Two Months of Catching Up with the Pack

Here is a quick recap of the notable exploits at each of the Nevada Wolf Pack competitions stretching over the last two months on the track…………

Worth noting before the recap…….Nevada is red-shirting four of its top five scorers from this year’s WAC indoor championship during the current outdoor season. April Pate (multi eventer and hurdler), La Tijera Avery (HJ and LJ), and Angelica Earls (sprints) will have their senior outdoor seasons saved until next year when the Wolf Pack enters the Mountain West Conference. Two time WAC 1500 champion Sam Diaz (middle distances) is redshirting so that she has two full years of eligibility remaining over the next two years (she had previously redshirted a cross country and an indoor season). In addition, several younger distance runners are also redshirting.

April 6-7 Stanford Invite & San Francisco St Distance Carnival
-Debbie Amoah/Jr takes 5th in the Triple Jump Invitational at Stanford with an outdoor PR of 12.45m/40’ 10.25”.
-Mariah Gramolini/So slashes 2 seconds off her PR in the 800 clipping off a 2:10.10 for second in her heat at Stanford.
-Aislynn Mueller/Jr notches a season’s best 62.35 in the 400 Hurdles.
-Nicole Williams/Sr clears 1.71m/5’ 7.25” in the HJ
-Nicole Painter/Jr knocks almost 2 minutes off her 10,000 PR at the San Francisco St Distance Carnival! This is Painter’s third consecutive PR this outdoor season. Her previous two were at 3000 and 5000.
-Alissa Hood/Fr finishes only 9 seconds back of Painter in her 10,000 debut.
-In her redshirting transfer year, transfer Sam Calhoun runs a fine 11.69 to take fourth in the 100.
-Volunteer Assistant Coach Collier Lawrence slashes an incredible 27 seconds off her 3000m Steeplechase PR running 10:01.19 in her season opener to take third at Stanford. Her time is a B standard for the Olympic Trials.

March 31-April 1 Cal/Nevada Championships
-Kasha Knox/Fr hits a massive PR in the 200 to capture the title in the 26 team Championships running 24.44. Knox also takes second in the 100.
-Debbie Amoah/Jr was very busy taking third in the LJ in 5.80m/19’ 0.5”, fifth in the 100 Hurdles in 14.53, and fifth in the TJ in 12.21m/40’ 0.75”.
-Sarah Nichols/Sr grabbed second in the Javelin with a toss of 42.28m/138’ 8”.
-Danielle Stallworth/Sr threw 39.94m/131’ 0” for fifth.
-Jenifer McEntire/Sr and Demerey Kirsch/Fr finished seventh and eight in the 3000m Steeplechase in 11:15.23 and 11:18.61. McEntire was just three seconds shy of her PR in her seasonal opener in the steeple while Kirsch’s was an impressive debut at the event.
-Aislynn Mueller/Jr took eighth in the 400 Hurdles. She hit a seasonal best of 63.12 in the prelims. She recorded her best leg in the 4 X 400 relay with 57.9.
-Mariah Gramolini/So PRed in prelims with 2:12.15. She came back to take eighth in finals. Gramolini also ran a superb leg on the 4 X 400 relay running 56.9, a full second faster than she has ever run.
-In spite of gusting winds and a steady downpour of cold rain, Gloria Sosa/Jr had a 25 second PR at 10,000.

March 17 Hornet Invitational at Sacramento St
On a raw, cold day there were few PRs, the notable exception being Debbie Amoah’s fine 14.16 in the 100 Hurdles.

March 10 Aggie Open at UC-Davis
In a low key, outdoor opener, there were several good performances.
-Junior Debbie Amoah opened with a fine 12.47m/40’ 11” in the Triple Jump.
-Freshman Kashae Knox ran 12.02 in the 100.
-Nicole Painter/Jr PRs at 3000 and Gloria Sosa/Jr PRs at 5000.

March 10 NCAA National Indoor Championships at Boise St
-La Tijera Avery/Sr closed out a great senior indoor season being named second team All American in the High Jump. She finished in a tie for 16th jumping 1.75m/5’ 8.75”.

March 3 Last Chance Qualifier at Washington
-La Tijera Avery won the Qualifier setting a school record of 1.83m/6’ 0” in the High Jump. Her mark qualified her for Indoor Nationals the next weekend.

February 23-25 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Boise St
-Debbie Amoah/Jr scored 21 points with a second in the Triple Jump (12.15m/39’ 10.5”), second in the 60 Hurdles (8.60-a PR), and fourth in the Long Jump (5.76m/18’ 10.75”).
-Kashae Knox/Fr and Angelica Earls/Jr took second and third in the 60 in 7.55 and 7.60. Earls came back to take sixth in the 200 in 24.63.
-Sam Diaz/So took second in the mile and sixth in the 800 in 4:48.80 and 2:13.66.
-Mariah Gramolini/So grabbed a PR in the 800 prelims with her 2:12.09 before scoring fourth in the final.
-April Pate/Sr was third in the Pentathlon with 3559 points. She came back for sixth in the 60 Hurdles.
-The Distance Medley Relay took fourth and the 4 X 400 Relay was sixth.
-Demerey Kirsch/Fr just missed scoring in the 3000 finishing ninth in 10:20.70, an 8 second PR.
Anne Underwood/Fr does not advance to finals but gets a nice PR at 800 in 2:17.38.