The University of Wyoming indoor track and field teams tuned up for next week's Mountain West Conference Championships with the annual Robert Shine Invitational Friday at the War Memorial Fieldhouse.
"We came into today trying to tune up a few things before the conference meet next week and I feel that we accomplished a few nice things today," said head coach Don Yentes. "Sam (Lambert) and Jeremiah (James) had really big days for us today and are getting closer and closer with every meet."
Lambert had two big personal bests in the shot put and 35-pound weight throw, as he placed second in the shot put with his toss of 52-feet, 1 3/4 inches and fourth in the weight throw, as he provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships at 67-2 1/4, which is 12th in the nation this season.
James came close to the provisional mark with his jump of 24-3.74 and obtained his fourth first-place title this season. James will enter the conference championships as the leading long-jumper and returning champion.
"Jeremiah continues to sneak up on that provisional mark and hopefully he can reach that mark next weekend," said Yentes.
The Cowgirls finished with eight titles, led by sophomore Amanda Aimone, who captured the 20-ppound weight throw at 58-9 1/4.
Sophomore Afiya Walker took the title in the 400-meter dash with her personal best time of 58.31 seconds. Freshman Lindsey Simmons won the 200-meter dash in 26.19. The two of them combined with junior Erica Anderson and senior Nikki Peterson to run a 4x400-meter in 4:08.04.
"Our young players performed well today and hopefully they can use this as a springboard into a successful weekend at conference," said Yentes.
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