#8 Oregon State Shows Boise State Where It Wants to Be

The Oregon State gymnastics team showed why it is ranked #8 and Boise State is 16th tonight in Corvallis.

The Beavers were highly consistent and topped the 196-barrier while Boise State was not and did not.  Oregon State scored 196.875 points to just 195.375 points.

#8 Oregon State Gymnasts Lead Boise State

Oregon State has 98.450 to 98.075 for Boise State after two rotations.  Boise State is right now ahead of the 196 pace it needs to be a Top 12 team and that is what is important.  But they also need to stay close to the Beavers so they know in their minds that they can beat them.

Women's Mountain West Track Standings

There are seven finals completed:


1.  San Diego State 47 points (41 projected) +6
2.  New Mexico 42 (43) -1
3.  TCU 41 (32 projected) +9
4.  Air Force 40 (45) -5
4.  Colorado State 35 (25) +10
6.  Boise State 32 (32) Even
6.  UNLV 32 (36) -4
8.  Wyoming 4 (19) -15)

9-0 Final

Oklahoma beat Boise State in the five-inning rule.

Analysis of Third Day of 2012 MWC Swimming & Diving Championships

There were six finals today at the 2012 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


Heading into today, San Diego State had a slight lead over Boise State, and we indicated that Boise State should jump back on top.  However, two swimmers who were projected to get big points for Boise State in the 200-yard freestyle did not enter in the race, scoring points elsewhere for the team.  Two swimmers projected to score big for Boise State in the 100-yard backstroke also did not enter.  So factor that in but the projected points from the six finals were:


Boise State 260
San Diego State 203


Boise State scored 211 points today to 204 for San Diego State, so a net gain of 50 for the Aztecs.  Because of this, SD State once again is the favorite to win tomorrow.  The Broncos scored points in other events to do well there, but only scored 29 in the 200-free and just 15 in the 100-yard backstroke.





1.  Boise State 506 (510 projected) -4
2.  San Diego State 503 (478 projected) +25
3.  UNLV 379.5
4.  Wyoming 302
5.  TCU 238
6.  New Mexico 232
7.  Colorado State 204
8.  Air Force 129


As it stands now, San Diego State will win by 50 points.  The Broncos were ahead of projections because they sent their 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke swimmers to other events.  They did well there, but did not enter the latter two events and 95 projected points in the 200 free and 100 backstroke of course weren't there and Boise State scored 44 points instead.


Still seven finals tomorrow and anything can still happen, but at this point it appears like a great effort by the Bronco swimmers will come up short.

Boise State Leads MWC Swimming after 3 Days

Boise State has the lead alright, but not near as much as expected or hoped for.  San Diego State has one of its best events, the 1,650-yard freestyle, coming tomorrow and if they come through there, it will be very tough for the Broncos to win.


1.  Boise State 506
2.  San Diego State 503
3.  UNLV 379.5
4.  Wyoming 302
5.  TCU 238
6.  New Mexico 232
7.  Colorado State 204
8.  Air Force 129

San Diego State Piles Up 39 Points in 100-Yard Backstroke

Champions don't go down easy.  Now that San Diego State's lead was erased, the Aztecs have come storming back.  They scored 39 points here as opposed to 27 projected, so a gain of 12 for San Diego State.    Boise State scored 15, one over projection.

 Event 14  Women 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
     All-Time: # 52.22  11/19/2009Leona Jennings, San Diego State
 Championship: ! 52.95  2/27/2009 Breann Fuller, Colorado State
                 52.55  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 55.17  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Conci, Kelsey    SR Wyoming (W)         53.08      52.92!**      20  
                 25.65        52.92 (27.27)
  2 Jennings, Leona  JR San Diego State     54.09      54.28 **      17  
                 26.29        54.28 (27.99)
  3 Robb, Carmen     JR Unlv (W)            53.86      54.36 **      16  
                 26.16        54.36 (28.20)
  4 Dixon, Rachel    SO Unlv (W)            55.03      55.22         15  
                 26.75        55.22 (28.47)
  5 Laughlin, Saman  SO Air Force (W)       55.40      55.37         14  
                 26.85        55.37 (28.52)
  6 Bailey, Chelsea  FR San Diego State     55.62      55.44         13  
                 26.59        55.44 (28.85)
  7 Bottelberghe, J  FR Boise St            54.96      55.56         12  
                 26.92        55.56 (28.64)
  8 Garvey, Yana     SO Colorado St.        55.47      55.69         11  
                 26.89        55.69 (28.80)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Oscarson, Berkl  SO San Diego State     56.35      55.77          9  
                 27.02        55.77 (28.75)
 10 Campbell, Maris  JR New Mexico          55.99      55.84          7  
                 27.10        55.84 (28.74)
 11 Bleyl, Erin      SO Air Force (W)       56.67      56.15          6  
                 27.30        56.15 (28.85)
 12 Ozar, Brittany   JR Unlv (W)            55.98      56.23          5  
                 27.43        56.23 (28.80)
 13 Crawford, Anja   SR Unlv (W)            56.02      56.52          4  
                 27.62        56.52 (28.90)
 14 Cannon, Nicolet  FR Boise St            56.70      56.70          3  
                 27.67        56.70 (29.03)
 15 Wells, Caroline  SR Wyoming (W)         56.46      56.91          1.5
                 27.81        56.91 (29.10)
 15 Monmousseau, Ma  FR Unlv (W)            56.96      56.91          1.5
                 27.08        56.91 (29.83)
 

Men's Mountain West Indoor Track Scores

Five finals are complete:


1.  New Mexico 45 (34) +11
2.  Air Force 43 (31 projected) +8
3.  Boise State 39 (47 projected) -8
4.  Colorado State 24 (27) -3
5.  TCU 21 (33) -12
6.  Wyoming 20 (16) +4




Air Force extends their projected win to 26 points over Boise State.

Felix Upset in Men's Long Jump

Finals

1 Kendall Spencer           SO New Mexico               7.81m   25-07.50  10
      7.34m  7.81m  PASS  PASS  PASS  PASS
  2 Kurt Felix                SR Boise State              7.50m   24-07.25   8
      7.43m  FOUL  7.44m  7.50m  7.41m  PASS
  3 Ramone Bailey             FR TCU                      7.25m   23-09.50   6
      7.25m  7.21m  7.18m  FOUL  FOUL  7.12m
  4 Cameron Parker            SR TCU                      7.12m   23-04.50   5
      FOUL  7.12m  FOUL  FOUL  PASS  PASS
  5 Blue Kearney              FR Air Force                7.10m   23-03.50   4
      7.10m  FOUL  FOUL  6.77m  FOUL  FOUL
  6 Lenyn Leonce              JR Wyoming                  7.02m   23-00.50   3
      FOUL  FOUL  7.01m  7.02m  FOUL  FOUL
  7 Ty Kirk                   SR New Mexico               7.02m   23-00.50   2
      7.02m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  6.90m
  8 Zach Smith                SO New Mexico               7.02m   23-00.50   1
      FOUL  7.02m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL

Broncos Score Well in 100 Breaststroke

Both Boise State and San Diego State scored 2 less than projected, so a wash here.

 Event 13  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
     All-Time: # 1:00.29  11/18/2010Katelyn Weddle, San Diego State
 Championship: ! 1:00.65  2/26/2010 Katelyn Weddle, San Diego State
                   59.65  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 1:02.98  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Weddle, Katelyn  JR San Diego State   1:01.12    1:00.83 **      20  
                 28.34      1:00.83 (32.49)
  2 Johansen, Sydne  FR Boise St          1:01.74    1:01.42 **      17  
                 28.77      1:01.42 (32.65)
  3 Hartigan, Morga  SO Wyoming (W)       1:02.20    1:02.23 **      16  
                 28.79      1:02.23 (33.44)
  4 Irvin, Emily     SR Boise St          1:02.60    1:02.62 **      15  
                 29.38      1:02.62 (33.24)
  5 Korac, Gabrijel  SO TCU               1:03.18    1:02.87 **      14  
                 29.45      1:02.87 (33.42)
  6 Harper, Heather  FR Boise St          1:02.75    1:03.17         13  
                 29.91      1:03.17 (33.26)
  7 Young, Stephani  SO Wyoming (W)       1:03.59    1:03.33         12  
                 29.81      1:03.33 (33.52)
  8 Warren, Elise    SR Unlv (W)          1:03.85    1:04.09         11  
                 30.03      1:04.09 (34.06)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Mathews, Kelly   JR Colorado St.      1:04.01    1:03.22          9  
                 30.25      1:03.22 (32.97)
 10 Chan, Nakayla    JR Unlv (W)          1:04.20    1:03.56          7  
                 29.70      1:03.56 (33.86)
 11 Lujan, Arianne   JR Colorado St.      1:03.98    1:03.58          6  
                 30.04      1:03.58 (33.54)
 12 Demuth, Tara     JR Colorado St.      1:04.29    1:03.83          5  
                 29.67      1:03.83 (34.16)
 13 Hoang, Van-anh   FR TCU               1:04.47    1:04.02          4  
                 30.02      1:04.02 (34.00)
 14 Fleming, Michel  SO TCU               1:04.08    1:04.31          3  
                 30.09      1:04.31 (34.22)
 15 Pleger, Emilie   FR San Diego State   1:04.34    1:04.33          2  
                 29.98      1:04.33 (34.35)
 16 Simpson, Tess    FR Colorado St.      1:04.68    1:04.71          1  
                 30.67      1:04.71 (34.04)
 

North Captures 200-Yard Freestyle

This is 26 points less than projected for Boise State; we knew that going in as two swimmers did not enter in the race.

Event 12  Women 200 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     All-Time: # 1:45.85  2/22/2012 Amber Boucher, Boise St
 Championship: ! 1:46.59  2/16/2001 Lorena Diaconescu, UNLV
                 1:44.02  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 1:48.29  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 North, Stephani  SR Boise St          1:47.51    1:47.01 **      20  
                 24.93        52.27 (27.34)
        1:20.15 (27.88)     1:47.01 (26.86)
  2 Heim, Jessica    SO Unlv (W)          1:48.71    1:47.98 **      17  
                 25.54        52.75 (27.21)
        1:20.50 (27.75)     1:47.98 (27.48)
  3 Rasch, Sabine    JR TCU               1:49.47    1:47.99 **      16  
                 25.43        52.80 (27.37)
        1:20.58 (27.78)     1:47.99 (27.41)
  4 Denny, Jordan    FR Wyoming (W)       1:49.18    1:48.00 **      15  
                 25.33        52.66 (27.33)
        1:20.27 (27.61)     1:48.00 (27.73)
  5 Scarsella, Kate  JR TCU               1:48.59    1:48.61         14  
                 25.63        53.15 (27.52)
        1:20.81 (27.66)     1:48.61 (27.80)
  6 Marquenie, Kell  SO San Diego State   1:49.62    1:49.18         13  
                 25.21        52.90 (27.69)
        1:21.13 (28.23)     1:49.18 (28.05)
  7 Michaels, Dana   FR San Diego State   1:48.85    1:49.35         12  
                 25.78        53.38 (27.60)
        1:21.31 (27.93)     1:49.35 (28.04)
  8 Zimmer, Meghan   JR San Diego State   1:49.11    1:49.92         11  
                 25.96        53.26 (27.30)
        1:21.08 (27.82)     1:49.92 (28.84)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Crider, Jessica  JR San Diego State   1:49.80    1:48.16 **       9  
                 26.08        53.64 (27.56)
        1:21.10 (27.46)     1:48.16 (27.06)
 10 Cahill, Jennife  JR Boise St          1:51.08    1:49.50          7  
                 25.91        53.56 (27.65)
        1:21.47 (27.91)     1:49.50 (28.03)
 11 Lamb, Jennifer   SR Colorado St.      1:50.11    1:49.93          6  
                 26.01        54.14 (28.13)
        1:22.37 (28.23)     1:49.93 (27.56)
 12 Koch, Stephanie  JR San Diego State   1:50.27    1:50.05          5  
                 26.28        54.02 (27.74)
        1:22.02 (28.00)     1:50.05 (28.03)
 13 Marsh, Jessica   FR Unlv (W)          1:50.78    1:50.08          4  
                 25.95        54.30 (28.35)
        1:22.65 (28.35)     1:50.08 (27.43)
 14 Schuler, Macken  FR TCU               1:51.70    1:50.88          3  
                 26.26        54.40 (28.14)
        1:22.83 (28.43)     1:50.88 (28.05)
 15 Irvin, Emily     SR Boise St          1:51.04    1:51.47          2  
                 26.67        55.06 (28.39)
        1:23.32 (28.26)     1:51.47 (28.15)
 16 Szel, Friderika  SR Unlv (W)          1:51.47    1:53.70          1  
                 26.69        55.33 (28.64)
        1:24.36 (29.03)     1:53.70 (29.34)
 

Boucher Wins 100 Fly

This is seven points less for Boise State than expected and 15 less for San Diego State.

Event 11  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     All-Time: # 52.30  2/24/2012 Amber Boucher, Boise St
 Championship: ! 52.44  2/27/2009 Whitney Lopus, Utah
                 52.02  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 54.62  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Boucher, Amber   SR Boise St            52.30      52.38!**      20  
                 24.48        52.38 (27.90)
  2 Robb, Carmen     JR Unlv (W)            54.13      54.16 **      17  
                 25.36        54.16 (28.80)
  3 Herrington, Kat  SO Unlv (W)            54.71      54.45 **      16  
                 25.22        54.45 (29.23)
  4 Hughey, Stevie   JR Boise St            54.55      54.46 **      15  
                 25.26        54.46 (29.20)
  5 Hobson, Jorgi    SO New Mexico          54.79      54.75         14  
                 25.44        54.75 (29.31)
  6 Mathias, France  SR Colorado St.        54.72      54.98         13  
                 25.95        54.98 (29.03)
  7 Vincent, Amanda  SO TCU                 54.73      55.15         12  
                 26.03        55.15 (29.12)
  8 Carlson, Claudi  FR Wyoming (W)         54.89      55.30         11  
                 26.24        55.30 (29.06)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Johnson, Gemma   JR San Diego State     55.70      53.71 **       9  
                 24.70        53.71 (29.01)
 10 Oscarson, Berkl  SO San Diego State     55.84      55.01          7  
                 25.82        55.01 (29.19)
 11 Whitfield, Lore  FR San Diego State     55.55      55.47          6  
                 26.50        55.47 (28.97)
 12 Roesler, Leah    SO Wyoming (W)         55.96      56.03          5  
                 26.17        56.03 (29.86)
 13 Schemahorn, Kim  SR Colorado St.        54.93      56.16          4  
                 25.75        56.16 (30.41)
 14 Tornstrom, Tove  FR Colorado St.        55.87      56.21          3  
                 26.34        56.21 (29.87)
 15 Aranda, Gabriel  SO Air Force (W)       56.25      56.26          2  
                 26.43        56.26 (29.83)
 16 Holcombe, Haley  JR Air Force (W)       56.11      58.53          1  
                 27.32        58.53 (31.21)
 

Oklahoma Leads Boise State 7-0

After 4 innings of play at the Cathedral Classic Softball Tournament.

Boise State 4th in Distance Medley

Finals                                                                       
  1 Air Force                                           9:55.39   10         
     1) Lance Wolfsmith SO              2) Bryce Bergman SR                  
     3) Matt Caldwell SO                4) Alex Zubey SR                     
  2 Colorado St.                                       10:01.43    8         
     1) Alex Muntefering JR             2) Sam Lynass FR                     
     3) Andrew Goodman FR               4) Alex Balsiger SO                  
  3 New Mexico                                         10:10.31    6         
     1) Nicholas Kipruto SR             2) Derek Montoya JR                  
     3) Matt Everett SR                 4) Sam Evans SO                      
  4 Boise State                                        10:15.35    5         
     1) Tyler Rackleff FR               2) Bret Scheve FR                    
     3) Nick Tatro JR                   4) Scott Foley SR                    
  5 TCU                                                10:31.24    4         
     1) Jake Rossmango SO               2) Justin Chambers SO                
     3) Connor Wilkins FR               4) Preston Newsome FR                
  6 Wyoming                                            10:46.80    3         
     1) Tyler Gifford JR                2) Aaron Praska SO                   
     3) Ken Lane JR                     4) Michael Banks JR   

Vaisima Wins Weight Throw

Vaisima set a school record by over two feet and gets an automatic berth into the NCAA Nationals in Nampa!


Finals

1 Mele Vaisima              SR Boise State             21.24mA  69-08.25  10
      20.37m  21.24m  FOUL  21.09m  FOUL  20.23m
  2 Amanda Bingson            SR UNLV                    19.86m   65-02.00   8
      FOUL  19.86m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL
  3 Danielle Rios             SR UNLV                    19.42m   63-08.75   6
      19.42m  18.73m  FOUL  FOUL  17.75m  17.73m
  4 Whitney Ashley            SR San Diego St.           19.19m   62-11.50   5
      FOUL  18.92m  18.56m  FOUL  FOUL  19.19m
  5 Paige Blackburn           SR Air Force               18.97m   62-03.00   4
      17.12m  17.98m  18.97m  17.41m  17.50m  FOUL
  6 Alyssa Osai               JR Boise State             18.95m   62-02.25   3
      FOUL  18.49m  18.72m  18.08m  FOUL  18.95m
  7 Jasmine Burrell           FR San Diego St.           18.83m   61-09.50   2
      FOUL  17.82m  17.13m  18.83m  FOUL  17.39m
  8 Kiah Hicks                FR Colorado St.            18.58m   60-11.50   1
      18.13m  FOUL  18.15m  17.85m  18.58m  FOUL

Final: Pepperdine 7, Boise State 0

I don't know if the Lady Broncos were ill or just were creamed but Pepperdine made short work of them.

Raininger Wins 400-Yard IM

This is a five-point gain for Boise State and a six-point gain for San Diego State.  The team race looks like it will go down to the wire.

Event 10  Women 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     All-Time: # 4:06.70  2/2/2009  Zsuzanna Jakabos, UNLV
 Championship: ! 4:06.70  2/27/2009 Zsuzanna Jakabos, UNLV
                 4:05.65  * NCAA A Qualifying
                 4:19.69  ** NCAA B Qualifying
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Raininger, Chri  JR Boise St          4:18.58    4:16.20 **      20  
                 27.59        58.21 (30.62)
        1:31.11 (32.90)     2:03.31 (32.20)
        2:39.65 (36.34)     3:16.36 (36.71)
        3:46.94 (30.58)     4:16.20 (29.26)
  2 Garibaldi, Mela  JR San Diego State   4:18.81    4:16.75 **      17  
                 28.01        59.69 (31.68)
        1:32.08 (32.39)     2:03.82 (31.74)
        2:42.12 (38.30)     3:20.02 (37.90)
        3:48.83 (28.81)     4:16.75 (27.92)
  3 Prothero, Marle  SR Unlv (W)          4:18.72    4:17.34 **      16  
                 27.15        57.69 (30.54)
        1:31.12 (33.43)     2:04.34 (33.22)
        2:39.56 (35.22)     3:16.39 (36.83)
        3:47.26 (30.87)     4:17.34 (30.08)
  4 Macklin, Mikael  SO San Diego State   4:20.01    4:19.51 **      15  
                 27.70        59.60 (31.90)
        1:33.54 (33.94)     2:06.76 (33.22)
        2:43.09 (36.33)     3:20.15 (37.06)
        3:50.53 (30.38)     4:19.51 (28.98)
  5 Badaracco, Jess  JR Wyoming (W)       4:22.07    4:20.02         14  
                 27.92        59.54 (31.62)
        1:33.57 (34.03)     2:06.94 (33.37)
        2:44.23 (37.29)     3:21.39 (37.16)
        3:51.48 (30.09)     4:20.02 (28.54)
  6 Thicke-Rattray,  FR TCU               4:20.18    4:20.23         13  
                 28.44      1:00.91 (32.47)
        1:33.69 (32.78)     2:05.81 (32.12)
        2:43.25 (37.44)     3:20.67 (37.42)
        3:51.03 (30.36)     4:20.23 (29.20)
  7 Heaney, Rachel   SO Boise St          4:22.38    4:21.59         12  
                 27.05        57.51 (30.46)
        1:30.62 (33.11)     2:03.51 (32.89)
        2:42.37 (38.86)     3:20.69 (38.32)
        3:51.65 (30.96)     4:21.59 (29.94)
  8 Miller, Chelsea  SO Boise St          4:22.20    4:25.09         11  
                 28.19        59.80 (31.61)
        1:34.71 (34.91)     2:09.23 (34.52)
        2:45.39 (36.16)     3:22.51 (37.12)
        3:54.55 (32.04)     4:25.09 (30.54)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Barrett, Amanda  FR San Diego State   4:24.29    4:21.09          9  
                 27.92        59.54 (31.62)
        1:32.25 (32.71)     2:04.55 (32.30)
        2:43.30 (38.75)     3:21.86 (38.56)
        3:52.13 (30.27)     4:21.09 (28.96)
 10 Creighton, Emil  SO TCU               4:23.26    4:21.97          7  
                 28.71      1:00.86 (32.15)
        1:34.52 (33.66)     2:08.07 (33.55)
        2:44.81 (36.74)     3:21.81 (37.00)
        3:52.34 (30.53)     4:21.97 (29.63)
 11 Bleasdell, Alis  FR TCU               4:25.62    4:22.83          6  
                 27.20        57.77 (30.57)
        1:30.38 (32.61)     2:02.76 (32.38)
        2:41.52 (38.76)     3:21.12 (39.60)
        3:52.05 (30.93)     4:22.83 (30.78)
 12 Davis, Kim       FR Air Force (W)     4:25.59    4:22.88          5  
                 28.47      1:00.41 (31.94)
        1:35.27 (34.86)     2:09.44 (34.17)
        2:46.62 (37.18)     3:23.91 (37.29)
        3:54.43 (30.52)     4:22.88 (28.45)
 13 Balogh, Brooke   SO Boise St          4:22.70    4:22.90          4  
                 27.69        58.50 (30.81)
        1:31.95 (33.45)     2:04.68 (32.73)
        2:42.74 (38.06)     3:22.23 (39.49)
        3:52.95 (30.72)     4:22.90 (29.95)
 14 Brennan, Dannic  JR Unlv (W)          4:25.23    4:22.96          3  
                 27.41        58.86 (31.45)
        1:31.03 (32.17)     2:03.76 (32.73)
        2:42.08 (38.32)     3:21.26 (39.18)
        3:52.70 (31.44)     4:22.96 (30.26)
 15 Johnson, Krista  JR Unlv (W)          4:24.61    4:23.83          2  
                 28.47      1:00.38 (31.91)
        1:32.92 (32.54)     2:05.01 (32.09)
        2:43.31 (38.30)     3:22.18 (38.87)
        3:53.42 (31.24)     4:23.83 (30.41)
 16 Lujan, Arianne   JR Colorado St.      4:25.25    4:27.81          1  
                 27.69        59.44 (31.75)
        1:33.50 (34.06)     2:07.10 (33.60)
        2:45.92 (38.82)     3:25.21 (39.29)
        3:57.12 (31.91)     4:27.81 (30.69)

Boise State Finishes Last in Women's Distance Medley

Finals                                                                       
  1 Air Force                                          12:00.16   10         
     1) Auriele Fain SR                 2) Rachel Thomas SR                  
     3) Morgan Mosby JR                 4) Melissa Fuerst JR                 
  2 UNLV                                               12:03.36    8         
     1) Laura Affeld SO                 2) Lindsay Roach SR                  
     3) Brett Zorich SR                 4) Ali Bartosch SR                   
  3 New Mexico                                         12:03.99    6         
     1) Kirsty Milner SR                2) Mickey Brown FR                   
     3) Emma Reed SR                    4) Imogen Ainsworth JR               
  4 Colorado St.                                       12:24.86    5         
     1) Whitney Henderson JR            2) Meagan Robinson JR                
     3) Kaitlin Hanenburg SO            4) Holly Keeper SO                   
  5 TCU                                                12:34.07    4         
     1) Hanna Stradinger FR             2) Hayley Shade SR                   
     3) Lillian Chevalier JR            4) Katie Dalton JR                   
  6 Wyoming                                            12:37.86    3         
     1) Jessica Lemaster FR             2) Natalie Hurst SO                  
     3) Kirsten McKen SO                4) Andrea Klimowski SO               
  7 San Diego St.                                      12:52.23    2         
     1) Amy Reaser SO                   2) Maderia Toatley SO                
     3) Josefine Koskinen JR            4) Marianne Hogan JR                 
  8 Boise State                                        13:05.26    1         
     1) Jamie Knapp JR                  2) Emily Field SO                    
     3) Paige Orcutt JR                 4) Marissa Opatz FR         

Oklahoma Strikes for 4 Early Runs

OU leads Boise State 4-0 in the bottom of the first in women's softball.

Wesson the only Bronco to Qualify in 200-Meter Dash

Preliminaries
  1 Charles Silmon            JR TCU                      21.44q
  2 Lavon Collins             SO TCU                      21.68q
  3 OJ Stoneham               SR TCU                      21.70q
  4 Manoah Wesson             JR Boise State              21.74q
  5 Mark Barnes               SR TCU                      21.75q
  6 Beejay Lee                FR New Mexico               21.76q
  7 Jake Spuller              FR Air Force                21.80q
  8 Anthony Delgado           JR Air Force                21.82q
  9 Paul Robertson            JR Boise State              21.86
 10 Thomas Trujillo           SR New Mexico               21.90
 11 Rolando Trammel           JR Boise State              21.93  21.923
 12 Jeffery Josephs           SO TCU                      21.93  21.929
 13 Narada Jackson            SO TCU                      22.03
 14 Kendall Spencer           SO New Mexico               22.04
 15 Karrie Butler             SO Boise State              22.13
 16 Bret Scheve               FR Boise State              22.37
 17 Eric Capelle              SR Boise State              22.51

A Rout in Malibu

Pepperdine 5, Boise State 0.

Lady Broncos Fail to Score in Pole Vault Final

Finals

1 Kelsy Hintz               JR San Diego St.            4.27m   14-00.00  10
     3.75 3.85 3.95 4.05 4.11 4.17 4.23 4.27 4.35
       XO    O    O    O  XXO    O  XXO   XO    X
  2 Amber Menke               JR New Mexico               4.11m   13-05.75   8
     3.75 3.85 3.95 4.05 4.11 4.17
        O   XO   XO   XO    O  XXX
  3 Kimber Shealy             SR Air Force                4.11m   13-05.75   6
     3.85 3.95 4.05 4.11 4.17
        O   XO    O   XO  XXX
  4 Wren Bonner               FR Air Force                3.95m   12-11.50   5
     3.75 3.85 3.95 4.05
       XO    O  XXO  XXX
  5 Margo Tucker              SO New Mexico               3.85m   12-07.50   4
     3.75 3.85 3.95
        O   XO  XXX
  6 Holly Waseloff            JR San Diego St.            3.85m   12-07.50   3
     3.50 3.65 3.75 3.85 3.95
       XO    O    O  XXO  XXX
  7 Tawny Lambuth             SR Air Force                3.75m   12-03.50   1.50
     3.65 3.75 3.85
        O    O  XXX
  7 Bizzy Mellado             JR Air Force                3.75m   12-03.50   1.50
     3.50 3.65 3.75 3.85
        O    O    O  XXX
  9 Heather Arseneau          JR San Diego St.            3.75m   12-03.50
     3.50 3.65 3.75 3.85
        O    O   XO  XXX
 10 Danielle Valentine        JR Boise State              3.75m   12-03.50
     3.65 3.75 3.85
        O  XXO  XXX
 11 Heidi Dorling             SR Boise State              3.65m   11-11.75
     3.50 3.65 3.75
        O    O  XXX

Lady Broncos Win the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay

UNLV was projected to win, but Boise State touched first by 26/100th's of a second to get the win.  The Broncos are now in front in the team standings and are now favored to win the Mountain West.  The gals are just swimming great.

1 Boise St  'A'                 1:32.21    1:30.14#**      40  
     1) Boucher, Amber SR             2) Hughey, Stevie JR            
     3) Johansen, Sydney FR           4) North, Stephanie SR          
                 22.45        45.11 (22.66)
        1:08.08 (22.97)     1:30.14 (22.06)
  2 Unlv (W)  'A'                 1:31.95    1:31.64 **      34  
     1) Dixon, Rachel SO              2) Ego, Hilary JR               
     3) Ozar, Brittany JR             4) Szel, Friderika SR           
                 22.91        45.85 (22.94)
        1:08.71 (22.86)     1:31.64 (22.93)
  3 Wyoming (W)  'A'              1:33.19    1:31.80 **      32  
     1) Conci, Kelsey SR              2) Hartigan, Morgan SO          
     3) Hewson, Makenzie SR           4) Bull, Shelby SR              
                 22.84        45.66 (22.82)
        1:08.99 (23.33)     1:31.80 (22.81)
  4 San Diego State  'A'          1:33.09    1:31.86 **      30  
     1) Bailey, Chelsea FR            2) Koch, Stephanie JR           
     3) Jennings, Leona JR            4) Macklin, Mikaela SO          
                 23.41        46.39 (22.98)
        1:09.04 (22.65)     1:31.86 (22.82)
  5 TCU  'A'                      1:32.89    1:31.99 **      28  
     1) Rasch, Sabine JR              2) Scarsella, Katelin JR        
     3) Kaufman, Lauren FR            4) Schoppa, Parris JR           
                 22.68        45.95 (23.27)
        1:09.38 (23.43)     1:31.99 (22.61)
  6 New Mexico  'A'               1:35.39    1:33.66         26  
     1) Hobson, Jorgi SO              2) Danckwardt-Lilliestr, Anna FR
     3) Maciejko, Tesse SR            4) Campbell, Marissa JR         
                 23.63        47.23 (23.60)
        1:10.89 (23.66)     1:33.66 (22.77)
  7 Colorado St.  'A'             1:35.55    1:34.11         24  
     1) Simpson, Tess FR              2) Perkins, Shelley JR          
     3) Templin, Lydia JR             4) Schemahorn, Kimberly SR      
                 23.72        47.57 (23.85)
        1:11.25 (23.68)     1:34.11 (22.86)
  8 Air Force (W)  'A'            1:36.64    1:35.31         22  
     1) Fletcher, Cassie SR           2) Cesare, Hannah SO            
     3) Ireland, Heather FR           4) Laughlin, Samantha SO        
                 23.94        47.86 (23.92)
        1:11.60 (23.74)     1:35.31 (23.71)

Three Broncos Qualify for Women's 200-Meter Final

Preliminaries                                                                   
  1 Emily Blok                JR UNLV                     24.02q                
  2 Chaniqua Corinealdi       JR TCU                      24.05q                
  3 Secoral Yanez             JR UNLV                     24.59q                
  4 Taryn Campos              JR Boise State              24.64q                
  5 Samantha Kee              FR Wyoming                  24.67q                
  6 Whitney Gipson            SR TCU                      24.68q                
  7 Destiny Gammage           JR Boise State              24.73q                
  8 Mackenzie Flannigan       SO Boise State              24.76q                
  9 Allison Reaser            SO San Diego St.            24.87                 
 10 Veronica Jones            SO TCU                      24.96                 
 11 Lindsay Roach             SR UNLV                     25.03                 
 12 Larissa Matthews          JR TCU                      25.10                 
 13 Racquel Jones             JR Boise State              25.17                 
 14 Kayla Fisher-Taylor       SO New Mexico               25.19                 
 15 Shanetria Thomas          FR Colorado St.             25.35                 
 16 Chantel Bernabo           SR Wyoming                  25.50                 
 17 Morgan Malone             FR Air Force                25.51                 
 18 Jolie DuBois              FR Wyoming                  26.04                 
 19 Angelica Johnson          FR New Mexico               26.22   

Boise State Game with #8 Oklahoma Delayed

'Tis the season for delays I guess.  The softball games between Boise State & Oklahoma, set for 4:30 has been delayed because of previous games in the tournament running long.

Three Broncos Qualify for 800-Meter Track Final, Two for Air Force

Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Nick White                SR Air Force              1:52.19Q
  2 Alex Lindsay              SO Air Force              1:53.61Q
  3 Gabe Aragon               SO New Mexico             1:52.45Q
  4 Michael Walrath           SR Boise State            1:53.96Q
  5 Dusty Klein               SR Boise State            1:52.98q
  6 James Senior              SO New Mexico             1:53.09q
  7 Jack Obrien               SR TCU                    1:54.16q
  8 John Cordova              SO New Mexico             1:54.34q
  9 Matthew Moyer             JR Boise State            1:54.45q

Pepperdine Winning All Six Singles Matches

Boise State has been hit by the Wave, trailing in all six singles matches.

Morill Qualifies in 800-Meter Final

Preliminaries
  1 Josephine Moultrie        JR New Mexico             2:11.31Q
  2 Kelsey Williamson         JR UNLV                   2:12.77Q
  3 Briyanni Thomas           SO TCU                    2:11.46Q
  4 Brett Zorich              SR UNLV                   2:13.40Q
  5 Candace Wollert           SO Wyoming                2:12.49q
  6 Josefine Koskinen         JR San Diego St.          2:12.66q
  7 Rici Morill               SO Boise State            2:13.95q
  8 Annette Eichenberger      SO Air Force              2:14.19q
  9 Laura Affeld              SO UNLV                   2:14.29q

Today's Projected Totals for MWC Track

There will have been five men's finals and seven women's finals at the 2012 Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico by the time today's action is finished.


Here are the projected scores from which to judge how the teams are doing:


Men:
1.  Boise State 47
2.  Air Force 41
3.  Wyoming 38
4.  New Mexico 35
5.  Colorado State 17
6.  TCU


Air Force is projected to win the title by the slimmest of margins, 7.5 points over Boise State, so it is a tight battle.


Women:
1.  New Mexico 38
2.  San Diego State 35
3.  Air Force 31
3.  Boise State 31
5.  TCU 27
6.  UNLV 26
7.  Colorado State 21
8.  Wyoming 12

Four Broncos Qualify for 400-Meter Final

Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Karrie Butler             SO Boise State              47.78q
  2 Manny Smith               SR Air Force                48.45q
  3 Paul Robertson            JR Boise State              48.53q
  4 Manoah Wesson             JR Boise State              48.65q
  5 Narada Jackson            SO TCU                      48.70q
  6 Joshua Washington         FR TCU                      48.71q
  7 Jeff Daw                  JR Boise State              48.73q
  8 Lavon Collins             SO TCU                      48.81q

Rescheduled Blue-Gray Tennis Classic Times

Boise State Will Play Auburn at 8:30 tomorrow morning and Mississippi State at 12:30.

Campos Qualifies for 400-Meter Women's Final

Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Quinterra Charles         JR TCU                      55.19q
  2 Shirley Pitts             JR New Mexico               55.40q
  3 Secoral Yanez             JR UNLV                     55.81q
  4 Ashley Collins            FR TCU                      55.94q
  5 Nefertari Hall            FR TCU                      56.26q
  6 Taryn Campos              JR Boise State              56.49q
  7 Tawsha Brazley            JR New Mexico               56.51q
  8 Erin Kirby                SO Wyoming                  56.55q
  9 Bethany Gross             JR Air Force                56.70 
 10 Lindsey Simmons           SR Wyoming                  56.91 
 11 Megan Kelley              FR Boise State              56.98 
 12 Mackenzie Flannigan       SO Boise State              57.15 

Mountain West Track & Field Championships Team Scores

Three finals--the heptathlon, the 5,000 and the weight throw:


1.  Boise State 30
2.  New Mexico 26
3.  Air Force 25
4.  Colorado State 16
5.  Wyoming 14
6.  TCU 6


Boise State and Air Force are expected to battle for the conference title.

Pepperdine Wins Doubles Point

Pepperdine leads Boise State in women's tennis 1-0 after the doubles matches.

Lucas, Jette Qualify in Women's Mile

Preliminaries

1 Josephine Moultrie        JR New Mexico             5:05.65Q
  2 Imogen Ainsworth          JR New Mexico             5:09.64Q
  3 Kirsty Milner             SR New Mexico             5:06.08Q
  4 Patricia Terry            SO TCU                    5:09.68Q
  5 Holly Keeper              SO Colorado St.           5:06.67Q
  6 Lauren Lucas              SO Boise State            5:10.19Q
  7 Kelly Dawson              SR TCU                    5:07.17q
  8 Kate Jette                SO Boise State            5:12.16q
  9 Kaitlin Hanenburg         SO Colorado St.           5:12.45q
 10 Emma Reed                 SR New Mexico             5:15.22q
 11 Ali Bartosch              SR UNLV                   5:16.14
 12 Andrea Klimowski          SO Wyoming                5:16.93
 13 Marissa Opatz             FR Boise State            5:18.82
 14 Jessica Lemaster          FR Wyoming                5:20.46
 15 Whitney Henderson         JR Colorado St.           5:25.09

Women's Mountain West Track Standings

Three events are in the books:  The pentathlon, the 5,000-meters and the long jump.


1.  TCU 27
2.  San Diego State 23
3.  Colorado State 22
4.  New Mexico 20
5.  Boise State 18
6.  Air Force 4
7.  UNLV 2
8.  Wyoming 1

Trevor Kraychir of Boise State Wins Weight Throw

Boise State picked up four unexpected points when Will Lohman finished fifth.

Finals                                                                           
  1 Trevor Kraychir           SR Boise State             19.65m   64-05.75  10   
      19.31m  19.65m  19.21m  FOUL  19.58m  FOUL                                 
  2 Joe Plante                SR Wyoming                 19.49m   63-11.50   8   
      FOUL  FOUL  19.43m  19.13m  FOUL  19.49m                                   
  3 Sean Tabor                JR TCU                     18.92m   62-01.00   6   
      18.75m  18.87m  18.59m  18.77m  18.92m  18.60m                             
  4 Ken Harriman              SO Colorado St.            18.58m   60-11.50   5   
      18.11m  18.29m  18.58m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                                   
  5 Will Lohman               FR Boise State             18.05m   59-02.75   4   
      17.31m  17.90m  17.71m  17.34m  17.75m  18.05m                             
  6 Brian Ford                JR Air Force               17.89m   58-08.50   3   
      16.85m  17.89m  17.87m  17.58m  FOUL  17.43m                               
  7 Alec Pott                 SO Colorado St.            17.87m   58-07.50   2   
      17.55m  17.87m  17.75m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                                   
  8 Mark Sparks               JR Wyoming                 17.86m   58-07.25   1  

Jones Places 5th in Women's Long Jump at MWC Track Championships

Finals                                                                           
  1 Whitney Gipson            SR TCU                      6.67mA  21-10.75  10   
      FOUL  FOUL  6.50m  FOUL  6.67m  6.62m                                      
  2 Lorraine Ugen             FR TCU                      6.51mA  21-04.25   8   
      FOUL  6.42m  6.51m  FOUL  6.08m  FOUL                                      
  3 Shanieka Thomas           SO San Diego St.            5.87m   19-03.25   6   
      5.45m  5.61m  5.69m  5.87m  5.59m  5.78m                                   
  4 Bethany DeLong            SO Colorado St.             5.83m   19-01.50   5   
      5.37m  5.59m  FOUL  5.71m  5.83m  5.62m                                    
  5 Racquel Jones             JR Boise State              5.81m   19-00.75   4   
      5.73m  5.67m  5.79m  5.64m  5.55m  5.81m                                   
  6 Allison Reaser            SO San Diego St.            5.78m   18-11.75   3   
      5.47m  5.67m  5.78m  5.64m  5.57m  5.75m                                   
  7 Alexi Morton              SO Boise State              5.77m   18-11.25   2   
      5.49m  5.44m  5.54m  5.68m  5.77m  5.54m                                   
  8 Julian Alarcio            SR San Diego St.            5.76m   18-10.75   1   

Pepperdine Leads Doubles

Pepperdine has already won the #1 doubles and, despite falling behind 3-0, now leads at #3 doubles 6-4.  Boise State's #2 doubles team is ahead 6-3.

Capelle Qualifies for 60-Meter Men's Final

Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Charles Silmon            JR TCU                       6.70Q
  2 Beejay Lee                FR New Mexico                6.77Q
  3 Mark Barnes               SR TCU                       6.84q
  4 Jeffery Josephs           SO TCU                       6.86q
  5 Eric Capelle              SR Boise State               6.88q
  5 Kendall Spencer           SO New Mexico                6.88q
  7 Lamaar Thomas             SR New Mexico                6.92q
  8 OJ Stoneham               SR TCU                       6.93q
  9 Lenyn Leonce              JR Wyoming                   6.96 
 10 Edidiong Essien           JR Boise State               6.97 
 11 Antoine Harrison          SR Colorado St.              7.01 
 12 Travis Gunderson          SR Wyoming                   7.01 
 13 Cameron Parker            SR TCU                       7.09 
 14 Stephen Michel            JR Wyoming                   7.11 

Jones, Gammage Qualify for 60-Meter Final

Preliminaries                                                   
  1 Chaniqua Corinealdi       JR TCU                       7.44Q
  2 Emily Blok                JR UNLV                      7.44Q
  3 Lorraine Ugen             FR TCU                       7.51q
  4 Racquel Jones             JR Boise State               7.56q
  5 Zadia Bryant              SR UNLV                      7.67q
  6 Destiny Gammage           JR Boise State               7.70q
  7 Shanetria Thomas          FR Colorado St.              7.73q
  8 Alexis Jones-Hardy        FR Air Force                 7.73q
  9 Bethany DeLong            SO Colorado St.              7.78 
 10 Shannon Jacobs            SO Boise State               7.79 
 11 Veronica Jones            SO TCU                       7.82 
 12 Chantel Bernabo           SR Wyoming                   7.83 
 13 Samantha Kee              FR Wyoming                   7.84 
 14 Uchechi Anunkor           JR UNLV                      7.88 
 15 Morgan Malone             FR Air Force                 8.02 

Lady Broncos Match with #30 Pepperdine Underway

Kaitlyn Brown and Sonia Klamczynska have a 3-0 lead at #3 doubles but both of the other Bronco doubles teams are down.


Marlena and Manuele Pietzuch are behind 5-0 at #1 doubles

Felix Has Won Heptathlon at Mountain West Championships

          Men Heptathlon                                        
                      Points     60       LJ       SP       HJ Day1      60H       PV     1000
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 Kurt Felix                 7.04    7.54m   12.81m    2.11m          8.41    4.45m  2:56.31
    Boise State                        24-09  42-00.5     6-11               14-07.25         
    SR Team Points: 10  5703  (868)    (945)    (656)    (906) 3375    (881)    (746)    (701)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2 Richard York               7.08    6.61m   12.38m    1.90m          8.36    4.55m  2:44.85
    New Mexico                      21-08.25  40-07.5  6-02.75                  14-11         
    JR Team Points: 8   5408  (854)    (723)    (629)    (714) 2920    (893)    (775)    (820)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3 Michael Tibbs              7.09    6.89m   11.72m    1.93m          8.42    4.65m  2:51.35
    Air Force                       22-07.25  38-05.5     6-04                  15-03         
    JR Team Points: 6   5402  (851)    (788)    (589)    (740) 2968    (879)    (804)    (751)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4 Sam Potter                 7.23    6.64m   10.68m    1.84m          8.58    4.75m  2:53.72
    New Mexico                       21-09.5  35-00.5   6-00.5                  15-07         
    JR Team Points: 5   5121  (802)    (729)    (527)    (661) 2719    (841)    (834)    (727)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5 Brandon Douglass           7.06    6.78m   10.71m    1.84m          8.24    4.65m  3:11.04
    Wyoming                            22-03 35-01.75   6-00.5                  15-03         
    JR Team Points: 4   5098  (861)    (762)    (528)    (661) 2812    (922)    (804)    (560)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6 Josh McMillin              7.30    6.17m   12.15m    1.87m          8.92    4.55m  3:05.42
    Colorado St.                       20-03  39-10.5   6-01.5                  14-11         
    JR Team Points: 3   4857  (779)    (624)    (616)    (687) 2706    (764)    (775)    (612)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7 Justin Green               7.40    6.28m   10.31m    1.93m          8.56    4.15m  2:59.59
    Colorado St.                    20-07.25    33-10     6-04               13-07.25         
    FR Team Points: 2   4810  (745)    (648)    (504)    (740) 2637    (846)    (659)    (668)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8 Robert Wasinger            7.05    6.13m   10.85m    1.87m          8.37    3.45m  3:00.56
    Colorado St.                     20-01.5 35-07.25   6-01.5               11-03.75         
    SO Team Points: 1   4723  (865)    (615)    (537)    (687) 2704    (891)    (469)    (659)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Kyle Sullivan              7.40    6.26m   12.30m    1.90m          8.50    3.05m  2:58.98
    Wyoming                          20-06.5 40-04.25  6-02.75                  10-00         
    FR                  4631  (745)    (644)    (625)    (714) 2728    (860)    (369)    (674)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 10 Anthony Belcher            7.10    6.12m    9.65m    1.69m          8.86    2.65m  3:05.30
    Boise State                        20-01    31-08   5-06.5                8-08.25         
    SR                  4126  (847)    (613)    (465)    (536) 2461    (777)    (275)    (613)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
DNF Evan McDowell              7.45    6.20m   11.47m    1.99m          8.56       NH      DNS
    Air Force                       20-04.25 37-07.75  6-06.25                                
    FR                        (729)    (630)    (574)    (794)         (846)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue-Gray Canceled

As I predicted earlier, all of the matches from today at the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic have been canceled.

Results in 60-Meter Hurdles Qualifying

Preliminaries                                                                
  1 Allison Reaser            SO San Diego St.             8.48Q             
  2 Larissa Matthews          JR TCU                       8.51Q             
  3 Precious Selmon           JR New Mexico                8.56q             
  4 Kalie Kirk                JR Colorado St.              8.58q             
  5 Erin Morris               SO UNLV                      8.66q             
  6 Lindsey Keller            JR Colorado St.              8.77q             
  7 Alex Evans                JR San Diego St.             8.79q             
  8 Jenna Mann                SO Wyoming                   8.82q             
  9 Erin Straughter           SR UNLV                      8.85              
 10 Tajanee Simmons           JR Boise State               8.88              
 11 Maggie Ochsner            SR Wyoming                   8.98              
 12 Erin Kirby                SO Wyoming                   8.98              
 13 Stephanie Gerber          FR Colorado St.              9.03              
 14 Samantha Bowe             FR New Mexico                9.10              
 15 Taylar Mills              SO UNLV                      9.21              
 16 Alexis Jones-Hardy        FR Air Force                 9.25 

Bronco Women's Tennis Team About to Begin

Boise State is about to take on Pepperdine in sunny Malibu, California.

Bosch Takes 3rd in 5,000

Unfortunately, Sawyer didn't have any other company in blue and orange on the winner's stand. Vince Hamilton was seeded fourth, Jeff Howard sixth and Scott Foley eighth.  The Broncos' team chances, thus, took a big hit here.

Event 13  Men 5000 Meter Run
=======================================================================      
   NCAA Auto: A 13:48.40                                                     
    MWC Meet: M 14:13.33  2/25/2011   Justin Tyner, Air Force                
MWC All-Time: C 13:41.26  3/12/2010   Justin Tyner, Air Force                
ABQ Conv Ctr: F 14:14.19  2/26/2010   Festus Kigen, TCU                      
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points      
=======================================================================      
Finals                                                                       
  1 Jim Walmsley              SR Air Force             14:22.19   10         
  2 Sean Stam                 JR New Mexico            14:38.72    8         
  3 Sawyer Bosch              SR Boise State           14:45.60    6         
  4 Nicholas Kipruto          SR New Mexico            14:50.79    5         
  5 Jeremy Drenckhahn         JR Air Force             14:51.00    4         
  6 Andrew Lesser             JR Colorado St.          14:53.22    3         
  7 Isaiah Bragg              SO Air Force             14:56.89    2         
  8 Taylor Kelting            SR Wyoming               15:03.02    1         
  9 Christian Meyer           SO Colorado St.          15:12.62              
 10 Petrus Malherbe           FR New Mexico            15:12.68              
 11 Vince Hamilton            FR Boise State           15:16.69              
 12 Garrett Zans              SO Wyoming               15:21.51              
 13 Ben Larson                FR Colorado St.          15:21.82              
 14 Chris Montoya             FR New Mexico            15:33.29              
 15 Zach Wiles                SO Boise State           15:56.52              
 16 Jeff Howard               JR Boise State           16:10.12         

Felix Continues to Lead Heptathlon

Kurt Felix scored 746 points in the pole vault and continues to lead the heptathlon at the 2012 Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships.  


Felix has 5,002 points to lead Michael Tibbs of Air Force (4,651) with one event remaining, the 1,000-meter run.  It isn't one of Kurt's best, but he has a sizable lead and should prevail.

5,000 Meter Run Final

Finals
  1 Hannah Pensack-Rinehart   SO Colorado St.          16:52.35   10
  2 Agnes Kemboi              SO TCU                   17:00.69    8
  3 Lacey Oeding              JR New Mexico            17:06.42    6
  4 Sarah Waldron             SR New Mexico            17:08.72    5
  5 Emma Bates                SO Boise State           17:11.34    4
  6 Natalie Gray              SR New Mexico            17:24.43    3
  7 Nicole Peters             SR Colorado St.          17:26.52    2
  8 Holly Page                FR Wyoming               17:30.76    1

Will Lohman in 2nd

Boise State's Will Lohman is in second place in the men's weight throw with one throw remaining.  Lohman has a top throw of 17.90 meters.

Boise State's Kimberley Miller Leads Long Jump

Kimberley Miller of Boise State leads the field with one jump remaining in the long jump at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships.  Miller has a jump of 5.63 meters.

Emphasis of Blue-Gray Tennis Tournament on "Gray"

Rain is ruining one of the great tennis tournaments in the country.  Boise State's match with Auburn will now start no earlier than 3 p.m. and I'm wondering if it will be played today at all.

Analysis of Morning Swims

Boise State got a boost when Chelsea Miller, seeded 12th, became the third Bronco to qualify for the 400-IM.  San Diego State got both of their ranked swimmers into the final, so a slight boost depending on how those swimmers swim tonight.


In the 100-yard butterfly, San Diego State's title hopes received a blow when neither of their seeded swimmers (#5 and #8) qualified for tonight's final.  That's a loss of 25 points for the Aztec team, but both will score points in the "B" final tonight.


In the 200-freestyle, the reverse--Emily Irvin, seeded 7th, did not qualify for the final but she is in the "B" final tonight.  Thus, a loss of 6-7 points for the Broncos.


The 100-yard breaststroke went pretty much as planned--three Broncos and one SD State swimmer in the finals.


In the 100 backstroke, Sydney Johansen and Stephanie North, who both swam top-eight times this year, did not enter in the event.  That represents 26 points less for Boise State.


The summary of all this is that the team race between Boise State and San Diego State is now a dead heat.  Projections show a tie between the two teams.

Further Delay at Blue-Gray

Rain is continuing in Alabama.  Boise State's match with Auburn has now been pushed back again to 12:30 Mountain Time.

Heptathlon Scores Through Five Events

1.  Kurt Felix, Boise State 4,256 points
2.  Tibbs, Air Force 3,847
3.  York, New Mexico 3,813
4.  Douglass, Wyoming 3,734

Kurt Felix Takes Fourth in Heptathlon 60-Meter Hurdles

Kurt Felix didn't win an event in the heptathlon for the first time this week, but he did well enough (881 points for fourth place) to still own a commanding lead in the multi-event competition.  The pole vault and the 1,000-meter run are all that stand in the way of Kurt and a Mountain West Championship.

Finals
  1 Brandon Douglass          JR Wyoming                   8.24     922
  2 Richard York              JR New Mexico                8.36     893
  3 Robert Wasinger           SO Colorado St.              8.37     891
  4 Kurt Felix                SR Boise State               8.41     881
  5 Michael Tibbs             JR Air Force                 8.42     879
  6 Kyle Sullivan             FR Wyoming                   8.50     860
  7 Evan McDowell             FR Air Force                 8.56     846 8.553
  8 Justin Green              FR Colorado St.              8.56     846 8.560
  9 Sam Potter                JR New Mexico                8.58     841
 10 Anthony Belcher           SR Boise State               8.86     777
 11 Josh McMillin             JR Colorado St.              8.92     764

Broncos Swimming Well

Boise State did well in the opening preliminaries at the 2012 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Championships.  Will it be enough to take the Mountain West title?  We'll find out soon.


Christine Raininger, Chelsea Miller and Rachel Heaney all qualified for tonight's finals in the 400-yard IM.  Amber Boucher had the top qualifying time and Stevie Hughey both not only qualified for the finals in the 100 butterfly but also the NCAA's.  


Stephanie North had the fastest 200-yard freestyle qualifying time (1:47.51) but no other Broncos and three San Diego State swimmers in tonight's finals there.


Emily Johansen, Emily Irvin and Heather Harper are all in tonight's 100-yard breaststroke finals.


Jessica Bottelberghe was the only Bronco qualifying for the final in the 100 backstroke.  Three SD State swimmers are in tonight's final.

Three Broncos Qualify in 100 Backstroke

My experience tells me that things have turned in the Mountain West Swimming Championships.  As I said last night, we'll know a lot by the end of the day.


In the first event, three Broncos (Sydney Johansen, who already has a gold so far, Emily Irvin and Heather Harper) qualified for the finals in the 100-yard backstroke.  One San Diego State swimmer is in the finals.

Another Busy Day for Bronco Sports

Today is another very busy day for Bronco fans.  In fact, I don't remember a weekend that was this busy.


The Broncos are trying to take their first-ever Mountain West Conference Championship.  They have three more chances.  The Boise State men's and women's teams are competing in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the MWC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a full slate of action.  The Broncs have a realistic chance of unseating defending champion San Diego State at the MWC Swimming & Diving Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Both of those conference championships take place through Saturday.


The Boise State tennis team faces three SEC teams this weekend at the Blue-Gray Classic in Montgomery, Alabama.  Rain is delaying the first matches, now rescheduled for 11:30 this morning Mountain Time.  The Bronco women play at Pepperdine this afternoon at 2:30.  The Boise State softball team, which split a doubleheader yesterday at the Cathedral Classic, plays nationally-ranked Oklahoma at 4:30 Mountain Time and Cal Poly at 7 p.m.  The #16 Bronco gymnasts test #8 Oregon State in Corvallis at 9 p.m.


Then we have both Boise State basketball teams in action tomorrow against Wyoming and the Bronco wrestling team hosts the Pac-12 Championships all day Sunday at Taco Bell Arena.


Hold on to your hats--it's going to be an exciting weekend and Blue Through and Through will keep you informed on all this right here!

Blue-Gray Tennis Matches Delayed in Montgomery

The opening to the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Alabama has been delayed by rain until at least 11:30 Mountain Time.  Boise State is set to take on Auburn when the weather lets up.

Boise State Softball Team Loses to Cal State Fullerton

The bats were exhausted in that late, late game for Boise State.  The Broncos lost to Cal State Fullerton 2-1.