Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – MaLeigha Menegatti’s gold medal finish in the women’s 800 meters highlighted Boise State’s weekend in Washington. The Broncos split their squad, sending student-athletes to the UW Indoor Preview and the Spokane Indoor Challenge.

Menegatti won Boise State’s only individual title of the weekend at the Spokane Indoor Challenge, topping the podium in the women’s 800 meters. Her time of 2:05.70 is the third fastest in program history.

Sophomore Anita Taviore has also etched her name in the record book. Her silver medal finish in the women’s 400 meters was the fifth-fastest in program history (55.61). Sophomore Alison Kremer secured third place in the women’s high jump.

The women’s 4x400m relay wrapped up the meet, with the team of Alyssa Cullen, Menegatti, Nyenuchi Okemgbo and Taviore earning Boise State’s runner-up bronze medal finish.

In Seattle, the Broncos’ distance team won the first two games of the UW Indoor Preview. Sophomores Abby Kendrick and Lauren Larson scored gold medals in events one and two, respectively, and set personal bests.

Freshman Kaiya Robertson was the first Bronco to cross the finish line in the women’s 3,000 meters, placing 20th.

In the men’s 3,000m, sophomore Ahmed Ibrahim finished seventh among 73 runners in the field.

INSIDE SPOKANE CHALLENGE

WOMEN:

60m hurdles – (Qualifying – Preliminary) – 30 | Emily Stefan – 11.21 (PR)

(Prelims) – 11 | Nyenuchi Okemgbo – 9.19, 15 | Isabella Ales – 9.26

200m – 21 | Megan Dunakin – 25.99 (PR)

400m – 2 | Anita Taviore – 55.61 (PR), 8| Alyssa Cullen – 57.38

800m – 1 | MaLeigha Menegatti – 2:05.70 (PR), 6| Abby Stamper – 2:17.16, 11 | Rebecca Vander Poel – 2:26.33 (PR)

High Jump – 3 | Alison Kremer – 1.61 m

Long jump – 7 | Emily Stefan – 5.48 m (PR)

Shot by Shot – 23 | Emily Stefan – 10.51 m (PR)

4x400m relay – 3 | Alyssa Cullen, MaLeigha Menegatti, Nyenuchi Okemgbo, Anita Taviore – 3:50.43, 7 | Isabella Ales, Megan Dunakin, Emily Stefan, Rebecca Vander Poel – 4:00.01

MEN:

60m (Qualifying – Pre-Games) – 21 | Wyatt Roseman – 7.16 (PR)

400m – 15 | David Pierce – 50.28

800m – 7| Trent Missamore – 1:56.43 (PR), 18 | Caleb Stamper – 1:59.23

Long jump – 12 | Josh Nichols – 6.45m (PR)

Triple Jump – 8 | Josh Nichols – 14.09 m

INSIDE PREVIEW UW

WOMEN

3000m – 20 | Kaiya Robertson – 9:34.89, 22 | Delaney Griffin – 9:39.18, 28 | Ines Borba – 9:44.82, 31 | Autumn Ost – 9:46.49, 32 | Ashley LaJocies – 9:46.87, 38 | Abby Kendrick – 9:57.83 (PR), 41 | Samantha Wood – 10:03.48 (PR), 43 | Sunitha Black – 10:05.29 (PR), 47 | Lauren Larson – 10:12.72 (PR), 54 | Hannah O’Connor – 10:19.49, 59th | Tiahna Vladic – 10:27.86

MEN

Miles – 16 | Angus Fitzgerald – 4:10.48, 39| Ethan Florez – 4:24.62 (PR), 52nd | Alex Thompson – 4:43.62 (PR)

3000m – 7| Ahmed Ibrahim – 8:02.73, 14 | Mohammed Jouhari – 8:10.49, 15 | Nathan Dunn – 8:12.05, 19| Aidan Palmer – 8:15.43, 22 | Joe Hudson – 8:17.23 (PR), 28 | Trent Wigod – 8:21.23 (PR), 30 | Jack Tolbert – 8:22.40 (PR), 44 | Brogan Giffin – 8:32.67, 65 | Aidan Roberts – 8:51.86

Outstanding

· Four top-five finishes at the Spokane Indoor Challenge.

· Ethan Florez, Wyatt Roseman and Alex Thompson all made their Boise State debuts.

quotas

· “Great start today, always good to keep going after the break,” said head coach Corey Ihmels. “MaLeigha (Menegatti) was outstanding and I look forward to her continuing to impress.”

Top Broncos

· MaLeigha Menegatti posted a first-place finish in the women’s 800 meters, recording the third-fastest time in program history (2:05.70).

· Anita Taviore recorded the fifth-fastest time in program history in the women’s 400m, finishing second.

· Ahmed Ibrahim was ranked in the top-10 of 3000 m for men.

The next one

The Broncos will split their squad again, sending runners and jumpers to Lubbock, Texas for the Texas Tech Open and Multis, Jan. 26-28. The distance crew will head to Seattle, Wash., for the UW Invitational, Jan. 27-28.