Monday, February 20, 2012

Boise State, Air Force Men to Battle for MWC Indoor Track Title

Air Force and Boise State are the favorites to take the title this week at the 2012 Mountain West Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  


In projected scoring applied to the top conference seeds in each event, Air Force has 149 points followed closely by Boise State with 141.5.  It appears to be a two-team race unless one or both falter.  New Mexico has a projected 106.5 points, followed by TCU with 92.5, Colorado State with 84 and Wyoming with 70.5  


TCU is strongest in the sprints, while Air Force has a solid team overall, boosted by its pole vaulters who are projected to score 28 points.  Boise State too is pretty solid overall.  


Kurt Felix is the favorite in the heptathlon with 5,771 points scored at the BSU Team Challenge.  Felix is the only one in the field who has qualified for the upcoming NCAA National Championships in Nampa, Idaho.  Felix also has the top conference long jump at 25-feet, 1.75-inches and the high jump (7' 0.25").  Trevor Kraychir is the top seed in the weight throw (66' 10.75") but he'll have to be at his best to defeat Wyoming's Joe Plant, who has a seasonal best of 66-1.  Manoah Wesson (48.11) is the conference favorite in the 400 meters.


To win the conference title, the Broncos may need to score well in the mile.  Boise State has five milers within four seconds of scoring points (Drew O'donoghue-McDonald, Jeff Howard, Scott Foley, Sawyer Bosch and Vince Hamilton).  

No comments:

Post a Comment