CORVALLIS, Ore. / TUCSON, Ariz.  – The Idaho men's and women's track and field teams competed in two meets as they gear up for the conference championship.

The Vandals split the squad to run in two competitive meets and 18 Vandals set personal bests over the weekend.

Lorenz Herrmann won the 800 meters in Oregon with a time of 1:48.59 He is currently sitting 12^th  in the NCAA West Region in the event.

Four Vandals improved their standing in the NCCA West Region at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson. Nathyn Maller moved up to 32^nd in the javelin with a throw of 64.37 meters. Grady Leonard moved up to 20^th in the shot put with a throw of 18.61 meters. Joseph Ruddell improved to 23^rd in the high jump with a jump of 2.13 meters and Zach Nunis moved up to 17^th in the long jump with a mark of 7.66 meters.

IDAHO RESULTS
For complete results see the link at top of the recap
 

Oregon State High Performance Meet				Desert Heat Classic
Women 800				Women 100
7	Nell Baker	2:14.07		17	Camryn Crouch	12:00
9	Leah Holmgren	2:14.69		Men 100
11	Elise Abbott	2:15.04
13	Anna Pecha	2:16.13		14	Khalil Forehand	10.82
14	Katja Pattis	2:16.28		Women 200
19	Savannah Pratt	2:17.88
23	Erica Pecha	2:18.58		16	Camryn Crouch	24.43
27	Makenna Schuler	2:19.89		Women 400
33	Kate Bouse	2:22.16
34	Nathalia Campos	2:22.26		22	Olivia Martin	57.31
53	Sarah Pecha	2:32.61		Men 400
Men 800
				5	Spencer Barrera	46.79
1	Lorenz Herrmann	1:48.59		Women 100 Hurdles
5	Zac Bright	1:52.05
8	Tim Stevens	1:52.55		31	Belen Garcia Arias	15.91
9	Shea Mattson	1:52.83		Men 110 Hurdles
21	Jenner Higgins	1:56.25
25	Gage Zanette	1:56.70		6	Deyondre Davis	14.48
28	Evan Henkel	1:57.54		13	Landon Peterson	15.38
56	Sam Fulbright	2:03.42		Women 400 Hurdles
Women 1500 Invitational
				11	Franziska Stoehr	1:01.03
6	Maya Kobylanski	4:22.73		17	Prabhasha Wickramaraachchi	1:03.58
8	Katja Pattis	4:26.45		18	Aaryanna Kurucz	1:03.66
9	Nell Baker	4:29.30		21	Belen Garcia Arias	1:06.70
Women 1500 Open				Men 400 Hurdles
11	Kate Bouse	4:42.13		5	Alex Ayers	51.66
62	Sarah Pecha	a5:09.29		7	Deyondre Davis	51.93
Men 1500 Invitational				14	Cole Alteneder	54.28
				Women 4x400 Relay
2	Tim Stevens	3:50.88
Women 3000 Steeplechase Invitational				9	Martin, Crouch, Wickramaraachchi, Stoehr	3:48.59
				Men 4x400 Relay
5	Nathalia Campos	10:52.08
Men 3000 Steeplechase Invitational				4	Davis, Barrera, Ayers, Archer	3:13.38
				Women High Jump
5	Sam Fulbright	9:09.22
7	Gage Zanette	9:18.15		2	Julia Hayes	1.73m
Women 5000 Invitational				7	Annika Jozin	1.62m
				12	Nicole Guthrie	1.53m
5	Kelsey Swenson	16:57.43		Men High Jump
Men 5000 Invitational
				2	Joseph Ruddell	2.13m
14	Gabriel Dinnel	14:33.89		5	Dante Cox	1.93m
Men 5000				Men Long Jump
28	Cruz Flores	15:37.64		2	Zachary Nunis	7.66m
Men Discus Throw				5	Justyn Rogers	7.42m
				10	Landon Peterson	6.70m
4	Noah Culbertson	46.86m		Women Triple Jump
Men Shot Put
				4	Tayler LyDay	12.12m
2	Noah Culbertson	16.64m		8	Arianna Bush	11.86m
				Women Shot Put
				7	Hannah Ringel	15.32m
				Men Shot Put
				3	Grady Leonard	18.61m
				20	Weston Jeffries	13.70m
				Women Hammer Throw
				19	Erika Larsen	45.74m
				20	Victoria Rae	44.89m
				23	Paige Palzinski	41.10m
				Men Hammer Throw
				5	Cullen Williams	59.45m
				Men Javelin
				3	Nathyn Maller	64.37m

 
The Vandals will take the week off before competing in the Big Sky Conference Championship meet on May 11-14 in Pocatello, Idaho.

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