UVU Breaks Four Records at Opening Meet

The Wolverines shattered four records in the two-day invitational at BYU.

Jan. 10, 2009

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PROVO, Utah - Utah Valley University's men's and women's track & field teams shattered four school records as they completed their first track meet of the 2009 indoor season at the BYU Collegiate Indoor Invitational Friday and Saturday.

"We could not have asked for any more out of our opening meet of the season," UVU track associate head coach Kirke Adamson said. "Everybody came through and met a lot of their personal goals for today's meet. Our performances today are setting us up in a great spot for the remainder of the season especially in our inaugural year in the Great West Conference."

UVU freshman Michael McPherson broke the school's heptathlon record with 3891 points, junior Andrew Graham broke Stig Robertson's former record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.31, junior Jessica Wortley broke Mariama Salifu's record in the women's 300-meter dash with a time of 41.40, and on Friday junior Tiera Zaugg shattered the school record in the women's pentathlon.

"It is just great to break four school records in the opening meet of the season," Adamson said. "It is especially great to see Jessica (Wortley) beat Mariama Salifu's previous record as Salifu is a member of the Ghana National Team's 4x100-meter relay."

UVU also faired well in the men's and women's 300 meter dash the men finished the event with four competitors in the top-ten and the women finished with five. Freshman Logan McNeil led the way as he finished second in the event with a blazing time of 35.82. Following McNeil was junior Andrew Graham (4th), junior Brent Fogt (7th), and junior Jorden Pope (9th). Junior Jessica Wortley led the women with her record setting performance as she finished fifth. Finishing right behind Wortley was sophomore Chelsea Baker (6th), freshman Zandrea Nelson (7th), freshman Megan Brown (8th), and junior Tiera Zaugg (9th).

With the Wolverines Andrew Graham's record setting performance in the 60-meter hurdles he finished second overall. Freshman Mike Fogt led the way for UV in the 60-meter dash as he finished fourth place with a time of 7.03.

Utah Valley senior, distance runner Karinne Bentley, finished second overall in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.97. Her teammate's freshman Shelise Walker and freshman Kalina Zufelt finished right behind her as they finished third and fourth respectively.

Up next for Utah Valley they will travel up to Logan, Utah next Saturday, January 17, to take part in the Wilson Motor Invitational.