Gill matches school record, claims another title
2/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Junior Jas Gill won the high jump for the third time in three years by matching his own school-record height of 7-1.75 and Montana got second-place finishes from seniors Trevor Gunlock in the long jump and Dan Casey in the high jump to highlight the Grizzlies' opening day of the 2005 Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships.
The Montana men sit in second place after the first day with 34 points, trailing only Idaho State, which has 40.
The Grizzly women are in eighth place after day one with 8.5 points.
Gill picked up 10 points for Montana by meeting the NCAA provisional height of 7-1. Casey and Gunlock both collected eight points for their runner-up finishes. Casey jumped an indoor career-best 7-0.5. Gunlock had set a new indoor career best by long jumping 23-11.5 earlier in the day as part of the heptathlon, but he flew past that mark in the afternoon session, claiming second place with a jump of 24-1.
Accounting for the other men's points were junior Richie Pemberton's fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:04.35), which earned UM five points, and the Grizzlies' sixth-place finish in the distance medley relay (10:24.21), which added three.
Senior Sarah Lenoch picked up 2.5 points for the Montana women by tying for fifth in the pole vault with a height of 11-5.75. Freshman Allie Brosh finished seventh in the 5,000 meters in 18:21.30 to collect two points and the distance medley relay team earned four points with a fifth-place finish in 12:30.99.
In other finishes from events having opening-day finals were senior Derin Gebhardt, ninth in the shot (49-4.25), senior Kerry Bogner, 10th in the 5,000 meters (18:49.73), sophomore CeeJay Brown, 14th in the 5,000 meters (16:22.01) and freshman Ashley Taylor, no-heighting in the pole vault.
A majority of Friday's events were preliminaries.
Sophomore Matt Larson advanced in the 55-meter hurdles by posting the meet's best time of 7.68, Larson's season best. Senior Jefferson Heidelberger advanced in the 55 and 200 meters, posting season-best times in both. The Nevada City, Calif., native finished seventh in the 55 meters with a time of 6.53 and third in the 200 meters with a time of 22.20.
Junior Tara Schwager advanced in the 400 meters with a fifth-place finish in 57.68, while freshman Julie Schwengler advanced in the 800 meters, finishing fourth in a time of 2:13.81. The top five finishers in the women's 800 all finished within one second of each other.
Failing to advance out of the preliminary heets were seniors Logan Funk and Trevor Gunlock in the 55-meter hurdles, sophomore Aaron Green in the 55 meters, senior Drew Reppe and freshman Cody Henning in the 400 meters, freshman Jesse Loether in the 800 meters and Schwager in the 200 meters.
Gunlock and Funk finished ninth and 10th (the top eight in each event advance to Saturday's finals), missing out on the finals by .01 and .02 seconds, respectively. Green finished 11th in 6.65 seconds. Reppe and Henning were 11th (50.59) and 13th (51.56). Loether narrowly missed advancing, placing ninth in a season-best 1:56.17. Schwager was 11th in a time of 26.11.
Men's day one scores: Idaho State 40, Montana 34, Montana State 29.5, Weber State 24.5, Sacramento State 21, Eastern Washington 20, Northern Arizona 17 and Portland State 9.
Women's day one scores: Northern Arizona 55, Weber State 37.5, Portland State 34, Idaho State 33, Montana State 26, Eastern Washington 21, Sacramento State 19 and Montana 8.5.
The Montana men sit in second place after the first day with 34 points, trailing only Idaho State, which has 40.
The Grizzly women are in eighth place after day one with 8.5 points.
Gill picked up 10 points for Montana by meeting the NCAA provisional height of 7-1. Casey and Gunlock both collected eight points for their runner-up finishes. Casey jumped an indoor career-best 7-0.5. Gunlock had set a new indoor career best by long jumping 23-11.5 earlier in the day as part of the heptathlon, but he flew past that mark in the afternoon session, claiming second place with a jump of 24-1.
Accounting for the other men's points were junior Richie Pemberton's fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:04.35), which earned UM five points, and the Grizzlies' sixth-place finish in the distance medley relay (10:24.21), which added three.
Senior Sarah Lenoch picked up 2.5 points for the Montana women by tying for fifth in the pole vault with a height of 11-5.75. Freshman Allie Brosh finished seventh in the 5,000 meters in 18:21.30 to collect two points and the distance medley relay team earned four points with a fifth-place finish in 12:30.99.
In other finishes from events having opening-day finals were senior Derin Gebhardt, ninth in the shot (49-4.25), senior Kerry Bogner, 10th in the 5,000 meters (18:49.73), sophomore CeeJay Brown, 14th in the 5,000 meters (16:22.01) and freshman Ashley Taylor, no-heighting in the pole vault.
A majority of Friday's events were preliminaries.
Sophomore Matt Larson advanced in the 55-meter hurdles by posting the meet's best time of 7.68, Larson's season best. Senior Jefferson Heidelberger advanced in the 55 and 200 meters, posting season-best times in both. The Nevada City, Calif., native finished seventh in the 55 meters with a time of 6.53 and third in the 200 meters with a time of 22.20.
Junior Tara Schwager advanced in the 400 meters with a fifth-place finish in 57.68, while freshman Julie Schwengler advanced in the 800 meters, finishing fourth in a time of 2:13.81. The top five finishers in the women's 800 all finished within one second of each other.
Failing to advance out of the preliminary heets were seniors Logan Funk and Trevor Gunlock in the 55-meter hurdles, sophomore Aaron Green in the 55 meters, senior Drew Reppe and freshman Cody Henning in the 400 meters, freshman Jesse Loether in the 800 meters and Schwager in the 200 meters.
Gunlock and Funk finished ninth and 10th (the top eight in each event advance to Saturday's finals), missing out on the finals by .01 and .02 seconds, respectively. Green finished 11th in 6.65 seconds. Reppe and Henning were 11th (50.59) and 13th (51.56). Loether narrowly missed advancing, placing ninth in a season-best 1:56.17. Schwager was 11th in a time of 26.11.
Men's day one scores: Idaho State 40, Montana 34, Montana State 29.5, Weber State 24.5, Sacramento State 21, Eastern Washington 20, Northern Arizona 17 and Portland State 9.
Women's day one scores: Northern Arizona 55, Weber State 37.5, Portland State 34, Idaho State 33, Montana State 26, Eastern Washington 21, Sacramento State 19 and Montana 8.5.
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