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 NEW MEXICO ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | CONTACT: MIKE MULCAHY | MMULCAHY*UNM.EDU | (505) 379-2029 This Week Hosting the Don Kirby Invitational | At the Husky Classic 2018 SCHEDULE Where Albuquerque Convention Center • Albuquerque, N.M. | Dempsey Indoor • Seattle, Wash. When Friday-Saturday, February 9-10 INDOOR Live Results LiveRunningResults.com | GoHuskies.com Date Event location Live Stream FloTrack.com 12/2 BU Season Opener Boston, Mass. 1/19-20 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invite Albuquerque Lobos set to host elite In the field events, the Lobo men will compete Don Kirby Invitational Tanner Battikha, Miles Brinson and Goldston 1/27 New Mexico Team Invite Albuquerque in the long jump, with Omarei Gregory in the New Mexico track & field welcomes an elite field triple jump. Jason Atencio (pole vault) and 2/2-3 New Mexico Classic Albuquerque of collegiate teams and athletes as it hosts the Brent Dionisio (high jump) will also vie for Don Kirby Invitational this Friday and Saturday strong marks in their specialties. 2/9-10 Washington Husky Classic Seattle, Wash. at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Daniel Lam, Camillo Dünninger and Beau 2/9-10 Don Kirby Invitational Albuquerque With the championship season on the horizon — Clafton will also be competing in individual the Mountain West Championships are coming events before taking on the heptathlon at the 2/16-17 Alex Wilson Invitational South Bend, Ind. to Albuquerque in two weeks and the NCAA MW Championships. Championships are in a month — the Lobos are The women’s field events will consist ofAda’ora 2/22-24 Mountain West Indoor Albuquerque looking to capture strong results in a bid to for Track & Field Championships Chigbo and Shannon Fritz in the high jump; postseason position. Sarah McKeever and Fritz in the pole vault; and 3/9-10 NCAA Division I Indoor College Station, Texas Looking to make stride this week are the Lobos’ Allison Mady in the shot put and weight throw. Track & Field Championships milers, led by Michael Wilson and Ian Crowe- Kyra Mohns will also see action in individual Wright on the men’s side and Kieran Casey, events as she preps for the MW pentathlon. Alondra Negron Texidor and Emily Martin on outDOOR the women’s. Date Event location Jonny Glen, Taylor Potter, Linton Taylor, Five distance standouts 3/24 UTEP Springtime Invitational El Paso, Texas Jared Garcia, Iolo Hughes and Jacob heading to husky classic Simonsen will also be running the men’s mile, Five of New Mexico’s top distance runners are 3/31 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif. with Alex Buck and Elizabeth Reyes running heading to the Husky Classic in Seattle this the women’s mile and Natasha Bernal and weekend as they aim to run fast times at one of 4/7 Don Kirby Tailwind Invite Albuquerque Johanna Briscoe the women’s 3000. the top distance meets of the year. 4/20 Bryan Clay Invitational Azusa, Calif. Additionally, the Lobos sprinters will be aiming Ednah Kurgat, Weini Kelati, Charlotte for strong marks, with Carlos Salcido, Mark Prouse, Kendall Kelly and Sophie Eckel are 4/27-28 Bobcat Classic San Marcos, Texas Haywood, Isaac Gonzales and Bryan Cutler all looking to capture times that could end the in the 400-meter dash, Jay Griffin in the 200 season ranked in the top 16, which would earn 5/5 Payton Jordan Invitational Stanford, Calif. and Alejandro Goldston in the 60. them a spot at March’s NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. 5/5 Masked Rider Open Lubbock, Texas For the women, it will be Shalom Keller and Elisabetta Mackin in the 400, Erynn Caldwell Kurgat and Kelati have both all but clinched 5/9-12 Mountain West Outdoor Clovis, Calif. in the 60 and 200 and the duo Larimar their spots at the NCAA Championships in the Track & Field Championships Rodriguez and Steffi Jones in the 600. 5,000-meter run after stellar performances in the event at the Boston University Season Opener 5/24-26 NCAA Division I West Sacramento, Calif. The middle-distance events will also see action, in December. Preliminary Round with Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen and Gavin Sleeter in the men’s 800 and Mackenzie Currently, the duo ranks Nos. 2 and 3, 6/6-9 NCAA Division I Outdoor Eugene, Ore. Everett, Samantha Dicker and Kaitlin Franklin respectively, in the NCAA’s 5K rankings this Track & Field Championships in the women’s 800. season. New Mexico’s 4x400 meter relays will also look But both Kurgat and Kelati are aiming to double Bold denotes a home meet up, as they’ll look to earn NCAA bids in the 3000 Home indoor meets are held at the Albuquerque Convention Center to improve their standings for the conference Home outdoor meets are held at the Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium championships. at the Husky Classic. General Information Coaching Staff Communications Name of School ............................................ University of New Mexico Head Coach .............................................Joe Franklin (Purdue, 1991) Track & Field/Cross Country Contact ..............................Mike Mulcahy City/Zip ........................................................Albuquerque, N.M. 87106 Year at UNM ................................................................................11th Email/Phone ....................................................... [email protected] Founded .................................................1889 by Territorial Legislature Assoc. Head Coach................Rodney Zuyderwyk (Washington State, 1993) Cell Phone ....................................................................(505) 379-2029 Enrollment ..................................................................................28,800 Year at UNM ..................................................................................9th Communications Office ................................................(505) 925-5520 Nickname .....................................................................................Lobos Assistant Coach ..............................James Butler (Wake Forest, 2003) UNM Athletics Website ...................................................GoLobos.com School Colors ............................................................Cherry and Silver Year at UNM ................................................................................. 3rd Twitter/Instagram ..................................................... @UNMLoboXCTF Conference ....................................................................Mountain West Assistant Coach ............................... Dr. Richard Ceronie (Miami (OH)) Affiliation ....................................................................................NCAA I Year at UNM ..................................................................................8th facilties President ...............................................Dr. Chaouki Abdallah (Interim) Assistant Coach ................................................Jade Ellis (Duke, 2009) Indoor ................................................Albuquerque Convention Center Vice President for Athletics ...............................................Eddie Nuñez Year at UNM ................................................................................. 3rd Elevation ....................................................4,958 feet (1,511 meters) Athletic Dept. Phone ....................................................... 505-925-5501 Assistant Coach ........................Laura Bowerman (Florida State, 2008) Outdoor ...................................... Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium Ticket Office Phone ...................................................... 505-925-LOBO Year at UNM ................................................................................. 3rd Elevation ................................................... 5,085 feet (1,550 meters) 2018 NEW MEXICO TRACK & FIELD • 1 women’s roster NAME EVENTS CLASS HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL Akeisha Ayanniyi Jumps SO/FR Santa Fe, N.M. Santa Fe HS Natasha Bernal Distance SO/JR Albuquerque, N.M. La Cueva HS Johanna Briscoe Distance FR/FR West Linn, Ore. West Linn HS Alex Buck Distance FR/FR Pendleton, Ind. Pendleton Heights HS Erynn Caldwell Sprints SR/SR Albuquerque, N.M. Volcano Vista HS Kieran Casey Distance SR/SR Indianapolis, Ind. University of Indianapolis Ada'ora Chigbo High Jump FR/FR Bristol, England Emily Crall Distance FR/FR Phoenix, Ariz. Desert Vista HS Anastasia Daliege Jumps FR/FR Roswell, N.M. Roswell HS Samantha Dicker Distance SO/SO Albuquerque, N.M. Eldorado HS Sophie Eckel Distance SO/SO Adelaide, Australia Immanuel College Mackenzie Everett Distance JR/SO Albuquerque, N.M. La Cueva HS Kaitlin Franklin Distance FR/FR Powder Springs, Ga. Kennesaw State Shannon Fritz High Jump SO/SO Phoenix, Ariz. Desert Vista HS Mariah Gordon Sprints FR/FR Centennial, Colo. Eaglecrest HS Juanita Johnson Distance FR/FR Albuquerque, N.M. Cibola HS Steffi Jones Sprints FR/FR Plano, Texas Plano HS Weini Kelati Distance FR/FR Leesburg, Va. Heritage HS Shalom Keller Sprints FR/FR Ruidoso, N.M. Ruidoso HS Kendall Kelly Distance JR/JR Albuquerque, N.M. Bosque School Ednah Kurgat Distance JR/JR Eldoret, Kenya Liberty University Sarah Laverty Distance JR/JR Edinburgh, Scotland Currie HS Elisabetta Mackin Sprints/Hurdles FR/FR Rio Rancho, N.M. Cleveland HS Allison Mady Throws SR/SR Albuquerque, N.M. La Cueva HS Emily Martin