ELLENSBURG, Wash.- The Central Washington University indoor track and field team returns to Seattle, Wash. this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 26-27) to compete at the UW Invitational. Hosted by the University of Washington, the meet will be held in the Dempsey indoor facility.

"I'm looking forward to taking our top-end group over to Seattle," head coach Kevin Adkisson said. "It will definitely be some great experience for each of the athletes slated to compete. The UW track is usually pretty fast, so I'm hoping to get a few more provisional qualifiers."
 
The meet will kick off on Friday at 1 p.m. with the men's heptathlon. Competing in the heptathlon events for the Wildcats will be Kodiak Landis, Michael Forster, and Braydon Maier.
 
Scheduled to Compete
Below is the list of athletes scheduled to compete this weekend and their expected events:
 
Women:
Ali Anderson (60m, 200m, and 4x400)
Emily Bland (60m Hurdles and 4x400)
Aiyana Homer (Shot Put and Weight Throw)
Halle Irvine (Pole Vault)
Samantha La Rue (Shot Put and Weight Throw)
Jasmyne Neria (400m)
Alexa Shindruk (3,000m)
Sidney Trinidad (60m Hurdle and 400m)
Mariyah Vongsaveng (60m Hurdles, 200m and 4x400)
Erykah Weems (60m Hurdles, 60m, 200m and 4x400)
 
Men:
Justin Peterson (High Jump)
Trevaughn Scott (60m hurdles, 60m, and 400m)
Armando Tafoya (Shot Put and Weight Throw)
Bobby Widmar (60m and 200m)
 
Last Time Out
The Wildcats competed at the WSU Open last Saturday in Pullman, Wash. Highlighting the list of performances was Shindruk's 2nd-place finish in the 3,000 after recording a time of 10:23.21.
 
In the 400-meter, Jasmyne Neria placed third overall with a time of 1:00.60, followed by Julia Inderbitzin in fifth (1:01.56) and Sidney Trinidad in sixth (1:01.80).
 
Samantha La Rue finished sixth in the shot put with a throw measuring 39 feet, 9.25 inches.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team consisting of Trinidad, Bland, Weems, and Anderson captured the event title with a time of 4:02.86. The men's team also came away with the event title after recording a time of 3:28.16.
 
Facility Info
The Dempsey indoor facility is a 307-meter Mondo track with a six lane straightaway, and a five-lane oval. For the field the Dempsey has two 160 ft. elevated long jump runways (132 ft. TJ) with Mondo overlay; two 150 ft. elevated pole vault runways with Mondo overlay; two 80 ft. right/left wooden high jump approach areas with Mondo overlay; two reinforced wooden throwing rings.
 
Check back to WildcatSports.com following the meet for results and a recap of the day's action.
 
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