March 26, 2005

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Utah State begin the outdoor track season with a dominating performance at Sacramento State on Saturday. Jill Steele, Amy Egan, Katie Thatcher, Becki Bostwick, and the 4x400 relay team gained first place victories for the womens team, and Justin Wickard, Steve Strickland, and Zack Lloyd achieved first place wins for the mens team.

In the 1500m, Amy Egan, Sara Dimmick, and Stacie Lifferth swept the race taking home first, second, and third respectively. Jill Steele finished first in the 800m with a time of 2:12.20. Katie Thatcher accomplished a first place victory in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.53. With a time of 3:53.00, the Utah State 4x400 relay team completed a first place win.

Justin Wickard and Dustin Vetica claimed the top two times in the 110m hurdles by running a 14.25 and a 14.58. Steve Strickland and teammate Carsen Campbell also took the first and second spots in the 3000m Steeplechase. Zack Lloyd won the shot put with a throw of 17.69m.

Utah State distance runners competed at the Stanford Invitational on Friday night. Tiffany Strickland came in ninth place in the 3000m steeplechase, and Mike Nielson ran 29:06.11 in the 10,000m to finish in 22nd.

USU Women's results

100m: 19. Cachet Webb, 12.97

100m Hurdles: 6. Amber Judd, 15.20

200m: 16 Cachet Webb, 26.48

400m: 13 Diana Skabelund, 59.80

400m Hurdles: 1. Katie Thatcher, 1:01.53, 3. Amber Judd, 1:02.03, 8. Emily Hillam, 1:04.24

800m: 1. Jill Steele, 2:12.20

1500m: 1. Amy Egan, 4:30.66, 2. Sara Dimmick, 4:36.92, 3. Stacie Lifferth, 4:37.57, 7. Ashley Johnson, 4:48.07, 14. Carolyn Andrus, 4:54.43

5000m: 1. Becki Bostwick, 17:52.12, 2. Caroline Berry, 18:20.11

4x400: 1. Utah State, 3:53.00

High Jump: 4. Crystal Thiselle, 1.62m, 9. Katrina Smart, 1.57m, 9. Chalise Farr, 1.57m

Pole Vault: 5. Alana Geisler, 3.50m, -- Kathryn Duhadway, DQ

USU Men's results

100m: 3. DJ Smith, 10.96

110m Hurdles: 1. Justin Wickard, 14.25, 2. Dustin Vetica, 14.58, 5. Scott Bell, 15.05, 9 Jarrett Bush, 15.26

200m: 20. Brandon Lovell, 23.00

400m: 2. Brett Knighton, 49.12

400m Hurdles: 2. Dustin Vetica, 52.47, 9. Scott Bell, 54.44, 10. Justin Wickard, 54.53

800m: 7. David Gray, 1:55.28, 14. Yance Fawcett, 1:56.57, 43. Brad Martin, 2:03.51

1500m: 6. Ben Kessen, 4:00.22

3000m Steeplechase: 1. Steve Strickland, 9:18.80, 2. Carsen Campbell, 9:32.66

5000m: 3. Jason Holt, 15:13.48

4x400: 5. Utah State, 3:21.73

High Jump: 6. John Strang,1.92m

Long Jump: 9. John Strang 6.60m

Shot Put: 1. Zack Lloyd, 17.69m

Discus: 3. Zack Lloyd, 49.43m, 12. Kevin Liu, 41.16

Hammer Throw: 8. Kevin Liu, 51.46m, 13. Zack Lloyd, 44.14m

Stanford International

USU Women's results

3000m steeplechase section 1

9. Tiffany Strickland, 10:37.61

5000m section 2

15. Lida Ripplinger, 16:46.76

USU Men's Results

10,000m section 1

22. Mike Nielson, 29:06.11

10,000m section 2

31. David Danley, 29:51.49, 44. Clark Bryner, 30:15.19