Felix Has Won Heptathlon Long Jump

Kurt's 25-foot jump in his second attempt was enough to win the long jump portion of the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa.  He earned 970 points for his effort.

Men's Heptathlon Long Jump  Place Athlete Name   Affiliation Mark Points Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6  1 Kurt Felix   Boise State 7.64m 25-0 ¾ 970 7.38m (5) 24-2 ¾ 7.64m (1) 25-0 ¾ FOUL        2 Japheth Cato   Wisconsin 7.61m 24-11 ¾ 962 7.56m (2) 24-9 ¾ 7.40m (3) 24-3 ½ 7.61m (2) 24-11 ¾        3 Gray Horn   Florida 7.60m 24-11 ¼ 960 7.60m (1) 24-11 ¼ FOUL PASS        4 Curtis Beach   Duke 7.52m 24-8 ¼ 940 7.17m (6) 23-6 ¼ 7.52m (4) 24-8 ¼ 7.34m (4) 24-1        5 Kevin Lazas   Arkansas 7.45m 24-5 ½ 922 7.45m (3) 24-5 ½ FOUL 7.13m (5) 23-4 ¾        6 Cory Holman   Georgia 7.42m 24-4 ¼ 915 7.42m (4) 24-4 ¼ 7.29m (6) 23-11 7.07m (6) 23-2 ½        7 Mantas Silkauskas   Kansas State 7.37m 24-2 ¼ 903 FOUL 7.21m (9) 23-8 7.37m (7) 24-2 ¼        8 Gunnar Nixon   Arkansas 7.36m 24-1 ¾ 900 FOUL 7.36m (7) 24-1 ¾ FOUL        9 Bjorn Barrefors   Nebraska 7.29m 23-11 883 7.02m (7) 23-0 ½ 7.29m (8) 23-11 FOUL        10 Romain Martin   UT-Arlington 7.16m 23-6 852 6.87m (9) 22-6 ½ 7.16m (10) 23-6 FOUL        11 Petter Olson   Texas 7.13m 23-4 ¾ 845 6.98m (8) 22-11 7.13m (11) 23-4 ¾ 6.95m (11) 22-9 ¾        12 Isaac Murphy   Texas 7.12m 23-4 ½ 842 6.78m (11) 22-3 7.12m (12) 23-4 ½ 7.03m (12) 23-0 ¾        13 Marcus Nilsson   UCLA 6.87m 22-6 ½ 783 6.80m (10) 22-3 ¾ 5.43m (13) 17-9 ¾ 6.87m (13) 22-6 ½        14 Asa Staven   Montana State 6.76m 22-2 ¼ 757 6.51m (13) 21-4 ½ 6.74m (14) 22-1 ½ 6.76m (14) 22-2 ¼        15 Daniel Gooris   Northern Iowa 6.61m 21-8 ¼ 723 6.54m (12) 21-5 ½ 6.61m (15) 21-8 ¼ FOUL        16 Dave Grzesiak   Wisconsin 6.59m 21-7 ½ 718 6.32m (14) 20-9 6.56m (16) 21-6 ¼ 6.59m (16) 21-7 ½

Felix Continues to Lead Heptathlon Long Jump After Three Jumps

Felix is bidding to be an All-American in this event, which requires that he finish in the Top Eight.  There are no illusions here; Felix will likely not win the event but Top 8 is definitely within his reach.


After three jumps, Kurt's mark of 25-feet continues to hold up.  He was 12th after the 60-meters and this would get him in the Top 10.


His best events are his first four held today, so Felix needs to move up higher to hope to finish in the Top 8.

Japeth Cato of Wisconsin--24 feet, 11 and 3/4

Cato has jumped into second place in the heptathlon long jump, just 1/4 inch away from the leader, Kurt Felix of Boise State.  Competitors are taking part in their third of six jumps.  Felix fouled on his third attempt but his second jump of 25 feet leads the field at this point.  Gray Horn of Florida is third.

Kurt Felix Jumps 25 Feet in Heptathlon Long Jump

Boise State's Kurt Felix has just cleared 25 feet in his second attempt in the long jump competition for the heptathlon at the NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho.


Felix, who was a bit behind his pace in the 60-meters, jumped 24-9 at the Mountain West Championships in this event.  The event is far from over, as each heptathlete gets six jumps.   So far, Felix is in first in this portion. 

Ciera Cortney Finishes 10th in 1-Meter at Zone E Diving Championships

Boise State's Ciera Cortney finished 10th at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships in Colorado Springs, just missing the cut of seven to qualify for the NCAA National Championships.  Amanda Burnett was 19th  Still to come:  the 3-meter and platform diving events.

Schedule for Today

Another busy, busy day for Boise State student-athletes.  Amanda Burnett and Ciera Courtney try to qualify for the NCAA National Championships this weekend in the Zone E Swimming & Diving Championships.  The NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships are underway at Jackson's Track in Nampa.  


The Boise State women's basketball team meets New Mexico in the Mountain West semifinals--that game is set for 3:30 p.m. Mountain Time.


The Boise State softball team plays Missouri and Alcorn State with games at 2 and 4:30, respectively.  The Bronco men's tennis team hosts Montana at 4, and with the weather so nice, they could open up Appleton Tennis Center on campus and play outside.  And, the #15 Boise State gymnastics team hosts California in Taco Bell Arena at 7 tonight.

Lady Broncos Battle Missouri and Alcorn State Today

Boise State takes on Missouri today with the first pitch at 2.  The second game finds the Lady Broncos meeting Alcorn State at 4:30.

Kurt Felix Finishes 12th in Heptathlon 60-Meters

An historic day in the Treasure Valley as Boise State and Jackson's Track hosts their first NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.  Bronco Stadium has hosted the NCAA Outdoor National Championships previously.  Kurt Felix of Boise State is 12th after one event in the heptathlon.  He ran the 60 in 7.17, 13/100th's of a second slower than his time at the MWC Championships.

Place	Athlete Name		Affiliation	Time		Points				Heat(Pl)
1	Mantas Silkauskas		Kansas State	6.73		980				1 (1)
2	Isaac Murphy		Texas	6.92		911				1 (2)
3	Cory Holman		Georgia	6.97		893				1 (3)
4	Gray Horn		Florida	7.00		882				1 (4)
5	Kevin Lazas		Arkansas	7.03		872		[7.024]		1 (5)
6	Curtis Beach		Duke	7.03		872		[7.029]		2 (1)
7	Petter Olson		Texas	7.06		861				1 (6)
8	Japheth Cato		Wisconsin	7.08		854				1 (7)
9	Gunnar Nixon		Arkansas	7.09		851				2 (2)
10	Bjorn Barrefors		Nebraska	7.10		847				2 (3)
11	Romain Martin		UT-Arlington	7.11		844				2 (4)
12	Kurt Felix		Boise State	7.17		823				1 (8)
13	Asa Staven		Montana State	7.19		816				2 (5)
14	Daniel Gooris		Northern Iowa	7.31		775				2 (6)
15	Marcus Nilsson		UCLA	7.34		765				2 (7)
16	Dave Grzesiak		Wisconsin	7.44		732				2 (8)

Action Underway at the NCAA National Indoor Track & Field Championships

Jackson's Track in Nampa is now famous.  The state-of-the-art facility is host to the National Indoor Championships this weekend.  Here is today's full schedule:

10:00 AM Heptathlon 60 Meters Men Final

Heptathlon Long Jump Men Final

Heptathlon Shot Put Men Final

Heptathlon High Jump Men Final

2:00 P.M. Weight Throw Women Prelim&Final

4:55 P.M. National Anthem

5:00 P.M. Mile Men Preliminary

5:15 P.M. Mile Women Preliminary

5:15 P.M. Long Jump Men Prelim&Final

5:30 P.M. Shot Put Men Final

5:30 P.M. 60 Hurdles Men Preliminary

5:45 P.M. 60 Hurdles Women Preliminary

6:00 P.M. 400 Meters Men Preliminary

6:15 P.M. 400 Meters Women Preliminary

6:30 P.M. Pole Vault Men Final

6:30 P.M. 60 Meters Men Preliminary

6:45 P.M. 60 Meters Women Preliminary

7:00 P.M. 800 Meters Men Preliminary

7:15 P.M. 800 Meters Women Preliminary

7:15 P.M. Long Jump Women Prelim&Final

7:30 P.M. 200 Meters Men Preliminary

7:45 P.M. 200 Meters Women Preliminary

8:00 P.M. High Jump Women Final

8:05 P.M. 5000 Meters Men Final

8:25 P.M. 5000 Meters Women Final

8:50 P.M. 200 Meters Men Final

9:00 P.M. 200 Meters Women Final

9:05 P.M. Distance Medley Relay Men Final

9:25 P.M. Distance Medley Relay Women Final

Boise State Women Play New Mexico in Mountain West Semifinal

By virtue of their 68-63 win over Colorado State Wednesday, the Boise State women's basketball team takes on New Mexico in the semifinals of the 2012 Mountain West Basketball Championships Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada.  New Mexico knocked off #2 seed UNLV 61-58.


Boise State swept the season series with New Mexico, downing the Lobo women 65-48 in Boise and then holding off a late rally to win 68-64 in New Mexico.  In the first game, Lauren Lenhardt led the Lady Broncos with 23 points and six rebounds while Kati Isham had 12 points.  Porche Torrance had 17 points and 12 rebounds for New Mexico.  In the second game between these two, it was a decidedly different game, when Boise State pulled out to a 63-48 lead with 4:17 left.  But the home team came storming back to make it interesting down the stretch.  Nicole Brady earned high-point honors for Boise State with a season-high 19 points and eight rebounds.  Lenhardt had 16 and Isham 13.  Caroline Durbin poured in 27 points for New Mexico  while Torrance contributed 17 points and 15 boards.


Boise State is an even .500 on the season at 15-15 while New Mexico enters the semifinals with a 10-19 record.  The Broncos lead the Mountain West with 68.2 points a game while the Lobos are averaging 54.8.  Defense is where New Mexico has the upper hand, allowing just 56.8 points while Boise State allows 67 a game.


Tipoff is set for 3:30 Friday afternoon Mountain Time.

Jamaal Franklin's Three-Pointer Sinks Broncos

Jamaal Franklin hit an off-balance three-point shot with one second left as San Diego State beat the Broncos 65-62.  In our article, we said that Boise State had to stop Franklin & Tapley to win.  Well, Tapley had 20 points and Franklin 19.


Anthony Drmic had a strong second half to lead Boise State with 19.

San Diego State Taking Command

Aztecs lead 57-47 with 5 minutes left.

Boise State Continuing to Shoot Threes

Only now, they aren't falling.  Time to buckle down and play basketball--work the ball inside for good shots.

Boise State with 22 Rebounds to 13 for San Diego State and Still Hasn't Shot a Free Throw

Broncos slaughtering San Diego State from the field but SD State is 9-11 from the free-throw line while Boise State is 0-0.


Even with that, it's Boise State 41, San Diego State 39.

Drmic Ties Game at 38

Anthony Drmic's three-pointer tied the game at 38.  Boise State has still not shot a free throw.

21 Minutes into the game, Boise State has not shot a free throw

SD State is 7 of 9 so far.

Boise State Leads SD State 32-30 at the half

Essentially three Broncos have taken the team on their backs and led Boise State through the first half.  Kenny Buckner and Drew Wiley have eight points each and Derrick Marks has seven.  Amazingly, Boise State has a 17-10 rebounding advantage and to this point have not allowed an offensive rebound by San Diego State.

Franklin Leads San Diego State Comeback

Jamaal Franklin has gotten going, something Boise State wanted to prevent.  His dunk on a fast break has brought the Aztecs to within one at 28-27 with 1:45 left in the half.

San Diego State Catches Fire

The Aztecs have awakened.  San Diego State is up to 46.7% from the field and three-point shooting (4-6) and a rebounding advantage of 12 to 6 are keeping Boise State in the lead.  Broncos 26, Aztecs 22 with just over five minutes left.

Broncos Have 24-17 Lead

Boise State is keeping SD State from getting easy buckets so far and, until they fouled Jamaal Franklin on a three-point attempt, have done a fairly good job of keeping the big two from hurting them.  6:26 left.

Defense Keying Boise State Rally

Remember in the article on Blue Through and Through, we said that defense for Boise State would be the key to having a chance to beat San Diego State.  With eight minutes gone in the first half, San Diego State to this point is shooting 43%.  Boise State leads 12-8, and they want to keep the Aztecs right about at that level.

Boise State Shooting Down to 40%

Just four minutes gone and already Boise State shooting is down to 2-5.  Broncos trail the nation's #21 team 6-5.

Boise State Men About to Take the Court

Broncos play San Diego State in the opening game of the Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament.

Burnett & Courtney Compete at NCAA Zone E Diving Championships Thursday

Amanda Burnett and Ciera Courtney will represent Boise State at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships this Thursday through Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


Burnett and Courtney will compete on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform events.  Seven divers will advance out of Colorado Springs to the NCAA Championships, where four Broncos (Stephanie North, Amber Boucher, Sydney Johansen and Stevie Hugher) have already qualifed.

68-63 Final--Boise State Meets New Mexico in Semi's

Lauren Lenhardt, Kati Isham, Heather Pilcher...the whole team was awesome tonight.

Lady Broncs Are in the Semi's

Great win tonight by Gordy Presnell's team.  

Lenhardt's 18 Leading Boise State

Broncos open up a 64-58 lead with less than four minutes left.

Broncos Continue to Lead

50-48 with 7:58 left.  Boise State has had chances to put the game away and so far has been unable to.  Two players with four fouls but the Broncos are not driving on them right now.

Isham's 5 Consecutive Points Put Boise State In Front

Senior Kati Isham is taking matters into her own hands, drilling a triple and then a hard-driving layup to put the Broncos up 43-42.

Lady Broncos Trail 40-38

15:48 left in the game but Boise State has 'em in foul trouble.

Broncos Trail 34-32 at the Half

A couple of long droughts cost Boise State but even with those, they are down two at halftime in Las Vegas.

12-3 Run Helps CSU Pass the Broncos

The Rams lead Boise State 21-15 with 7:25 left in the half.

Good First Five Minutes for Boise State

The Lady Broncos lead early 7-5.  The winner gets New Mexico.

New Mexico Has Shocked 22-9 UNLV

In the game preceding Boise State's game, 10-19 New Mexico reminded us that anything can happen when they upset UNLV 61-58.

Go Lady Broncos!

Boise State about to take on Colorado State in the Women's MWC Tournament!

Women's Mountain West Basketball Tournament Scores

In an upset, Wyoming sent TCU out of the Mountain West with a 61-44 victory and in the other final so far, San Diego State beat Air Force 68-58.


New Mexico and UNLV open up the night session in Las Vegas, while Boise State meets Colorado State at 7:30 Mountain Time.

Broncos Hope to Get Hot at Tourney Time

Boise State has played well in both games this season against San Diego State. If they are to win their quarterfinal matchup against the Aztecs in the Mountain West Tournament Wednesday afternoon, the Broncos must make someone other than Jamaal Franklin or Chase Tapley beat them.

That duo ranks #1 and #4 in the Mountain West Conference, respectively, in scoring. Franklin is hitting 17.1 points a game and averaging 8.0 rebounds (4th in the MWC). He has 30 steals, 19 blocked shots and has also hit 41 three-points this season. Franklin brings the complete package--he also is averaging 80.3% from the line and he gets there often (139-173). Tapley is averaging 15.2 points and 4.3 rebounds a game. He also has 53 steals and 15 blocks and is San Diego State's best three-point shooter at 42.1% (64-152).

San Diego State comes into the game with a 24-6 record, 10-4 in conference. In 25 of those 30 games, Franklin (14) and Tapley (11) have led the team in scoring.

This was supposed to be a year in which the Aztecs had a bit of a drop-off; they lost four key players from their sensational 34-3 team from last year. If you call six losses a drop-off, I can provide you with the names of several hundred coaches who would take that.

The amazing thing is that the Aztecs still are a deep team, with seven athletic players who play significant minutes. This is because San Diego State Coach Steve Fisher has three transfers who have caught on--Xavier Thames from Washington State (10.5 ppg, 118 assists, fourth in the MWC), James Rahon from Santa Clara (9.1 ppg) and Garrett Green from LSU (6.1 points, 4.7 rebounds per game) .

DeShawn Stephens (5.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game) and Tim Shelton (5.4 points, 4.9 rebounds) also play key roles for this team that almost assuredly will go to the NCAA Tournament no matter what happens this week. SD State has defeated three teams from the Pac-12 (USC, Arizona and Cal) and four of the six losses (UNLV, New Mexico, Colorado State and Air Force) have come to Mountain West teams. The only non-conference losses were to Baylor and Creighton.

You look at the season records and figure this matchup is a blowout. But when you break it down, you see why Boise State has hung tough. In nearly every statistic--scoring offense, turnovers, rebounding, assists, etc., these two teams are nearly even. San Diego State averages 71.6 points a game to 68.6 for Boise State. San Diego State is a +5.1 in rebounding while the Broncos are +2.6. Turnovers are essentially even.

San Diego State has a slight edge in field goal percentage (45.7 to 42.8%) and they are only slightly better at the free-throw line (70% to 68.8%).

Where San Diego State has won both games this season, pure and simple, is defense. This is the single biggest difference between these two teams. The Aztecs allow 62.9 points to 66.3 for Boise State and even a more telling statistic is this one: SD State allows opponents to shoot just 39.8% while the Broncos allow 45.3%. This isn't good if you're last in the MWC in shooting, as Boise State is, or if you're near the top of the conference in shooting, as San Diego State is.

Keep an eye on the Boise State defense Thursday--they'll need to contest every shot and not allow any easy baskets to win. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. in Las Vegas.

Anthony Drmic, Derrick Marks Named Honorable Mention All-Mountain West

Boise State freshmen Anthony Drmic and Derrick Marks were named honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference, according to the league office.  

Drmic, a 6-6 guard/forward who has started 28 games for Coach Leon Rice's Broncos, set a school record for three-pointers by a freshman (54), passing Coby Karl's record of 49.  Drmic is the highest-scoring freshman in 18 years, ranking fourth on the freshman single-season list.  Anthony is the only freshman ranked in the Top 20 in the Mountain West in scoring at 11.8 points a game, third all-time for Bronco freshman.  He also leads all conference freshmen in rebounding with 4.9 per game.

Marks, a 6-3, 206-pound guard, has pleased in all 29 games, starting the last 12.  Marks is eighth in scoring by a freshman at Boise State with 272 points.  His court-to-court runner with less than a second left led Boise State to a recent victory over Colorado State.  Marks leads the team in scoring in the conference with 9.6 per game and his 60 assists ranks third all-time for a Boise State freshman.


Boise State tests #18 San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lenhardt Named Second Team All-Mountain West

Lauren Lenhardt of Boise State has been named to the All-Mountain West Conference Second Team in a vote by league basketball coaches.  

Lenhardt, a 6-2 junior forward/center, has averaged 13.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this season in Boise State's first year in the conference.  She is shooting 50%, 44th in the nation from the floor and 42.9% on three-point tries.


Senior Kati Isham was listed as honorable mention after a regular season campaign in which she has averaged 14.5 points, 3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.  Kati may have a bit of extra motivation come tournament time.