GOLDEN, Colo.— Justin Thompson broke his own long jump school record as he and women's pentathlete
Mica Jenrette both set improved NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying, winning and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference-leading marks to lead the Colorado Mesa University efforts during Friday's portion of the Mines Winter Classic & Multi indoor track and field meet here at the Colorado School of Mines' Steinhauer Fieldhouse.
Thompson jumped 7.59 meters (24 feet, 11 inches) to win the event while going two centimeters further than his previous record, which was also set in the facility, known as a good environment for jumping success. He will rank as high as fifth in Division II this season depending on other weekend results.
Meanwhile, Jenrette, a fellow multiple time-all American, won two of the five individual disciplines as she racked up a score of 3,672 points to best the large field of 22 while increasing her RMAC lead and close to the top 10 of the country pending other results and altitude and track-size conversions. She had also begun the season with a pentathlon win and RMAC leading score of 3,449 points in December.
On Friday, Jenrette set three new season-best marks, including a personal-record shot put throw of 11.90 meters (39-0 ½) to fare best in that discipline. She also won the day-ending 800 meters in 2:25.85 and had a new season-best long jump effort of 5.24 meters (17-2.25) while putting up solid efforts of 9.11 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles and 1.62 meters (5-3.75) in the first two disciplines of the day.
Jenrette was one of five Mavericks in the pentathlon as freshman
Katie Thomson (3064) and sophomore
Hope Matteson (2989) both finished in the top 10, placing eighth and tenth, respectively.
Jordan Brockman also edged Jenrette for the hurdles win, running to a PR of 9.10 seconds to move into the No. 10 position of Maverick history. Despite failing to get a legal long jump, Brockman finished 17
th overall with 2,492 points while freshman
Natalie Smythe scored 2,335 points.
Elsewhere,
Hayden Riley and
Virginia Tomon both took second place in the shot put as Riley threw it 16.12 meters (52-10.75) in the 26-person men's competition while Tomon recorded a mark of 12.38 meters (40-7.5) in the 19-woman field.
Elsewhere,
Logan Hafey stands seventh in the men's heptathlon with 2,407 points after the first day while
Jay Shuman is 11
th with 2,073.
In the pole vault,
Becker Ell and
Garrett Searls both cleared season-best 4.47-meter bars (14-8) while
Daisy Rinehart got over 3.21 meters (10-6.25), just off her season-best.
The Mavs also fared well in the women's long jump as
Kiana Jackson led a group of three Mavs in the top-9 with a jump of 5.50 meters (18-0.25) to place sixth.
Kierra Arceneaux (5.43m//17-9.75) and
Lily Nieslanik (5.35m/17-6.75) were right behind in seventh and ninth place.
The Mavs also had solid representation in the 3,000 meters as
Simon Straub finished seventh in the men's race at 9:38.02 while
Rachel Meeks took ninth in the women's field with a time of 11:13.07 to lead a group of three Mavericks.
The meet continues Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.
The Mavericks also have a contingent of 21 runners competing at the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque.
