama added a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:11.39) and Rioux posted a top 10 finish in the open 400 meters following a season-best time of 55.22 (10th). The pole vaulting duo of sophomore Alex Brooks and freshman Barrett Boyd rounded out the women to update the record book, as they posted matching career-best marks of 3.83 meters (12'6¾") to move into a tie for 13th on the all-time standings and finish fifth and seventh, respectively, in the meet.
Freshman Morgan Glaser picked up the women's best event finish of the day, as she cleared 1.72 meters (5'7¾") to finish second out of 20 athletes in the high jump.
Senior Javin Bostic, who finished second in both the prelims (6.63) and finals (6.69) of the 60-meter dash, improved his own No. 4 mark in Air Force's all-time standings of the 200-meter dash, as he clocked a career-best time of 21.07 to finish third in the 31-sprinter field. Bostic was one of two top-10 finishes for Air Force at 200 meters, as freshman Asher Jenkins posted a personal-best time of 21.50 to finish ninth in the meet and debut at No. 11 on the program's all-time standngs.
Elsewhere, the men picked up a pair of top 10 finishes in the pole vault, as the freshman duo of James Vogel Jr. and Brayden Richards finished seventh and ninth, respectively, behind matching career-best clearances of 4.88 meters (16'0"). Senior Darek Hackett added a ninth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (7.95), while classmate earned the same placement in the long jump after recording a distance of 6.53 meters (21'5¼").
The Falcons return to action next weekend (Jan. 31-Feb. 1), when part of the team travels to Albuquerque for the UNM Team Open and the rest return to Boulder for the Colorado Invitational.
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