Fresno State Indoor Track & Field - Event Week #3
Event: UW Invitational / New Mexico Team Open
Date: Jan. 26-27
Location: Seattle, Wash. / Albuquerque, N.M.
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New Mexico Team Open: Watch (FloTack) | Live Results | Schedule
FRESNO, Calif. – After competing in Spokane during the previous two meets of the indoor season, Fresno State's track and field teams will split up this week. Distance runners, field athletes and multies will head north to Seattle, Wash., while sprinters will travel to Albuquerque, N.M.
COMPETING THIS WEEKEND
In Albuquerque - Miana Giovannini, Ceonna Pipion, Iyanna Ross, Chloe Sharp, Antoinette Stubbfield
In Seattle - Women - Kaja Bins, Jocelynn Budwig, Amelia DiPaola, Rain Gomez, Shaylee Grimm, Matilde Guarino, Emma Harper, Janae Heffernan, Madison Hutton, Cierra Jackson, Morgan Johnson, Khushleen Khakh, Maria Lawson, Ashley Ochoa, Rachela Pace, Kaitlynn Perez, Ximena Ramos, Crystal Raya, Corie Smith, Ella Spaulding, Liz Tarczy, Kylie Ward; Men - Bronson Ortlieb, Mohamed Saleh
BROKEN RECORD
On Jan. 12 at the Spokane Sports Showcase, after already recording a season best in the long jump, Rachela Pace broke Fresno State's record in the triple jump with a mark of 13.29m/43-7.25. During the event, the junior recorded three jumps of at least 12.99 meters in her series.
She is just one of three Fresno State triple jumpers to ever record a mark over 13 meters.
Pace's previous best jump indoors was 12.11m/ 39-8.75 with an outdoor best of 12.62m/ 41-5.
OF THE WEEK(s)
Last month, Ceonna Pipion earned the Mountain West's first Women's Track Athlete of the Week award this season. During the second week of awards, Rachela Pace was selected Women's Field Athlete of the Week. The first for both during their careers.
The senior placed second in the 400 meters at the Spokane Invitational and anchored the Bulldogs' 4x400 relay team to a win with a time of 3:47.1. Pipion finished the 400 meters in a time of 55.12, the third-fastest time recorded in the NCAA this season.
Pace broke Fresno State's triple jump record at the Spokane Sports Showcase with a mark of 13.29m/43-7.25 en route to winning the event.
A BIG DEBUT
At the Spokane Invitational, the high jump saw a new Bulldog move to No. 4 on the program's all-time list. In her first appearance, freshman Liz Tarczy cleared a height of 1.71m/5-7.25 to finish second in the event.
Tarczy followed up the second-place finish with a win at the Spokane Sports Showcase clearing the same height.
Tarczy ranks second in the Mountain West this season.
RETURNING SCORERS IN 2024
Fresno didn't lose much in the offseason. In fact, from its 2023 Mountain West Indoor Championships' team that finished sixth, just one scorer is gone.
In total, Fresno State returned 45.5 of its 49.5 points.
Cierra Jackson scored a team-high 13 points for the second straight indoor championship meet.
SITTING IN THE TOP 10
Heading into the season, seven different Bulldogs owned spots on the program's all-time list. Madison Hutton has a team-high three while Cierra Jackson has two.
Hutton is second in the pentathlon, second in the high jump and fourth in the long jump.
Joining Hutton in the pentathlon is Kaja Bins who ranks third.
Jackson owns the program record in the shot put and ranks third in the weight throw.
Joining Jackson in the shot put are Jordyn Bryant (4th), Amelia DiPaola (7th) and Jocelyn Budwig (8th).
Ceonna Pipion is third in the 200 meters.