Former Monticello Excessive standout Adam Bunker runs alone as he powers up a hill throughout the boys 1A highschool cross nation championships at Sugar Home Park in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Bunker is amongst a contingent of 4 Utah Valley College athletes who shall be competing on this week’s NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon. Steve Griffin, Deseret Information
It has been a record-setting 12 months for the Utah Valley College observe and area group.
The Wolverines will ship two ladies to the NCAA Observe and Subject Championships in Eugene, Oregon, this week, the primary time a feminine athlete from the Orem faculty will compete at nationals, not to mention two.
Additionally, two males superior out of the West Preliminaries in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Might 26, making this the most important contingent of UVU athletes competing in nationals in program historical past. Utah Valley despatched 9 athletes to the preliminaries, which was additionally a program report.
Everlyn Kemboi and Hannah Department certified within the ladies’s 10K, whereas Aaron Johnson certified within the lengthy soar and Adam Bunker punched his ticket within the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Nationals start Wednesday at Hayward Subject and run by means of Saturday.
Within the prelims, Kemboi completed fifth regardless of tripping and falling with slightly greater than two laps to go. She posted a time of 33 minutes, 42.57 seconds. A junior, Kemboi is from Kenya.
“I’m feeling so pleased,” Kemboi stated in a faculty information launch. “I can not even imagine it however I'm so pleased for myself, for my faculty, our coaches, and all of the help they’ve given us.”
Department is a senior from Draper’s Nook Canyon Excessive.
HISTORY MADE! For the primary time in program historical past, @UVUxctf will ship finalists to the ladies's outside observe & area championships after Everlyn Kemboi and Hannah Department each certified for the 10k finals in Eugene, Oregon.#GoUVU#UVU#UVUxctf#NCAATFpic.twitter.com/upCKVlWNkJ
— UVU Athletics (@GoUVU) Might 27, 2022
Bunker, a freshman from Monticello, set a faculty report and claimed the twelfth and remaining qualifying spot within the steeplechase on Might 28.
Johnson, from Las Vegas, recorded the fifth finest lengthy soar in Arkansas to qualify.
“It means loads to me,” Johnson stated. “All through your entire season, I talked to teach about objectives, and issues we really feel like we are able to accomplish, and now to have the ability to accomplish that purpose, and transfer ahead, means loads.”
Southern Utah’s sensational senior
Southern Utah will ship one athlete to Eugene, as senior Elizabeth White certified within the ladies’s lengthy soar with a leap of 20 ft, 6 1/2 inches. The Las Vegas product is the primary lengthy jumper in SUU historical past to qualify for nationals. She positioned tenth in Arkansas.
— SUU Thunderbirds ⚡️ (@SUUThunderbirds) June 6, 2022
The Thunderbirds despatched 9 athletes to Fayetteville, however solely White superior to nationals. The nationals-qualifying soar was the second-best of her profession.
Aggies, Wildcats shut out of nationals
Utah State despatched 11 student-athletes to the West Preliminaries, however none have been in a position to advance. Weber State had two athletes qualify, however none superior.