Colorado University Athletics
Saturday, May 11
Tucson, Ariz.
6:00 PM
Colorado
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Pac-12 Championships
Photo by: Dan Madden
Lightning Delays Pac-12 Championships
May 11, 2019 | Track and Field
TUCSON – It was an electric start to the 2019 Pac-12 Championships for the University of Colorado track and field program until a thunderstorm delayed action in Tucson during the men's 100-meter dash.
Numerous Buffaloes qualified through to finals in the 1,500-meter runs and the 400-meter dash, including sophomore Jon Maas. The sprinter threw down a 46.14 second quarter-mile to win the first heat and qualify with the second-fastest time. His mark is nearly a second off his personal best and moves him into sixth in school history in the event.
Another huge personal best came in the women's 1,500 when freshman Annie Hill dropped five seconds off her best with a 4:21.85. She ran the eighth-fastest time in the heat and qualified for the finals in the ninth position. The top time of the day came from Washington's Katie Rainsberger at 4:19.92. Right now Hill's time would qualify as the last position to the NCAA West Preliminaries.
In the men's 1,500 both Eduardo Herrera and Gabe Fendel qualified through to finals. Herrera is in the seventh position after running 3:46.39 and Fendel is in the 11th position after running 3:46.82.
The other qualifying mark before the delay came from the women's 4x100-meter relay team of Eriana Henderson, Valerie Welch, Dani Johnson and Maja Wichhart-Donzo. The quartet finished sixth in a time of 45.40, just eight-hundredths of a second from the season best.
CU also had four women in the 100 hurdle prelims before the delay. Henderson placed 11th with a time of 13.77, Johnson was 15th at 13.96, Welch was 18th at 14.21 and Michaela Wenning finished 19th at 14.34.
Kendal Smith and Duane McClurkin Jr. competed in the men's 400 as well with Smith finishing 15th in 48.45 seconds and a recovering McClurkin Jr. finishing 17th at 48.71.
Two men's throwing events also completed today, the hammer throw and the javelin. Caleb Penner led the Buffaloes in the hammer with a toss of 49.27 meters (161-7) for 15th. Brock Knechtel was in 16th with a toss of 47.61m (156-2) and Tyler Sconce finished in 17th at 47.34m (155-3). Henry Carlson was the lone Colorado athlete in the javelin and finished 13th with a toss of 50.92m (167-0).
The delay came in the middle of the men's 100-meter dash prelims. The current plan at the track is to begin warmups at 9:30 p.m. (MT) and finish the heats of the 100 at 10:00 p.m. The original schedule has the women's 100-meter dash prelims beginning at 8:10 p.m. (MT), but should begin about two hours behind at 10:10 p.m. without further delay. If the schedule remains the final event of the day will be the women's 10,000 which would begin at 1:15 a.m. (MT) if the meet stays to the schedule with the delay.
Numerous Buffaloes qualified through to finals in the 1,500-meter runs and the 400-meter dash, including sophomore Jon Maas. The sprinter threw down a 46.14 second quarter-mile to win the first heat and qualify with the second-fastest time. His mark is nearly a second off his personal best and moves him into sixth in school history in the event.
Another huge personal best came in the women's 1,500 when freshman Annie Hill dropped five seconds off her best with a 4:21.85. She ran the eighth-fastest time in the heat and qualified for the finals in the ninth position. The top time of the day came from Washington's Katie Rainsberger at 4:19.92. Right now Hill's time would qualify as the last position to the NCAA West Preliminaries.
In the men's 1,500 both Eduardo Herrera and Gabe Fendel qualified through to finals. Herrera is in the seventh position after running 3:46.39 and Fendel is in the 11th position after running 3:46.82.
The other qualifying mark before the delay came from the women's 4x100-meter relay team of Eriana Henderson, Valerie Welch, Dani Johnson and Maja Wichhart-Donzo. The quartet finished sixth in a time of 45.40, just eight-hundredths of a second from the season best.
CU also had four women in the 100 hurdle prelims before the delay. Henderson placed 11th with a time of 13.77, Johnson was 15th at 13.96, Welch was 18th at 14.21 and Michaela Wenning finished 19th at 14.34.
Kendal Smith and Duane McClurkin Jr. competed in the men's 400 as well with Smith finishing 15th in 48.45 seconds and a recovering McClurkin Jr. finishing 17th at 48.71.
Two men's throwing events also completed today, the hammer throw and the javelin. Caleb Penner led the Buffaloes in the hammer with a toss of 49.27 meters (161-7) for 15th. Brock Knechtel was in 16th with a toss of 47.61m (156-2) and Tyler Sconce finished in 17th at 47.34m (155-3). Henry Carlson was the lone Colorado athlete in the javelin and finished 13th with a toss of 50.92m (167-0).
The delay came in the middle of the men's 100-meter dash prelims. The current plan at the track is to begin warmups at 9:30 p.m. (MT) and finish the heats of the 100 at 10:00 p.m. The original schedule has the women's 100-meter dash prelims beginning at 8:10 p.m. (MT), but should begin about two hours behind at 10:10 p.m. without further delay. If the schedule remains the final event of the day will be the women's 10,000 which would begin at 1:15 a.m. (MT) if the meet stays to the schedule with the delay.
| 2019 Pac-12 Championship | ||||
| SATURDAY | EVENT | NAME | RESULT | PLACE |
| 12:00 PM (MT) | Men's Hammer | Caleb Penner | 49.27 (161-7) | 15th |
| Brock Knechtel | 47.61 (156-2) | 16th | ||
| Tyler Sconce | 47.34 (155-3) | 17th | ||
| 5:30 PM | Men's Javelin | Henry Carlson | 50.92m (167-0) | 13th |
| 6:00 PM | Men's Long Jump | Gunner Rigsby | ||
| Josh Farmer | ||||
| 6:10 PM | Women's 4x100 Prelims | Henderson, Welch, Johnson, Wichhart-Donzo, Scott | 45.40 | 6th (q) |
| 6:20 PM | Men's 1,500 Prelims | Gabe Fendel | 3:46.82 | 11th (q) |
| Eduardo Herrera | 3:46.39 | 7th (Q) | ||
| 6:35 PM | Women's 1,500 Prelims | Annie Hill | 4:21.85 | 9th (Q) |
| 7:10 PM | Women's 100 Hurdle Prelims | Eriana Henderson | 13.77 | 1th |
| Dani Johnson | 13.96 | 15th | ||
| Valerie Welch | 14.21 | 18th | ||
| Michaela Wenning | 14.34 | 19th | ||
| 7:25 PM | Men's 400 Prelims | Duane McClurkin Jr. | 48.71 | 17th |
| Jon Maas | 46.14 | 2nd (Q) | ||
| Kendal Smith | 48.45 | 15th | ||
| LIGHTNING DELAY | 2 HOURS | BEHIND SCHEDULE | ||
| 8:00 PM | Men's High Jump | Jeremy Cody | ||
| 8:25 PM | Men's 800 Prelims | Josh Ramos | ||
| Jonathan Horton | ||||
| 8:30 PM | Women's Javelin | Elisa Grandemange | ||
| 8:40 PM | Women's 800 Prelims | Elissa Mann | ||
| Karina Mann | ||||
| 9:00 PM | Women's Shot Put | Mariah Walker | ||
| 9:00 PM | Women's Long Jump | Michaela Wenning | ||
| Maja Wichhart-Donzo | ||||
| Cheyenne Cheshier | ||||
| 9:10 PM | Women's Steeplechase Finals | Val Constien | ||
| 9:25 PM | Men's 400 Hurdle Prelims | Aaron McCoy | ||
| Kellen Monestime | ||||
| Nathan Hoy | ||||
| 9:40 PM | Women's 400 Hurdle Prelims | Gabby Scott | ||
| Eriana Henderson | ||||
| Valerie Welch | ||||
| Dani Johnson | ||||
| 10:00 PM | Men's 200 Prelims | Jon Maas | ||
| 10:30 PM | Men's 10,000 Final | Paxton Smith | ||
| Alec Hornecker | ||||
| John Dressel | ||||
| Ryan Forsyth | ||||
| Ethan Gonzales | ||||
| 11:15 PM | Women's 10,000 Final | Kaitlyn Benner | ||
| Holly Bent | ||||
| Makena Morley | ||||
| Tabor Scholl | ||||
| SUNDAY | ||||
| 12:00 PM | Women's Hammer | Elisa Grandemange | ||
| 5:00 PM | Men's Discus | Tyler Sconce | ||
| Caleb Penner | ||||
| Brock Knechtel | ||||
| Henry Carlson | ||||
| 7:00 PM | Women's High Jump | Kylee Harr | ||
| Michaela Wenning | ||||
| 7:00 PM | Men's 4x100 Finals | Maas, Monestime, Smith, Farmer, Hoy, McCoy | ||
| 7:10 PM | Women's 4x100 Finals | Henderson, Welch, Johnson, Wichhart-Donzo, Scott | ||
| 7:20 PM | Men's 1,500 Finals | Gabe Fendel | ||
| Eduardo Herrera | ||||
| 7:30 PM | Women's 1,500 Final | Annie Hill | ||
| 7:50 PM | Women's 100 Hurdle Finals | Eriana Henderson | ||
| Dani Johnson | ||||
| Valerie Welch | ||||
| Michaela Wenning | ||||
| 8:00 PM | Men's 400 Finals | Duane McClurkin Jr. | ||
| Jon Maas | ||||
| Kendal Smith | ||||
| 8:00 PM | Women's Triple Jump | Maja Wichhart-Donzo | ||
| Cheyenne Cheshier | ||||
| 8:15 PM | Women's Discus | Mariah Walker | ||
| 8:40 PM | Men's 800 Final | Josh Ramos | ||
| Jonathan Horton | ||||
| 8:50 PM | Women's 800 Final | Karina Mann | ||
| Elissa Mann | ||||
| 9:00 PM | Men's 400 Hurdle Finals | Aaron McCoy | ||
| Kellen Monestime | ||||
| Nathan Hoy | ||||
| 9:10 PM | Women's 400 Hurdle Finals | Gabby Scott | ||
| Eriana Henderson | ||||
| Valerie Welch | ||||
| Dani Johnson | ||||
| 9:20 PM | Men's 200 Final | Jon Maas | ||
| 9:40 PM | Men's 5,000 Final | Ryan Forsyth | ||
| John Dressel | ||||
| Ethan Gonzales | ||||
| Eduardo Herrera | ||||
| Paxton Smith | ||||
| Alec Hornecker | ||||
| Gabe Fendel | ||||
| 10:00 PM | Women's 5,000 Finals | Makena Morley | ||
| Kaitlyn Benner | ||||
| Tabor Scholl | ||||
| Holly Bent | ||||
| Baylee Jones | ||||
| Val Constien | ||||
| Annie Hill | ||||
| Dani Jones | ||||
| 10:20 PM | Men's 4x400 Finals | Maas, Smith, Hoy, McCoy, Monestime, Farmer, McClurkin Jr. | ||
| 10:30 PM | Women's 4x400 Finals | Johnson, Welch, Henderson, Scott, Wichhart-Donzo |
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