- MEET NOTES | DON KIRBY INVITATIONAL & HUSKY CLASSIC | FEB. 9-10
- UNMLOBOXCTF
New Mexico track Field
114 Mountain West titles | 73 All-Americans | 11 Academic All-American honors | 7 MW team championships | 6 NCAA individual titles under head coach Joe Franklin
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This Week Hosting the Don Kirby Invitational | At the Husky Classic
Where Albuquerque Convention Center • Albuquerque, N.M. | Dempsey Indoor • Seattle, Wash.
2018 SCHEDULE
When Friday-Saturday, February 9-10
Live Results LiveRunningResults.com | GoHuskies.com Live Stream FloTrack.com
INDOOR
- Date Event
- location
- 12/2
- BU Season Opener
- Boston, Mass.
In the field events, the Lobo men will compete
Lobos set to host elite Don Kirby Invitational
New Mexico track & field welcomes an elite field
of collegiate teams and athletes as it hosts the Don Kirby Invitational this Friday and Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
1/19-20 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invite Albuquerque
Tanner Battikha, Miles Brinson and Goldston in the long jump, with Omarei Gregory in the triple jump. Jason Atencio (pole vault) and Brent Dionisio (high jump) will also vie for
strong marks in their specialties.
- 1/27
- New Mexico Team Invite
New Mexico Classic
Albuquerque Albuquerque
Seattle, Wash.
Albuquerque
2/2-3
2/9-10 Washington Husky Classic
2/9-10 Don Kirby Invitational
2/16-17 Alex Wilson Invitational
Daniel Lam, Camillo Dünninger and Beau
Clafton will also be competing in individual events before taking on the heptathlon at the MW Championships.
With the championship season on the horizon — the Mountain West Championships are coming to Albuquerque in two weeks and the NCAA Championships are in a month — the Lobos are looking to capture strong results in a bid to for postseason position.
South Bend, Ind.
The women’s field events will consist of Ada’ora
Chigbo and Shannon Fritz in the high jump;
Sarah McKeever and Fritz in the pole vault; and Allison Mady in the shot put and weight throw. Kyra Mohns will also see action in individual events as she preps for the MW pentathlon.
2/22-24 Mountain West Indoor
Track & Field Championships
Albuquerque
Looking to make stride this week are the Lobos’
milers, led by Michael Wilson and Ian Crowe- Wright on the men’s side and Kieran Casey, Alondra Negron Texidor and Emily Martin on
the women’s.
- 3/9-10 NCAA Division I Indoor
- College Station, Texas
Track & Field Championships
outDOOR
- Date Event
- location
Five distance standouts heading to husky classic
Five of New Mexico’s top distance runners are heading to the Husky Classic in Seattle this weekend as they aim to run fast times at one of the top distance meets of the year.
Jonny Glen, Taylor Potter, Linton Taylor, Jared Garcia, Iolo Hughes and Jacob
Simonsen will also be running the men’s mile,
3/24 3/31
4/7
- UTEP Springtime Invitational
- El Paso, Texas
Stanford Invitational
Stanford, Calif. with Alex Buck and Elizabeth Reyes running the women’s mile and Natasha Bernal and
Don Kirby Tailwind Invite
Bryan Clay Invitational
Albuquerque
Johanna Briscoe the women’s 3000.
Additionally, the Lobos sprinters will be aiming
- 4/20
- Azusa, Calif.
Ednah Kurgat, Weini Kelati, Charlotte Prouse, Kendall Kelly and Sophie Eckel are
all looking to capture times that could end the season ranked in the top 16, which would earn them a spot at March’s NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.
for strong marks, with Carlos Salcido, Mark
4/27-28 Bobcat Classic
San Marcos, Texas Haywood, Isaac Gonzales and Bryan Cutler
in the 400-meter dash, Jay Griffin in the 200
5/5 5/5
Payton Jordan Invitational Masked Rider Open
Stanford, Calif. Lubbock, Texas
and Alejandro Goldston in the 60. For the women, it will be Shalom Keller and Elisabetta Mackin in the 400, Erynn Caldwell
Kurgat and Kelati have both all but clinched their spots at the NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run after stellar performances in the event at the Boston University Season Opener in December.
5/9-12 Mountain West Outdoor
Track & Field Championships
Clovis, Calif. in the 60 and 200 and the duo Larimar
Rodriguez and Steffi Jones in the 600.
The middle-distance events will also see action,
with Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen and Gavin Sleeter in the men’s 800 and Mackenzie Everett, Samantha Dicker and Kaitlin Franklin
in the women’s 800.
5/24-26 NCAA Division I West
Preliminary Round
Sacramento, Calif.
Eugene, Ore.
Currently, the duo ranks Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, in the NCAA’s 5K rankings this season.
- 6/6-9
- NCAA Division I Outdoor
Track & Field Championships
But both Kurgat and Kelati are aiming to double up, as they’ll look to earn NCAA bids in the 3000 at the Husky Classic.
New Mexico’s 4x400 meter relays will also look to improve their standings for the conference championships.
Bold denotes a home meet
Home indoor meets are held at the Albuquerque Convention Center Home outdoor meets are held at the Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium
- General Information
- Coaching Staff
- Communications
Name of School............................................ University of New Mexico City/Zip ........................................................Albuquerque, N.M. 87106 Founded .................................................1889 by Territorial Legislature Enrollment ..................................................................................28,800 Nickname.....................................................................................Lobos School Colors ............................................................Cherry and Silver Conference....................................................................Mountain West Affiliation....................................................................................NCAA I President ...............................................Dr. Chaouki Abdallah (Interim) Vice President for Athletics............................................... Eddie Nuñez Athletic Dept. Phone....................................................... 505-925-5501 Ticket Office Phone ...................................................... 505-925-LOBO
Head Coach ............................................. Joe Franklin (Purdue, 1991)
Year at UN M ............................................................................... . 1 1th
Assoc. Head Coach................ Rodney Zuyderwyk (Washington State, 1993)
Year at UN M ..................................................................................9th
Assistant Coach..............................James Butler (Wake Forest, 2003)
Year at UN M ................................................................................. 3rd
Assistant Coach............................... Dr. Richard Ceronie (Miami (OH))
Year at UN M ..................................................................................8th
Assistant Coach................................................Jade Ellis (Duke, 2009)
Year at UN M ................................................................................. 3rd
Assistant Coach........................Laura Bowerman (Florida State, 2008)
Year at UN M ................................................................................. 3rd
Track & Field/Cross Country Contact..............................Mike Mulcahy Email/Phone ....................................................... [email protected] Cell Phone....................................................................(505) 379-2029 Communications Office ................................................(505) 925-5520 UNM Athletics Website...................................................GoLobos.com Twitter/Instagram..................................................... @UNMLoboXCTF
facilties
Indoor ................................................ Albuquerque Convention Center
Elevation ....................................................4,958 feet (1,511 meters)
Outdoor...................................... Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium
Elevation ................................................... 5,085 feet (1,550 meters)
2018 NEW MEXICO TRACK & FIELD • 1
women’s roster
- NAME
- EVENTS
- CLASS
- HOMETOWN
- LAST SCHOOL
Akeisha Ayanniyi Natasha Bernal Johanna Briscoe Alex Buck Erynn Caldwell Kieran Casey Ada'ora Chigbo Emily Crall Anastasia Daliege Samantha Dicker Sophie Eckel Mackenzie Everett Kaitlin Franklin Shannon Fritz Mariah Gordon Juanita Johnson
Steffi Jones
Weini Kelati Shalom Keller Kendall Kelly Ednah Kurgat Sarah Laverty Elisabetta Mackin Allison Mady
- Jumps
- SO/FR
SO/JR FR/FR FR/FR SR/SR SR/SR FR/FR FR/FR FR/FR SO/SO SO/SO JR/SO FR/FR SO/SO FR/FR FR/FR FR/FR FR/FR FR/FR JR/JR JR/JR JR/JR
- Santa Fe, N.M.
- Santa Fe HS
La Cueva HS West Linn HS Pendleton Heights HS Volcano Vista HS University of Indianapolis
Distance Distance Distance Sprints Distance High Jump Distance Jumps Distance Distance Distance Distance High Jump Sprints Distance Sprints Distance Sprints Distance Distance Distance
Albuquerque, N.M. West Linn, Ore. Pendleton, Ind. Albuquerque, N.M. Indianapolis, Ind. Bristol, England
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- Desert Vista HS
Roswell HS Eldorado HS Immanuel College La Cueva HS Kennesaw State Desert Vista HS Eaglecrest HS Cibola HS
Roswell, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. Adelaide, Australia Albuquerque, N.M. Powder Springs, Ga. Phoenix, Ariz. Centennial, Colo. Albuquerque, N.M.
- Plano, Texas
- Plano HS
Heritage HS Ruidoso HS
Leesburg, Va. Ruidoso, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. Eldoret, Kenya Edinburgh, Scotland Rio Rancho, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. St. Charles, Ill. Cheshire, England Manchester, England Albuquerque, N.M. Aibonito, Puerto Rico
London, Ontario, Canada University of Washington
Taos, N.M. Deming, N.M. Rio Rancho, N.M. Aztec, N.M.
Bosque School Liberty University Currie HS Cleveland HS La Cueva HS Creighton University University of Birmingham Cardiff University Eldorado HS
Sprints/Hurdles FR/FR Throws Distance Distance Pole Vault Multi Events
SR/SR JR/JR SR/SR JR/JR SR/SR FR/FR SO/SO FR/FR JR/JR JR/JR JR/JR SR/SR FR/FR SR/SR SR/JR SR/SR
Emily Martin Tessa McCormick Sarah McKeever Kyra Mohns
- Alondra Negrón Texidor Distance
- Universidad del Turabo
Charlotte Prouse Elizabeth Reyes Sara Reyes Larimar Rodriguez Morgan Smith Michelle Traynham Nakala Watson Elizabeth Weiler Katherine Whiting Alice Wright
Distance Distance Javelin Sprints Javelin Javelin Sprints Distance Pole Vault Distance
Taos HS Deming HS Cleveland HS Aztec HS Valencia HS Rio Rancho HS Lehigh University Santa Cruz HS The King's School, Worcester
Belen, N.M. Rio Rancho, N.M. Chester Springs, Pa. Santa Cruz, Calif. Worcester, England
Pronunciation
Akeisha Ayanniyi............................................................uh-KEE-shah UH-YE-nee-hee Erynn Caldwell........................................................................................................ Air-in Ada’ora Chigbo.................................................................................................Adore-uh Weini Kelati .................................................................................Wayne-ee Keh-lah-tee
Kyra Mohns............................................................................................ Kear-uh Moans Larimar Rodriguez......................................................... LAH-ree-marr rah-DREE-guhz Nakala Watson............................................................................................. Nuh-kay-lah
2018 NEW MEXICO TRACK & FIELD • 2
men’s roster
- NAME
- EVENTS
Pole Vault Jumps
CLASS
JR/JR SO/SO FR/FR JR/SO JR/JR JR/JR FR/FR JR/JR FR/FR SO/SO JR/JR SO/SO JR/JR SR/SR FR/FR SO/FR
- HOMETOWN
- LAST SCHOOL
Hope Christian HS St. Augustine HS Cibola HS
Jason Atencio Tanner Battikha Miles Brinson Ryan Chase
Albuquerque, N.M. San Diego, Calif. Albuquerque, N.M. Olympia, Wash. Farmington, N.M. Brighton, England Albuquerque, N.M. Santa Maria, Calif. Ratingen, Germany Belen, N.M.
Jumps Multi Events Multi Events Distance Sprints
Capital HS
Beau Clafton Ian Crowe-Wright Bryan Cutler
Piedra Vista HS University of Birmingham La Cueva HS
Brent Dionisio Camillo Dünninger Jared Garcia Jonny Glen
- Jumps
- Allan Hancock College
Jumps Distance Distance Sprints
Belen HS
Greenock, Scotland Albuquerque, N.M. Taos, N.M.
Clydeview Academy Volcano Vista HS Taos HS
Alejandro Goldston Isaac Gonzales Chris Graham Omarei Gregory
Jay Griffin IV
Sprints Distance Jumps
Albuquerque, N.M. Puyallup, Wash. Hunstville, Texas Aalborg, Denmark Loomis, Calif.
St. Pius X HS Rogers HS
- Sprints
- Huntsville HS
- Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen Mid. Distance SO/SO
- Aalborg Katedralskole
- Del Oro HS
- John Harari
Mark Haywood Iolo Hughes Josh Kerr
Pole Vault Sprints
JR/JR SR/SR FR/FR SO/JR SR/SR SO/SO SR/SR SR/SR FR/FR SO/SO JR/JR
Alamogordo, N.M. Llanfechell, Wales Edinburgh, Scotland
Alamogordo HS Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones George Watson’s College
Distance Distance
- Multi Events
- Daniel Lam
- Amsterdam, Netherlands VU University Amsterdam
- Malik Matthews-Gordon Javelin
- Albuquerque, N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M. Norrköping, Sweden Albuquerque, N.M. Weehawken, N.J. Albuquerque, N.M. Rock Springs, Wyo. Aarhus, Denmark Albuquerque, N.M. Lincoln, England
Sandia HS
Adam Monroe Alexander Palm Ben Parmoon Brandon Parrado Taylor Potter
Distance Distance Sprints
Eldorado HS Stockholms universitet St. Pius X HS
Distance Distance Sprints
Manhattan College Eldorado HS
Carlos Salcido Jacob Simonsen Gavin Sleeter Linton Taylor
SO/JR SO/SO
Rock Springs HS Marselisborg Gymnasium Eldorado HS
Distance Mid. Distance SO/SO Distance Distance Distance
SR/SR SR/SR JR/JR
University of Leeds
- Belen HS
- Tyler Valdez
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- Sunderland, England
- Michael Wilson
- University of Birmingham
Pronunciation
Tanner Battikha ................................................................................................Bah-teek-uh Omarei Gregory ..................................................................................................... Omar-ee John Harari ......................................................................................................Huh-rahr-ree
Iolo Hughes................................................................................................................Yo-low
2018 NEW MEXICO TRACK & FIELD • 3
Indoor News AnD notes
For Prouse, Kelly and Eckel, their goals are his 3:35.99 in the 1500, while Ednah Kurgat similar, as that trio is striving for berths in the claimed two such honors during her undefeated
QUICK FACTS
- 5000.
- cross country season last fall. Courtney
Frerichs, who was selected in May 2016, and Charlotte Arter, who was selected during the 2014 cross country season, have also earned the honor.
2017 RECAP
Prouse owns a personal record of 16:03.80, which projects near the top-16 cutoff for NCAA
qualification. Eckel’s clocked in at 16:08.09
for her all-conditions PR, with Kelly owning a 16:26.36 PR.
2017 Indoor Conference Finish
• Men: 4th/6 (78.5 pts.) • Women: 4th/11 (72.5 pts.)
2017 Indoor NCAA Champs. Finish
• Men: T-2nd (10 pts.)
Kurgat Named to The Bowerman Women’s Mid-Indoor Watch List
• Women: Did not score
Kerr named National, MW athlete of the week
Ednah Kurgat earned
- a
- spot on The
2017 Outdoor Conference Finish
• Men: 4th/7 (102 pts.) • Women: 9th/11 (41.5 pts.)
Bowerman Women’s Mid-Indoor Watch List, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Wednesday, February 7.
New Mexico redshirt sophomore Josh Kerr was named Tuesday, February 6 as NCAA Division I Men’s National Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country
2016 Outdoor NCAA Champs. Finish
• Men: T-23rd (11 pts.) • Women: T-32nd (8 pts.)
Coaches Association and Mountain West Men’s Kurgat opening the season earning votes in the
- Track Athlete of the Week.
- 2018 Preseason Watch List for The Bowerman,
the highest individual honor in collegiate track
& field.
Kerr ran a personal-record time of 3:54.72 to win the elite Wanamaker Mile at the 2018 NYRR Millrose Games on Saturday, February So far during the 2018 indoor campaign, Kurgat 3 at The New Balance Track & Field Center at has raced twice, etching her name in the record
FACILITIES
Indoor Facility
- The Armory in New York City.
- books both times.
• Albuquerque Convention Center • Surface: Mondo (200m/60-degree banked) • Elevation: 4,958 feet (1,511 meters)
Racing against a field that included six During December, right at the beginning of the Olympians, Kerr showed off his middle-distance indoor season, Kurgat clocking a time of 15 acumen on arguably one of the most prominent minutes, 19.03 seconds in the 5000-meter run
stages in all of track & field, earning his second at the Boston University Season Opener.
Outdoor Stadium
career National Athlete of the Week honor.
That mark breaks the previous UNM 5K
• Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium
• Surface: polyurethane acrylic • Elevation: 5,085 feet (1,550 meters)
His time of 3:54.72 makes him the fifth-fastest standard of 15:54.29 set by Natalie Gray in 2011
collegian in the mile run in NCAA history with and the Mountain West standard of 15:21.85
- the sixth-fastest mile time in NCAA history.
- set by Boise State’s Allie Ostrander in 2016.
After opening the race in the back half of the Kurgat now ranks sixth in NCAA history in the
12-runner field, Kerr rallied over the final stages 5,000, and sits No. 1 in the MW and No. 2 in the
of the race, moving from eighth at 800 meters NCAA this season.
Coaching staff
Joe Franklin: Head Coach