Utah State still improving in 2012 outdoor season
Four Aggies won event titles in the UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational on March 23-24.
The men’s’ team is poised to defend its outdoor Western Athletic Conference championship from last season, and the women’s team is working hard to claim its second championship of the year.
“Our goal is just to keep improving,” said head coach Gregg Gensel.
And the results are paying off.
Overall, the Aggies performed well enough to win 23 top-five places. Friday night, senior Lindsey Spencer won the hammer throw, distancing 59.56 meters, Dan Howell won the 3,000-meter run and Kyle McKenna won the 5,000. Saturday, senior Spela Hus won the shot put with a throw of 14.63.
Second place finishers on the women’s’ side included Bailee Whitworth in the 100, Aubrie Haymore in the 400 and Lindsey Spencer in the discus. The men’s second place finishers were Nic Bowens in the 200, Devin Wright in the javelin and Aaron Clements in the 3000.
Gensel was happy with the results of the meet and said the teams are well on their way to complete their goals of winning WAC championships at the conference meet in May.
“We just want to keep progressing every day,” he said. “This was one of those weeks where we didn’t really have anything spectacular, but we’re making progress. We’ve been having really hard practices, and this was an opportunity to see the fruits of our labor.”
The team will take this weekend off from competing and will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., on April 6 and 7 for the Tailwind Invitational.
– ali.davis@aggiemail.usu.edu