Falcons Continue Action at Mountain West Championships

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Air Force captured a pair of medals on Friday (Feb. 28) afternoon, as the track and field team continued action at the Mountain West Indoor Championships in Albuquerque. Junior Texas Tanner finished second in the weight throw, while freshman Brayden Richards earned a third-place finish at the conclusion of his first conference heptathlon.

Tanner recorded a throw of 23.35 meters (76'7¼") – a mark just shy of his own Academy Record – to take second in the first field final of the championships and lead Air Force to two of the top-four finishes, as senior Cooper Stroka added a fourth-place throw of 20.06 meters (65'9").

Richards had a stellar conference debut, tallying 5420 points to finish third in the meet, move into fourth on the program's all-time standings, and reset his own Freshman Class Record. Richards opened Day 2 with a career-best time of 8.02 in the 60-meter hurdles – a 927-point tally that was the second-fastest in the field and put the freshman at No. 14 on the program's all-time standings. After adding a career-best 895-point clearance of 4.95 meters (16'2¾") to take second in the pole vault, Richards closed out the heptathlon with a 3:01.90 time in the 1000-meter run to add 646 points and secure his 5420-point finish.

AIR FORCE TOP 10 MARKS

No. 4 – Brayden Richards, Men's Heptathlon (5420 points)

No. 6 – Jasleen Sidhu, Women's Mile Run (4:49.90a)

No. 7 – Rachel Fereday, Women's 800-Meter Run (2:11.38a)

No. 8 – Jettason Rose, Men's 200-Meter Dash (21.27)

No. 9 – Morgan Glaser, Women's 60-meter Hurdles (8.93)

The women claimed a pair of scoring finishes in the vertical jumps, as freshman Morgan Glaser tied for fifth in the high jump (1.69 meters, 5'6½") and sophomore Karil Neff tied for sixth in the pole vault. With a career-best clearance of 3.76 meters (12'4"), Neff also impacted the Academy Record Book on Friday, moving into No. 20 on the program's all-time standings.

Several qualifying races were also contested today, with the Falcons advancing five into tomorrow's finals. Senior Javin Bostic qualified to the finals in both the 60-meter dash (6.77) and 200-meter dash (21.25), while junior Jettason Rose matched his career-best of 21.27 (No. 8 all-time at Air Force) to join Bostic in the finals.

Sophomore Rachel Fereday recorded the seventh-fastest time in program history (2:11.38, adjusted for altitude / 2:12.11 raw) to advance on time into the finals of the women's 800-meter run, while Jonah Hochstetler secured his spot in the men's final at that distance after posting a time of 1:52.43 (1:51.81a – No. 20). Sophomore Dominykas Remeikis also advanced out the prelims on Friday, as he received a "Big Q" in the mile following a 4:13.83 performance.

Elsewhere during the opening rounds, freshman Jasleen Sidhu posted the sixth-fastest mile time in Air Force history (4:49.90a), while Glaser posted the ninth-fastest time in the 60-meter hurdles (8.93) and junior Jacqui Spencer followed close behind in the hurdles with an 8.97 finish that equaled the No. 11 mark in program history. Fellow freshman Ella Pears also debuted at No. 25 on the Academy's all-time standings in the 400-meter dash (58.29).

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