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Wichhart-Donzo Places Second in Pentathlon at CU Invite
February 01, 2018 | Track and Field
BOULDER - The University of Colorado track and field team kicked off the 2018 CU Invitational here Friday with the multi-events. Maja Wichhart-Donzo finished second in the pentathlon with 3,754 total points, while Andrew Ghizzone leads the field after day one in the heptathlon.Â
WHAT HAPPENED: PENTATHLON
A trio of Buffs kicked off the afternoon collecting solid points and some personal records in the 60 meter hurdles. Maja Wichhart-Donzo finished second with a PR time of 8.86 to earn 939 points. Michaela Wenning finished right behind Wichhart-Donzo with a time of 8.97, a PR for her. Drianna Mustin came in seventh with a 9.43 time. Â
In the high jump, Wenning took first earning 818 points clearing a height of 5-5/75/1.67, a mark that ties her PR from the 2016 season. Sophomore Drianna Mustin took second earning a PR mark of 5-4.5/1/64 while Whichhcart-Donzo came in third with a mark of 5-3.25/1.61. Â
After two events, Wenning sat in first with 1,734 points while Wichhart-Donzo sat in third with 1,688 points while Mustin was in fifth at 1,605.Â
In the shot put, Maja Wichhart-Donzo tossed a solid mark of 34-9.50/10.60 to take second and move to the top of the pentathlon leaderboard. After the long jump, Wichhart-Donzo fell back into second place on the leaderboard finishing second with a mark of 18-2.25/5.54. Â
Heading into the final event, the 800 meters, Wichhart-Donzo (2,967) sat in second place overall behind Nicole Warwick (3,075) of Azusa Pacific. Michaela Wenning (2,824) sat in third while Mustin (2,609) was in fifth.Â
In the 800 meters, the Buffs looked solid taking the top three spots. Sophomore Driana Mustin crossed the finish line first (2:20.92) to earn 811 points and move from fifth overall to finish fifth with 3,420 total points. Wicchart-Donzo placed second with a time of 2:22.69 to earn 787 points but it was not enough to move above Warwick who won the Pentathlon with 3,804 total points to Wicchart-Donzo's 3,754 points. Wenning finished third overall with 3,585 total points.Â
HEPTATHLONÂ
Andrew Ghizzone sits in first place in the men's Heptathlon after four events. Starting out the day with the 60 meters, Â Ghizzone placed first with a time of 7.26 earning him 792 points while his teammate Davis Butte finished right behind him earning 772 points with a time of 7.32. Aaron Carmichael finished fifth with a time of 7.51 and Nate Gravelding came in seventh with a time of 7.62.Â
Ghizzone finished first in the long jump as well with a distance of 22-3/6.78 and Butte came in third with a distance of 19-11.5/6.08. Carmichael finished fourth with a distance of 19-9/6.02 and behind him in fifth was Gravelding with a distance of 19-8.75/6.01. The Buffs went on to the shot put where Aaron Carmichael tossed a strong PR mark of 37-3.25/11.36 to tie for second in the event and earn 568 points.Â
After three events Ghizzone sat in first overall with 2,119 total points while Carmichael (1,869) sat in fourth, Butte (1,780) in fifth and Gravelding (1,683) in seventh.Â
In the high jump, Ghizzone came in second with a mark of 6-1.5/1.87 to add 687 points. After four events he still sits atop the leader board with 2,806 total points.Â
UP NEXT
The CU Invitational continues Friday with events beginning at 10:30 am with the men's heptathlon 60 meter hurdles and with the women's long jump. Action will wrap up Saturday with events starting at 11:00 am.Â
QUOTABLE (Assistant Coach Lindsay Malone)Â
Overall PerformancesÂ
"I was really glad everybody was ready to go and compete today. We competed against a strong field including some teams from California that came out. We had a lot of PRs today which was great to see. This meet is actually a prep meet for our multi meet in conference, so it is important to put five and seven events together and we can clearly string that together right now. So, that makes me excited for conference."Â
On the Women's PentathlonÂ
"It is the mentality that, 'We were ready for this and we worked for this.' I'm excited that the PRs are coming in the multi. Usually your lifetime PRs aren't always in a multi so to come in and get lifetime PRs not only for the multi but the overall event. In the 800, I was very glad to see the girls finish one, two, three. They stuck with our training plan."
On Ghizzone's PerformanceÂ
"The fun thing about the multis is a lot of the stuff we have been working on are technical gains. Technical gains that will pay off in competition but, you have to be able to see what is actually going to happen in between practice and competition. Andrew [Ghizzone] has made some huge improvements in high jump, which we got to see today. High jump is one event that I cannot wait to see him compete in for the rest of the season because things are starting to click!"
2018 CU InvitationalÂ
WOMEN'S PENTATHLONÂ
Total: (1. Nicole Warwick, Azusa Pacific, 3,804) 2. Maja Wichhart-Donzo, 3,754; 3. Michaela Winning, 3,585; 4. Drianna Mustin, 3,420
60 Meter Hurdles: (1.Nicole Warwick, Azusa Pacific, 8.69) 2. Maja Wichhart-Donzo, 8.86; 3. Michaela Wenning, 8.97; 7. Drianna Mustin, 9.43
High Jump: 1. Michaela Wenning, 5-5.75/1.67; 2. Drianna Mustin, 5-4.5/1.64; 3. Maja Wichhart-Donzo, 5-3.25/1.61Â
Shot Put: (1. Mackenzie Pettit, Northern Colorado, 34-11/10.64) 2. Maja Wichhart-Donzo, 34-9.5/10.60; 8. Drianna Mustin, 28-7.75/8.73
Long Jump: (1. Nicole Warwick, 19-6.25/5.95) 2. Maja Wichhart-Donzo, 18-2.25/5.54; 4. Michaela Wenning, 16-10.5/5.14; 7. Drianna Mutin, 16-4.5/4.99
MEN'S HEPTATHLONÂ
After 4 events: 1. Andrew Ghizzone, 2,806; 4. Aaron Carmichael, 2.389; 5. Davis Butte, 2.373; 6. Nate Gravelding, 2,227
60 Meter Sprint: (1. Andrew Ghizzone, 7.26) 2. Davis Butte, 7.32; 5. Aaron Carmichael, 7.51; 7. Nate Gravelding, 7.62Â
Long Jump: 1. Andrew Ghizzone, 22-3/6.78; 3. Davis Butte, 19-11.5/ 6.08; 4. Aaron Carmichael, 19-9/6.02; 5. Nate Gravelding, 19-8.75/ 6.01Â
Shot Put: (1. Chad Poniciano, Azusa Pacific, 39-8/12.09) 3. Aaron Carmichael, 37-3.25/11.36; 4. Andrew Ghizzone, 37-1.75/11.32; 6. Nate Gravelding, 29-2/8.89; 7. Davis Butte, 28-4.25/8.64
High Jump: (1. Chad Ponciano, Azusa Pacific, 6-2.75/1.90) 2. Andrew Ghizzone, 6-1.5/1.87; 4. Davis Butte, 5-9.25/1.76; 5. Nate Gravelding, 5-7/1.70; 6. Aaron Carmichael, 5-5.75/1.67
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