Lifetime Bests Highlight the Maverick Multi & Open for Women's Track

4/2/2022 7:17:00 PM

By: Angela Roberts, Assistant AD - Communications

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Fort Lewis College women's outdoor track team competed in its second meet of the season, traveling to nearby Colorado Mesa to take part in the Maverick Invite. The team picked up a handful of lifetime bests to close out the meet on a great note.

Day One
Esther Beck led the team in the 10K, finishing in ninth place with a time of 40:23.74. Beck's time marked a lifetime best. Brandy Ray rounded out performers for the Skyhawks, earning a lifetime best and coming in 13th place with a time of 42:33.05.

Day Two
Saylor Sargent (2:16.59) and Katie Fankhouser (2:17.16) led the team in the 800m with eighth and ninth place finishes, respectively. Fankhouser's time was a lifetime best by over four seconds. The Skyhawks won four of the six heats that were run in the 800m race. Competing in the 1500m race was Angel Curley, coming in 16^th place with a time of 4:58.56. Sophia Mena and Celine Nez were the next finishers for the team, coming in 24^th (5:19.49) and 26^th (5:23.47). Carmella Wright picked up a fifth-place finish in the 3000m Steeplechase to close out the meet with a 12:18.69 time.

Krista Benze put up a lifetime best in the 400m Hurdles with a fifth-place time of 1:07.51. A big highlight of the day was the 4x400m relay team of Benze, Curley, Fankhouser, and Sargent who finished with a time of 4:05.88 which is just 1.5 seconds shy of a school record.

Quotes from Coach Jakubowski
"This was a fantastic meet for our women's program. Eight of our 14 women that raced left with lifetime bests which is huge," acknowledged head coach Shawn Jakubowski. "They are starting to reap the benefits of all the hard work they have put in. We are leaving this meet with a lot of confidence and looking to use this momentum to grab some more big personal bests as we enter the middle part of the season."

Up Next
The team will head to Albuquerque for the UNM Spring Invite hosted by the University of New Mexico on Thursday, April 7^th.

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