COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Junior Jay Petsch and sophomore Britney Jackson kicked off the pentathlon and heptathlon for the Wyoming track and field team Thursday in the Mountain West Conference Championships.
Jackson finished the pentathlon in sixth place with her total of 3,306 points. Jackson who already owns the third-best pentathlon in UW history, improved on that spot and moved into second-place and trails Patty Harrington by 34 points. She set personal best’s in the 60-meter hurdles (9.23 seconds), 800-meter dash (2:38.39), shot put (29-feet, 5. 1/2 inches) and tied her personal best in the long jump (16-8 1/2).
“Britney really did a nice job of finishing the pentathlon in the 800-meter dash and really executed the game plan perfectly and moved up a spot after that race,” said assistant coach Quincy Howe. “She stumbled a little bit in the shot put and long jump, but continues to improve with every competition, give her one more year at this and she will be atop the UW list.”
Petsch currently sits in fourth place with 2,938 points with three events to finish on Friday. Petsch competed in the the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put and the high jump on Thursday. He improved on two personal bests in the 60-meter dash (7.08) and the high jump (6-2 3/4).
“It was an all-around solid day for Jay with his two big personal bests,” said Howe. “We need Jay to come out tomorrow and have a strong 60-meter hurdle time and minimize the gap in the pole vault, and he should finish strong.”
The rest of the Cowboys and Cowgirls will compete Friday, with action beginning at 1 p.m. with the women’s 20-pound weight throw and men’s long jump. The track events will kick off with the women’s 5,000-meter run at 1:30 p.m. Live stats can be found at www.themwc.com.
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