Buffs Pick Up Seven Wins and Four Top-10 Marks

Saturday, March 23

Pueblo, Colo.

All Day

Colorado

Day 2

March 23, 2024 | Track and Field

By: Lauren Cawley, CU Athletic Communications

PUEBLO & SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Colorado track and field program finished up their weekend here Saturday with seven wins and four top-10 marks at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Invitational as well as the Aztec Invitational.

In Pueblo, numerous athletes put up wins for the Buffs. Emma Pollak highlighted the day for CU, winning the women's 400-meter hurdles in 59.06, moving from seventh to sixth all-time. Joy Moorer ran a new PR of 1:02.65 to place fifth.

Colton Romig came out with a 10th all-time performance in the men's 400 hurdles in 51.84, winning the event. Garrett Nelson placed third in 52.64, while Daniel Tragarz ran a debut time of 43.06.

The third and final top-10 performance in Pueblo came from the men's 4x400-meter relay. The squad of Tyler Williams, Ian Gilmore, Luke Dry, and Nick Gehring won the event, running a seventh all-time mark of 3:08.61.

Bailey Hertenstein kicked off the day with a victory in the women's 1500-meter, clocking 4:21.09. Caroline Mehlhorn also competed in the event, running her debut 1500 for CU. She ran 4:39.05 for a fifth place finish.

In the men's 400-meter, the CU men took the top three spots with Williams leading the way in a time of 47.21. Gehring was runner-up in a PR of 47.32, while Dry also ran a PR of 47.55 to place third.

The men's 1500 saw great performances as three Buffs finished in the top-10. Lukas Haug ran a PR of 3:48.97 to place second, while Noah Hibbard finished a hundredth of second behind Haug to place third in 3:48.98. Caleb Niednagel clocked 3:53.65 for a sixth-place finish.

The men's and women's 800-meter also had numerous runners representing the Buffs at the front of the pack. In the men's event, Ben Greene ran 1:50.32 for a runner-up finish. Reese Kilbarger-Stumpff placed fifth in a PR of 1:51.95, while Wilson Georges placed eighth in 1:53.92. For the women, Elliot Pribramsky placed third in 2:12.97, Emma Hadley placed fourth in a PR of 2:14.53, and Whitney Valenti ran 2:14.61 to place fifth.

Reese Renz placed third in the women's 100-meter hurdles, running a time of 14.43, while in the men's 100-meter, Luc Andrada placed fifth in 10.47. Meghan Whyrick placed fifth in the women's shot put with a mark of 12.94 meters (42-3.25).

At the Aztec Invitational, Allie Routledge marked 6.04 meters (19-9.75) in the women's long jump to better her own fifth all-time mark in CU history, placing fourth. She also competed in the women's high jump, winning the event with a jump of 1.76 meters (5-9.25).

Jada Green earned a victory in the women's javelin throw with her mark of 49.11 meters (161-1). Gustavo Alfonso placed third in the men's javelin, throwing 57.43 meters (188-5).

Avery McMullen competed in three events, placing in the top-10 in all of them. She placed sixth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.44, sixth in the long jump with a mark of 6.00 meters (19-8.25), and fourth in the 200-meter with a time of 24.37.

John Swabik competed in both the men's 110-hurdles and long jump. He ran a PR of 14.76 in the hurdles to place eighth, while also placing fifth in the long jump with a mark of 7.23 meters (23-8.75).

Amanda Opp placed sixth in the women's discus with a throw of 41.59 meters (136-5).

The Buffs will split up next weekend amongst four different meets. These include the Battle on the Bayou Invitational, the Stanford Invitational, the CSU Pueblo Open, and the Jack Christiansen Invitational.