SEATTLE, Wash. – Arizona Track and Field wrapped up the MPSF Conference Championships on Saturday. The men finished second in the conference and the women placed fourth. The Cats also grabbed two territorial cup points. 

"I'm extremely pleased with how we competed as a team on both sides," said head Track and Field coach Fred Harvey. "We outpointed ourselves on both sides. As far as team totals are concerned, our women placing fourth at this meet is huge. They did a great job of coming after it and continuing to fight. With the men, we almost won the title. It came down to the last event. We still beat everybody in the Pac-12 and there are events that we have outdoors that will make a huge difference in what we are able to do. This is a really nice building block for what we want to do outdoors. This also gave some athletes like Justice Summerset, Carlos Villarreal and Israel Oloyede a lot of confidence going into the indoor national championships. We are doing some great things and I am really looking forward to the next couple of weeks."

Day Two Highlights
Alexa Porpaczy grabbed the MPSF high jump title along with 10 points with a clearance of 1.79m (5-10.5). Karla Teran took second also with a mark of 1.79m, good for eight points.

Umajesty Williams ran a season best time of 46.83 in the 400m to place second overall and add eight points to the men's score. James Smith also had a big 400m run, clocking a PR of 47.22 and scoring four points. 

Justice Summerset cleared 2.20m (7-2.50) to place second in the high jump and tally eight points. Justin Lewis marked 2.11m (6-11) to finish eighth and add one point.

Sarahvaughn King (53.93) and Shannon Meisberger (54.26) both finished in the 400m top 10. King's time was good for a PR and four points.

Judith Baxter-Game marked a PR of 12.37m (40-7) in the triple jump to finish fifth and score four points.

Dominic Gehr closed out the heptathlon with four PRs in the 60m, high jump, 60m hurdles and 1000m. His performances combined for a PR heptathlon score of 5,229 and added two points for the Wildcats.

The women's 4x400 relay team ran 3:42.64 to finish sixth overall and score three points. The men's relay team clocked a season best of 3:09.16 to take second and grab eight points. 

Day One Highlights
The men's DMR team consisting of Victor Ortiz-Rivera, James Smith, Camron Herron and Carlos Villarreal won the distance medley relay with a time of 9:34.95, good for 10 points. 

The women's DMR team of Liz Lansing, Sarahvaughn King, Alisa Lyesina and Jennie Baragar-Petrash placed third overall with a time of 11:23.06. The team grabbed six points for the women's side. 

Aoife Martin threw a PR mark of 19.29m (63-3.5) to place third in the weight throw and score six points for the Wildcats. Israel Oloyede followed up his record breaking NAU Tune Up performance with a throw of 22.02m (72-3) to finish second. His mark was good for eight points for the Wildcats.

Skylar Sieben tallied three PRs in the 60m hurdles (8.73), high jump (1.67m 5-5.75) and shot put (12.09m 39-8) to total a PR pentathlon score of 3,978. She finished second and added eight points to the women's score.

The men's 200m dash crew combined for 18 points total. Tayvian Cunningham led the group with a time of 21.19 to finish second and score eight points. Pjai Austin clocked 21.27 to place third and add six points. He was followed by Umajesty Williams in fifth place with a time of 21.51 and a score of four points.

The Wildcats will be back in action on March 13 for the NCAA Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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