The NNU Track & Field team was home this weekend at the Bronco Invitational at the Jackson's Track in Nampa. Teams competing this weekend included Boise State, Stanford, Utah Valley State, San Diego State, Sacramento State, Westminster, College of Idaho, and UC Irvine.
 
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Highlighting the meet was National Provisional qualifying performances by Rimar Christie on the men's side and Joy Warrington on the women's side.

Both Warrington and Christie had outstanding performances last week, and continued to hit national marks. Warrington won the shot put last week with a throw of 13.70m and nearly equaled her mark this week placing 7^th with a throw of 13.61m / 44'8” currently placing her 16^th in the nation. Rimar Christie set two school records during Saturdays competition running 8.44 in the 60 hurdles and 6.95 in the 60m.

Christies record in the 60 hurdles places him 1^st in the GNAC rankings ahead of teammate Maurus Hope (8.53) and sets a new school breaking the previous one held by Dallas Beaty (8.49 from 2009).

Christie and Hope are currently sitting 1 and 2 in the 60 hurdles in the current GNAC rankings. Christie also raced to a 4^th place finish in the 60m in a time of 6.95 seconds which is a National provisional qualifier and currently ranks him 30^th in the nation. Christie ran 6.95 in both the prelims and finals showing good strength hitting the qualifier on his 4^th race of the day.

Coach Dustin Ainsworth was happy with Christies performance today and said “Rimar is running really smart right now and certainly has the talent to take that time a bit lower, as the indoor season goes on he will continue to have quality people to race against with all the big teams we continue to see every week.”


 

Several Crusaders made their mark in the GNAC this week hitting qualifiers for the upcoming Championships including Timothy Greene in the triple jump (12.21m / 40'0.75”),  Marie Smith in the high jump (1.50m 4'11”), Jasmyn Jewett in the High jump (1.55m/5'1”), Greyson Killgore in the pole vault (4.30m / 14'1”) just missing the auto qualifier of 4.35m, Alicia Hedrick (12.44 / 40'9.75”), Caitlin Curtis (12.49m / 40'11.75”) in the weight throw and Joy Warrington (15.63m/51'3.5”) and Carly Dranginis (14.83m/48'8”) hitting the auto qualifier in the weight throw. Greg Cruise hit a provisional qualifier in the shot put (14.67m / 48'1.75”)and the weight throw (14.06m/46'1.5”), Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvilli in the shot (11.07m/36'4”), Jesse Korb in the weight throw (14.55m/47'9”), Courtney Schroeder in the high jump (1.55m/5'1” ) and the 60 hurdles (9.76), and Christabel Leonce in the 200m (26.60).
 
Next week the Crusaders are at home again, competing at the Jackson's Invitational (Friday 27^th & Saturday 28^th).

The men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon are Friday starting at 10:30 a.m. with the men's & women's 3,000m, 5,000m, and 200m, long jump and weight throw also on Friday. Saturday begins at 9:00 a.m. with the heptathlon pole vault and the remainder of the track and field events.

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