ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Central Washington University track & field team will compete at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational from Friday, Jan. 23 through Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The Wildcats will look to carry strong momentum into the meet following an impressive performance at last week's UW Preview.
MEET INFORMATION
Date: Friday, Jan. 23 – Saturday, Jan. 24
Meet: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational
Location: Albuquerque Convention Center | Albuquerque, New Mexico
LIVE RESULTS
QUOTING HEAD COACH JONATHAN HILL
"We're splitting the squad a bit this weekend between the New Mexico Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational and University of Idaho's Lauren McCluskey Memorial. Both are outstanding meets with significance in their names. "
"We have another small group going to test their stuff against the best in the country. The University of New Mexico has an awesome venue and attracts some outstanding competition. We'll see schools from the SEC (Georgia, South Carolina), ACC (Stanford, CAL), Big10 (UCLA), Big12 (Arizona), Mountain West, and Pac12. Our kids are some of the nation's best athletes and they need to see this competition to elevate their own game. We don't compete against D1/D2/D3...we compete against ourselves in the toughest environments we can find. This will be a big test, but I'm excited to watch us rise to the occasion and learn what it takes to compete at a truly elite level."
ABOUT THE MEET
Friday's action opens with the women's pole vault at 3:00 p.m., followed by the men's 200 meters at 4:00 p.m. Day one concludes with the women's invitational 200 meters at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's meet begins with the men's 60-meter hurdle preliminaries at 10:00 a.m., followed by the women's shot put at 10:30 a.m. The meet wraps up with the women's 4x400-meter relay at 3:15 p.m.
Ashlyn Nielsen will be one to watch as she competes in both the women's 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash.
Elise Hopper will also run the 200 meters and is slated to compete in the 400-meter dash.
Reigning national champion
Emy Ntekpere will compete in the women's high jump. Ntekpere holds the CWU and GNAC records with a mark of 1.79 meters (5'10.5") and is currently tied for first in NCAA Division II. She will also compete in the long jump and triple jump, looking to make her mark in a field of Division I competitors. Ntekpere ranks third nationally in Division II in the triple jump with a mark of 12.54 meters.
On the men's side,
Colton Magruder will compete in the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash against a field of Division I athletes, while
David Brown will run the 60-meter hurdles. Brown currently holds the CWU record with a time of 8.03 seconds, ranks second all-time in the GNAC, and is ranked 11th nationally in NCAA Division II.
UP NEXT
The Wildcats will travel to Seattle, Washington to compete in the UW Invitational/Mile City from Friday, Jan. 30 through Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Dempsey Indoor Center.
