LARAMIE, Wyo. (January 17, 2019) – The Wyoming men’s and women’s track & field teams are set to continue their indoor season when they travel to Fargo, N.D., to participate in the NDSU Team Challenge. Now over a month removed from the Power Meet, the Cowboys and Cowgirls will compete against North Dakota State and Northern Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 19.
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“It’s an exciting time,” said head coach Bryan Berryhill. “The kids have been away for three or four weeks. We had a meet before they left to find out where they were, and now we get a meet here after they’ve been away at the break to find out where they are. That’s going to give us, as coaches, an idea of what we need to do from a training standpoint between now and conference to get them ready. I know the athletes are excited, and they’re really ready to get out there and compete.”
Field events will start at 10:30 a.m. with the weight throw and conclude at 1 p.m. with the triple jump. Track events will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the 60m hurdles preliminary races, and finish at 2:50 p.m. with the 4x400m relay.
For the Cowgirls this season, senior Jerayah Davis is eighth in the NCAA in the 60m with a 55m-adjusted time of 7.31. Senior Ja’la Henderson is fifth in the nation in the long jump with a school-record leap of 20 feet, seven inches and ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 41-9.25. Freshman Aumni Ashby’s triple jump distance of 40-10.25 is 19th in the NCAA, while freshman Shayla Howell is 48th in the long jump with a leap of 19-3.5.
For the Cowboys, sophomore William Nolan is 21st in the country with a long jump mark of 24-3.75, while his triple jump of 49-8.5 is 24th. Senior Hap Frketich is ranked 25th in the weight throw with a heave of 64-3, while fellow thrower Kurk Unland is 49th in the same event with a mark of 61-8.5
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The Northern Iowa men have a pair of 400m runners in the nation’s top-20, as Evan Long and Sven Van Den Bergh are 18th and 20th with times of 48.10 and 48.12, respectively. UNI’s 4x400m relay team is 26th with a time of 3:13.69. Keegan Tritle is 27th in the shot put with a heave of 58-11.25. On the women’s side, Maddie McCalla is 25th in the 400m with a time of 55.57
The Bison women boast the shot put thrower with the current fourth-best toss in the nation, as Bailey Retzlaff went 56-4.75 last weekend, while Shelby Gunnells is 17th with a throw of 53-2.25. Maddy Nilles is fourth in the NCAA in the weight throw, measuring at 70-9, while Retzlaf joins her in the top-20 with a throw of 66-1.5 to rank 17th. For the Bison men, Marcus Walton is 24th in the NCAA in the high jump with a height of 6-10.75, while Kelle’Mon Hinton is 19th in the triple jump with a leap of 49-11.25. The Bison throwers are performing well this season, as Kristoffer Thomsen and Alex Talley are 15th and 18th in the NCAA in the shot put with marks of 60-10.75 and 60-1.25, respectively. Payton Otterdahl is the nation’s leader in the weight throw with a toss of 77-8.25, and Otterdahl is 20th with a mark of 65-1.25.
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