SPOKANE, Wash. – The UC Davis women's indoor track team placed fourth overall at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The Aggies registered 56 points in the conference championship held at The Podium.
The highlight of the championship for the Aggies, freshman
Hope Bergmark claimed the individual title in the 5,000m, outdistancing the competition by over 15-seconds with a time of 16:44.44.
She then came back on day two to finish sixth overall in the 3000m with a time of 9:49.06.
Also on the track, the distance medley team of
Chloe Arriaga,
Oriana Jalal,
Anaya Ward and
Brianna Weidler finished seventh with a 12:03.11.
In the pole vault the Aggies secured points with a second, fourth and seventh place showing. Juniors
Marin Chamberlin and
Katrina Meier both cleared indoor bests of 12-6.25 (3.82m) as Chamberlin was the runner-up on misses. Freshman
Sydney McCann cleared 12-0.50 (3.67m) to place seventh. The clearances of 12-6.25 rank tied for fourth all-time in the UC Davis indoor annals.
Sophomore
Amelia Wiggs leaped 5-1.25 (1.56m) in the high jump to finish fifth overall, while junior
Marlene Gutierrez launched the weight 55-7 (16.94m) to also place fifth.
Gutierrez then finished third in the shot put with a throw of 48-9 (14.86m).
Kerrington Smith was the runner-up in the triple jump with a leap of 39-7.75 (12.08m)