The women's 800-meter run allowed the 'Jacks to add three new times to the list, as
Melanie Loff championed the event with 2:08.08@ to become the Big Sky leader,
Stephanie Cotter (2:14.84@) respectively slid between
Elise Stearns and
Annika Reiss's already established fourth and sixth place times, and Bryn Morely (2:15.77) sealed the night with a seventh place conference time; two Lumberjack men occupy slots within the top-six as well.
Morley also placed first in the women's mile with 4:45.51@ to grab the fourth-fastest slot this season, behind teammate
Taryn O'Neill (4:40.19); Stearns (4:46.48) and
Annika Reiss (4:46.62) currently hold fifth and sixth while
Jesselyn Bries (4:50.31@) now ranks eighth.
NAU also has four men slated within the conference top-seven.
Jack Shea posted a gold medal performance and personal best 3K time of 8:06.83@ to jump from 11th to fourth in the Big Sky, while
Cassi Land won the women's 3K with 9:50.84@ to become seventh in the league behind Bries (9:44.30) and
Delaney Rasmussen (8:48.77).
Ryan Raff also showcased a special performance, running the men's 5K in 13:34.17@, making him 14th in the NCAA this season, and fifth in the conference behind four Lumberjack teammates.
Meanwhile, the sprinters and hurdlers held their own on the track, publishing 11 new names into the Big Sky Championship scoring range.
Miracle Onyemaobi (55.20) not only finished first in the women's 400-meter, but now sits atop the season leaderboard as well;
LiNay Perry also posted her first collegiate 400-meter mark of 57.99, sliding into eighth.
In a similar fashion,
David Dunlap ran a first place men's 400-meter time of 47.92 to position himself fourth in the Big Sky, as Erick Thompson ran a personal best of 48.33 to become fifth.
Dunlap championed the men's 60-meter dash as well, with a personal best of 6.69, separating him from first place in the conference by only one-hundredth of a second;
Kyle Smith went 6.86 to tie for fifth this season.
As for the women,
Alyssa Colbert asserted herself once again, replacing her already leading league 60-meter time with an improved mark of 7.37, as
Synfanie Crudder (7.62) moved up to tie for third, and
Kenya Coburn (7.64) is now tied for fourth.
In the 200-meter, Crudder jumped from eighth overall into contention for fifth, after running 25.14, while
Trenton Givens (21.85) and Thompson (21.86) sequentially rank fifth and eighth behind Dunlap (21.54), who holds second.
Lumberjacks
Wil Peralta (8.19) and
Jyntry Rucker (8.91) also respectively championed the men's and women's 60-meter hurdle finals, landing sixth and tied for eighth in the conference; Rucker shares eighth with teammate
Kiana Kai, as Peralta directly follows
Trenton Givens' previous time of 8.15.
Madeline Wilson currently sits fifth of the women's 60-meter hurdles board as well.
As of this moment, the throws squad occupies ten top slots, growing their previous grand total by two marks; NAU is particularly strong in the men's and women's weight throw, as more than half of their dominant performances are displayed in the event.
Will Beadry holds second this season with 20.11 meters, while
Jacob Kaufman threw a personal best of 19.51 meters tonight, to champion the event and reaffirm his fourth place position with some added cushion; right now, Jack Murphy (18.46) and
Garret Bernt (18.45m) also sequentially rank sixth and seventh.
Meanwhile,
Jennifer Slater (17.60m), currently fifth, leads the Lumberjacks on the women's weight throw list, with
Kimberly Buchanan (17.49m) grinding out a personal best mark on Friday to grab seventh.
Watts gave another personal best performance in the women's shot put, later Friday evening, winning the event with 15.84m and giving herself some extra room at the top of the conference;
Matilde Roe (13.70m) now ranks fifth.
Jake Arnold also gave a personal best mark of 17.52m to win the men's shot put and comfortably reinstate his second place conference position;
Parker Bays (16.74m) holds fourth.
The championship spirit continued into the jump squad, as
Courtney Weisenberger (5.41m) and
Lily Margolis respectively won the women's long and triple jump; Margolis' new personal best of 11.50m, cements her sixth in the Big Sky, while
Jenna Figueroa (11.86m),
Kenashalee Kerr (11.62) and Weisenberger (11.47m) sequentially rank third, fifth and seventh.
Lumberjacks
Mitchell Effing (15.08m) and
Jack Normand (14.91m) also carry the fourth and sixth slots in the men's triple jump, with Effing additionally ranked third in the long jump with 7.20m.
It was a day of success and celebration in the Skydome.
