SPOKANE, Wash. – Idaho track and field had a weekend full of personal bests at the Washington State Open at The Podium in Spokane. Zac Bright, Katja Pattis, and Noah Culbertson earned spots on the podium in their respective events against a very talented field of athletes.

The competition was stiff as the Vandals faced Pac-12 schools such as Arizona State, California, Colorado State, and UCLA in addition to Big Sky conference members.

The two-day event kicked off on Friday with the women's weight throw. Freshman, Mia Sylvester threw for a personal best distance of 15.66m. Lily Phenicie also recorded a personal best in the event with a mark of 13.15m. Joseph Ruddell rounded out the field events with a fourth-place finish in the high jump with a height of 2.03m. Friday concluded with a third-place finish by Zac Bright in the men's 800m with a time of 1:52.19.

While there may not have been many top-three finishes, the competition produced many personal bests on Saturday. Camryn Crouch started the Vandals' success with a fourth-place finish in the women's 60m dash. She ran a personal best time of 7.52s. Katja Pattis followed Crouch's example and placed second in the mile with a personal best time of 4:48.83. Pattis shed more than seven seconds off her previous record. On the men's side, Shea Mattson also ran a personal best in the mile with a time of 4:08.74, placing in sixth place. Prabhasha Wickramaraachchi earned a sixth-place finish with a personal best time of 56.31s in the 400m dash.

In the field, Sylvester threw for another personal best distance, this time in the shot put. She placed fourth with a distance of 14.85m. Zachary Nunis earned fourth place with a distance of 15.10m in the men's triple jump. Noah Culbertson closed up the field events with a third-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 17.18m.

The Vandals concluded the meet with a fourth-place finish in the women's 4x400 relay. The team of Olivia Martin, Crouch, Wickramaraachchi, and Franziska Stoehr ran for a time of 3:49.31.

Idaho will split next weekend between the Whitworth Invite in Spokane and the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque as they prepare to host the Big Sky Indoor Championships on February 23^rd – 25^th.

Results

Women's 60m	Men's Mile
4 – Camryn Crouch – 7.52 (PB)	6 – Shea Mattson – 4:08.74 (PB)
Men's 800m	7 – Tim Stevens – 4:11.32
3 – Zac Bright – 1:52.19	8 – Zac Bright – 4:12.10
11 – Gage Zanette – 1:55.52	28 – Zac Knapp – 4:20.62 (PB)
23 – Evan Henkel – 1:57.56	29 – Sam Fulbright – 4:20.72 (PB)
24 – Luca Wagner – 1:57.58	30 – Gabriel Dinnel – 4:22.27 (PB)
27 – Ethan Sturdivant – 1:58.02	41 – Ethan Sturdivant – 4:26.00 (PB)
Women's 800m	47 – Miles Ferguson – 4:30.86 (PB)
6 – Leah Holmgren – 2:15.10	Women's Shot Put
15 – Elise Abbott – 2:16.73	4 – Mia Sylvester – 14.85m (PB)
19 – Hannah Russell – 2:17.55	34 – Lily Phenicie – 11.96m
31 – Savannah Pratt – 2:25.88	41 – Paige Palzinski – 11.27m
Women's High Jump	Women's Triple Jump
12 – Katja Davidowske – 1.59m	4 – Tayler LyDay – 12.20m
12 – Annika Jozin – 1.59m	7 – Kalani Hardyway – 11.48m
18 – Ellie Grant – 1.59m (PB)	10 – Amanda Munoz – 11.32m
Men's High Jump	17 – Ellie Grant – 11.11m
4 – Joseph Ruddell – 2.03m	Women's 400m
19 – Joe Reiber – 1.88m	6 – Prabhasha Wickramaraachchi – 56.31 (PB)
24 – Dante Cox – 1.83m	7 – Olivia Martin – 56.32
Men's Long Jump	15 – Franziska Stoehr – 57.39
6 – Justyn Rogers – 6.95m	27 – Lara Holzhauer – 58.61 (PB)
7 – Zach Nunis – 6.94m	32 – Belen Garcia Arias – 59.63 (PB)
14 – Joe Reiber – 6.51m	36 – Hannah Russell – 1:00.21 (PB)
15 – Landon Peterson – 6.49m	53 – Savannah Pratt – 1:02.21
21 – Cash Jones – 6.28m	Men's Triple Jump
22 – Simone Fedel – 6.28m (PB)	4 – Zach Nunis – 15.10m
Women's Long Jump	7 – Simone Fedel – 13.85m (PB)
46 – Kalani Hardyway – 4.87m	Men's 400m
50 – Anna Spatz – 4.77m	12 – Alex Ayers – 49.18
Women's Weight Throw	22 – Jon Watkins – 50.17
16 – Mia Sylvester – 15.66m (PB)	26 – Evan Henkel – 50.42 (PB)
36 – Lily Phenicie – 13.15m (PB)	33 – Luca Wagner – 50.89 (PB)
45 – Paige Palzinski – 12.40m	Women's 3,000m
Men's Weight Throw	18 – Abigail Thomas – 10:26.26 (PB)
21 – Reid Thomas – 14.31m	Men's Shot Put
Women's Mile	3 – Noah Culbertson – 17.18m
2 – Katja Pattis – 4:48.83 (PB)	13 – Weston Jeffries – 15.01m
15 – Nathalia Campos – 5:04.45	24 – Reid Thomas – 13.49m
30 – Abigail Thomas – 5:10.89 (PB)	Men's 3,000m
37 – Kate Bouse – 5:14.68	9 – Cruz Flores – 8:37.53 (PB)
62 – Mia Hill – 5:36.88	Women's 4x400 Relay
	4 – (A) Martin, Crouch, Wickramaraachchi, Stoehr – 3:49.31
	12 – (B) Holzhauer, Garcia Arias, Holmgren, Abbott – 3:59.57