Cats Head North for MPSF Championships

Friday, February 22

Seattle, WA

9:00 AM

University of Arizona

MPSF Championships

02/20/2019 | Track and Field

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By: Arizona Athletics

Tucson, Ariz. – – The Wildcats will travel to Seattle, Wash. to compete in the MPSF Championships beginning on Friday, February 22nd. The two-day conference championships will be held at the University of Washington's Dempsey Indoor arena and will be live streamed on FloTrack for a fee.

"In the MPSF Championships," said head track & field coach Fred Harvey, "we are looking for some great things out of both teams. More so on the men's side, we think it will be a great preview to see if we truly have what it takes to pursue an outdoor conference championships. We are pulling everyone together to see what kind of point potential we have. The indoor events are a little different than the outdoor events, so there are some things that aren't on the table. But it gives us a good overview of if we have the potential of doing what we think we want to do outside. With that being said, we will have people in their specialty events."

Coverage: A complete recap of the MPSF Championships will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com. You can also follow @ArizonaTrack on Twitter for live updates.

Last Time Out: The Cats competed in the NAU Tune-Up and the UW Last Chance Meet. Leading the Cats in Flagstaff was Tatum Waggoner, who won the 200 & 400-meter dash. Out in Seattle, Carlos Villarreal clocked his third sub-4 mile.

Knochness Monster: Jordan Geist will return to action this weekend. The sophomore holds the No. 2 spot on the NCAA list and top mark on the NCAA list. He set his season-best mark at the Texas Tech Shootout where he putted the shot 21.15m (69-4.75).

The Dempsey Has Been Good: The distance Cats have fair well in The Dempsey, setting multiple PRs and season-best marks. Highlighting the marks this on the men's side are Carlos Villarreal's 3:57.27 mile PR and 7:58.58 PR in the 3K. On the ladies side, Jennie Baragar-Petrash registered a time of 9:29.69 in the 3K.

Jumpin' High: The Cats hold top-three MPSF marks in the high jump on both the men and women's sides. Lillian Lowe checks in at the No. 3 spot with a mark of 1.82m (5-11.5). She is also ranked No. 9 on the NCAA list. Justice Summerset holds the No. 2 clearance at 2.17m (7-1.5).

Sprinters Sprint: Tatum Waggoner and Umajesty Williams will lead a sprint crew that has caught fire in the month of February. Waggoner holds the No. 11 mark in the 200-meter dash and No. 7 mark in the 400. Williams holds the top spot amongst 400-meter runners in the MPSF and the No. 9 200-meter dash time.

DMR Debut: The men's squad will debut a distance medley relay at the MPSF Championships. Collin Dylla will open oin the 1,200-meter leg, James Smith will handle the 400-meter leg, Maksims Sincukovs will take the 800-meter leg, and Carlos Villarreal will close out the contest in the 1,600-meter leg.

Ladies' Top 2019 Marks
Event	Mark	Name	Site, Date
60M	7.52	Neysia Howard	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
200M	23.73.	Na'Asha Robinson	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
300M	40.86	Malia Bryant	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
400M	53.5	Na'Asha Robinson	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
600M	1:31.22.	Karolina Pahlitzsch	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/18/19
600Y	1:22.13.	Shannon Meisberger	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
800M	2:14.06.	Karolina Pahlitzsch	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
Mile	4:53.42.	Jennie Baragar-Petrash	Seattle, Wash., 1/26/19
3K	9:29.69.	Jennie Baragar-Petrash	Seattle, Wash., 2/8/19
5K	17:14.07.	Kayla Young	Seattle, Wash., 2/8/19
60MH	8.37	Tiana Bonds	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/2/19
4x400m	3:37.37.	Howard, Pahlitzsch, Waggoner, Gajda	Iowa City, Iowa, 1/19/19
HJ	1.82m	Lillian Lowe	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
PV	3.87m	Katie Daily	Flagstaff, Ariz., 2/15/19
LJ	5.84m	Neysia Howard	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/1/19
TJ	11.76m	Judith Baxter-Game	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
SP	15.15m	Megan Dulaney	Lubbock, Texas, 1/26/19
WT	18.82m	Amarissa Hawker	Lubbock, Texas, 1/25/19
Pent	3,755	Skylar Sieben	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19

Men's Top 2019 Marks
Event	Mark	Name	Site, Date
60M	6.87	PJ Austin	Flagstaff, Ariz., 2/15/19
200M	21.35	Umajesty Williams	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
300M	34.45	David Egbo	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
400M	46.61	Umajesty Williams	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
600M	1:17.52.	Maksims Sincukovs	Albuquerque, N.M., 2/1/19
600Y	1:11.13.	Tanner Hagstrom	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
800M	1:51.39.	Maksims Sincukovs	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19
Mile	3:57.27.	Carlos Villarreal	Seattle, Wash., 2/16/19
3K	7:58.58.	Carlos Villarreal	Seattle, Wash., 1/26/19
5K	15:07.00.	Shem Kemboi	Seattle, Wash., 1/25/19
60MH	8.61	Matthew Treston	Flagstaff, Ariz., 1/11/19
4x400M	3:09.15.	Smith Washington, Sincukovs, Williams	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
HJ	2.17m	Justice Summerset	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
LJ	7.39m	PJ Austin	Flagstaff, Ariz., 2/15/19
TJ	14.26m	Imani Lee	Flagstaff, Ariz., 2/15/19
SP	21.15m	Jordan Geist	Lubbock, Texas, 2/9/19
WT	19.37m	Grayson Fleming	Lubbock, Texas, 2/8/19

Cats in the NCAA Top-16
Event	Mark	Name	NCAA Rank
Mile	3:57.27.	Carlos Villarreal	3rd
SP	21.15m	Jordan Geist	2nd
HJ	1.82m	Lillian Lowe	9th