Lumberjacks to Host Last Home Meet of 2019 Indoor Season

Tentative Schedule (PDF)
Meet Program/Heat Sheets (PDF)
2019 Home Meet Information
 
Flagstaff. Ariz. (February 14, 2019) – Northern Arizona's track & field program will be staying home this weekend as it hosts the NAU Tune Up meet on Friday Feb. 15^th at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome.
 
Competition will begin with the women's pole vault at 12 P.M. (MST). Throws events will begin with the men's shot put at 3 P.M. (MST). Track events start at 5 P.M. (MST) with the women's 60m hurdle preliminaries.
 
Live results for the NAU Tune Up will be provided by wingfootfinish.com.
 
Collegiate teams attending NAU Tune Up will include Arizona, Arizona State, Azusa Pacific, Cal St. Los Angeles, Central Arizona, Dine College, Embry-Riddle, Glendale CC, Grand Canyon, La Verne, Mesa CC, New Mexico, Occidental College, Oregon Tech, Paradise Valley CC, Redlands and Southern Utah.
 
The Lumberjack men and women are coming off of some impressive performances at the Don Kirby Invitational and Iowa State Classic last week.
 
The women's sprints team will see athletes race in the 60m Dash, 200m Dash and 600m Run.
 
Alexis Caston will run in the 60 Dash and 200m Dash. Caston's best time in the 60m Dash this season was an 8.13 at the Mountain T's Invite; her best time in the 200m Dash was a 26.59 at the Lumberjack Team Challenge. Rita Sakharov will compete in the 60m Dash and 600m Run; Sakharov's best 60m Dash time this season was a 7.96 at Mountain T's and her best 600m Run time was a 1:41.31 at the Don Kirby Invite. Dana Padget will be joining Sakharov in the 600m Dash. Padget also ran the 600m Run at the Don Kirby Invite earning a time of 1:42.51 for her best finish in that event this season.
 
NAU's women's distance squad will race in the 1 Mile Run and 3000m Run at the NAU Tune Up.
Lumberjack's participating in the 1 Mile Run will include Abby Riordan, Maggie Carruth and Zoe Wall.
 
Riordan's best mile this indoor season was a 5:15.00 at Mountain T's. Carruth's top mile this year was ran at the Lumberjack Team Challenge for a time of 5:19.17. Wall's time of 5:20.90 at the Don Kirby Invite last week was her best mile time this year.
 
NAU looks to have Riordan, Carruth and Wall joined by Miranda Myers in the 3000m Run.
 
Riordan's best 3000m time was a 10:54.13 performance last weekend at Don Kirby. Wall ran a 10:38.85 at Don Kirby for her best time of the 2019 indoor season. Myers has raced in the 3000m Run once this year placing third at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 10:32.42. Carruth has not yet competed in the 3000m.
 
The women's throws team has Alexa Dragone competing in the shot put and weight throw events. Matilde Roe will join Dragone in the shot put and Paige Inman and Sykora Walker will also see some action in the weight throw.
 
Dragone set a PR in the weight throw at Mountain T's with a mark of 14.86m. At the Lumberjack Team Challenge Dragone's mark of 13.23m in the shot put also earned her a new PR. Roe's mark of 13.88m in the shot put at the Mountain T's Invite was her top throw of the 2019 indoor season thus far. Inman and Walker will each be making their first appearance for the 2019 indoor season.
 
Men's sprints will be represented by both Alex Alton and Michael Marchica in the 400m Dash and 600m Run. Alton's 1:25.30 set in the 600m Run at Don Kirby and his 51.51 finish at the Lumberjack Team Challenge were his top times in those events so far this season. Marchica placed sixth in the 600m Run last week at Don Kirby with a time of 1:25.34 earning a new PR in that event. Marchica's best 400m Dash this year was set at Mountain T's when he crossed the finish line at 51.12.
 
The men's distance team will race in the 1 Mile 3000m Run's represented by Elliot Gindi, Blaise Ferro, Peter Lomong and Ryan Wolff; all of whom will be racing in both events. Ferro and Lomong have only raced in one race each this season. They both ran at the Bobcat Preview earlier this season in the 5000m Run. Wolff's best mile this year was a 4:26.09 ran at the Mountain T's Invite. He also ran a 9:00.60 in the 3000m Run at Mountain T's for his best time in that event.
 
NAU's men's throws team will join the women's throws team and will also have athletes compete in the shot put and weight throw events. Shot put will have Parker Joens, Brady Williams, William Beaudry and Jake Arnold. Joen's currently holds the country's 47^th best mark in the country in men's shot put with a mark of 18.18m. Arnold, Beaudry and William's will be joined by Kevin Cooney, Jacob Kaufman, John Murphy and Justin Saxe in the weight throw. Cooney currently has the 52^nd best mark in the men's weight in the country with a mark of 19.92m.
 
NAU Entries
Women:
60m Dash: Alexis Caston, Rita Sakharov
200m Dash: Alexis Caston
600m Run: Dana Padget, Rita Sakharov
1 Mile: Abby Riordan, Maggie Carruth, Zoe Wall
3000m Run: Maggie Carruth, Miranda Myers, Zoe Wall, Abby Riordan
Shot Put: Alexa Dragone, Matilde Roe
Weight Throw: Paige Inman, Alexa Dragone, Sykora Walker
 
Men:
400m Dash: Alex Alton, Michael Marchica
600m Run: Michael Marchica, Alex Alton
1 Mile: Elliot Gindi, Blaise Ferro, Peter Lomong, Ryan Lanley, Ryan Wolff
3000m Run: Elliot Gindi, Blaise Ferro, Peter Lomong, Ryan Wolff
High Jump: Obang Odol
Shot Put: William Beaudry, Brady Williams, Jake Arnold, Parker Joens
Weight Throw: Jake Arnold, Justin Saxe, John Murphy, Jacob Kaufman, William Beaudry, Brady Williams, Kevin Cooney